October 21, 2024

Creston boys race at conference meet

By CHEYENNE ROCHE
The Creston boys take off from the starting line Thursday at the Hawkeye 10 meet in Carroll. The team placed 11th.

The Creston boys take off from the starting line Thursday at the Hawkeye 10 meet in Carroll. The team placed 11th. (Contributed photo by TERRY FREEMAN)

CARROLL — The Panther boys took 11th at the Hawkeye 10 meet Thursday in Carroll, led by sophomore Wyatt Goodenberger and junior Hector Suazo.

Goodenberger placed 39th in 19:28.37 followed shortly by Suazo in 44th, running 19:46.98.

Freshman Austin Jondle and junior Kylen Parsons came in at 59th and 60th, respectively, both running PRs and their first time sub-21. Jondle ran 20:40.07 while Parsons finished in 20:58.99.

Rounding out the Panthers were freshman Colt Key (23:02.58) in 70th and senior Spencer Brown (24:46.92) in 73rd. Brown had beat his previous personal best time by 20 seconds.

Lewis Central won the meet decisively with a score of 28 and all five scorers in the top 15. Red Oak took silver with a score of 95.

The Panthers return to action Wednesday at the Iowa State cross country course for the state qualifying meet, hosted by Gilbert.

Full results available here.

TEAM SCORES

1. Lewis Central - 28

2. Red Oak - 95

3. Kuemper Catholic - 100

4. St. Albert - 113

5. Shenandoah - 147

6. Atlantic - 164

7. Denison-Schleswig - 171

8. Glenwood - 179

9. Harlan - 189

10. Clarinda - 248

11. Creston - 272

Cheyenne Roche

CHEYENNE ROCHE

Originally from Wisconsin, Cheyenne has a journalism and political science degree from UW-Eau Claire and a passion for reading and learning. She lives in Creston with her husband and their two little dogs.