Brincks Exteriors Sports Report: East Sac Boys Headline Good Day of Boys Cross Country

Posted: October 19, 2023

Boys State Qualifying Cross Country Meets

East Sac and South Central Calhoun At Dike New Hartford- Class 2A

The East Sac Boys accomplished their goal on Thursday, qualifying for State as a team. The Raiders ran another great race in a tough field, narrowly missing out on a championship. They had two runners in the top four and four runners finish in the top 16th. They were edged by Forest City, which won the title with 68-points and Garner-Hayfield-Ventura with 69-points. The Raiders had 71-points, finishing in third and advancing to State as a team. Redge Potts of South Central Calhoun will join them there as he finished 14th to qualify as an individual as the Titans finished 9th with 226-points. Neal Pinter was the individual champion, running a 15:55.87, winning by 12 seconds over Zach Flatebo of Garner-Hayfield, Ventura. Parker Engel and Isaiah Aragon battled for 3rd and 4th with Engel taking 3rd in 16:39.91 and Aragon in 4th with a 16:44.83. Landon Sporrer nearly finished in the top 10 for the Raiders, taking 11th with teammate Owen Engel in 16th. Potts of South Central Calhoun ran a 17:22.47 for 14th place.

The Raiders boys and Potts will run Saturday, October 28th At 11:15.

Full results for both teams are below.

Team Standings

Forest City 68
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura 69
East Sac 71
Denver 84
Jesup 101
Sumner Fredericksburg 191
Roland Story 191
Eagle Grove 215
South Central Calhoun 226
Osage 260
Dike-New Hartford 311
New Hampton 313

East Sac Results

3rd Parker Engel 16:39.91

4th Isaiah Aragon 16:44.83

11th Landon Sporrer 17:05.96

16th Owen Engel 17:24.16

38th Riley Aragon 18:28.81

69th Xander Hemer 19:57.78

South Central Calhoun Results

14th Redge Potts 17:22.47

39th Nathan Burley 18:29.39

41st Tristan Blair 18:40.27

61st Joe Thielen 19:33.87

76th Kayden Hammen 20:31.95

83rd Derek Greene 22:08.38

IKM-Manning At Spencer- Class 1A

Lane Sams of IKM-Manning is headed to State Cross Country on Friday, October 27th after finishing 10th at the State qualifying meet in Spencer. The Wolves just missed making it as a team with three runners in the top 20, as they finished 3rd as a team with 87-points, behind Woodbine with 36-points and Sibley-Ocheyedan with 69-points. Sams ran a 18:03.78, holding off Thomas Tremel of Woodbine by .24. Camden Morris took 15th place, running a 18:34.95 and Isaac Blankman was 20th in 19:07.97. Landon Bendgen of Woodbine was the individual champion with a 16:05.87 and Ben Byers of Sibley-Ocheyedan was 2nd in 16:40.13.

Sams will run at 2:45 on Friday in Fort Dodge.

Results for IKM-Manning are below.

Team Standings

Woodbine 36
Sibley-Ocheyedan 69
IKM-Manning 87
HMS 133
Lawton Bronson 157
Alta-Aurelia 179
MMCRU 181
Akron Westfield 213
Hinton 225
South O’Brien 228
Bishop Garrigan 257

IKM-Manning Results

10th Lane Sams 18:03.78

15th Camden Morris 18:34.95

20th Isaac Blankman 19:07.97

23rd Abe Polzein 19:12.96

32nd Kasche Huehn 19:36.66

34th Ryan Germer 19:52.57

Ar-We-Va, Audubon and Coon Rapids Bayard At Panorama- Class 1A

Landon Cook of Coon Rapids Bayard was the top local finisher for the area teams in Panorama on Thursday with none of three teams filling out a team roster and collecting a team score. Cook sprained his ankle about a third of the way through the race, causing him to slip from the low to mid 20’s to a 36th place finish. He ran a 20:04.8. His teammates Jace Baker and Kellen Hillgenberg finished 63rd and 64th respectively with Baker catching him at the finish line. Eli Deist led the Wheelers, running a 20:25.8 to finish 41st with Brody Schultes of Audubon in 44th place. Jacob Hanson was the lone runner for Ar-We-Va, he finished in 69th place, running a 26:31.5.

ACGC won the team crown with 26-points with Ogden in 2nd with 63-points. Carson Van Sickle of Ogden was the individual champion in 16:52.0, beating Andrew Mahaffey of ACGC, who ran a 16:53.0 for 2nd place.

Full results are below.

Team Standings