Short-handed Bolts finish second at Colfax-Mingo

COLFAX — Matt Richardson and Max Handorf finished 1-2 in the Colfax-Mingo Tigerhawk Cross Country Invitational on Thursday, but not having their No. 3 runner was too much to overcome for the Class 1A No. 13 Bolts.

The top four scoring runners all received medals for their efforts in the boys’ 5K race, but the Baxter cross country team was second in the team standings.

The Bolts trailed Grand View Christian by five points, while Colfax-Mingo was fifth and the Newton junior varsity completed the 10-team field.

Richardson, who’s ranked No. 14 in 1A, won the boys’ race in 17 minutes, 48.8 seconds and No. 24 Handorf was the runner-up in 17:55.8.

The top 25 finishers in each high school race earn medals. The Bolts also got a 14th place finish from Maddox Peters and a 23rd place tally from Dakota Parker.

Peters posted a career-best time of 19:25.9 and Parker’s time of 20:00 also was a career best. Freshman Brecken Fisher missed the meet with a minor injury.

The final counting scorer for Baxter was Logan Rainsbarger, who was 47th in 21:51.5. Parker Bonney (25:37.37) was a non-scoring runner.

There were issues with the timing system. Some runners were not listed in the results. Others were placed in the wrong spots.

Grand View Christian won the meet with 75 points, while Baxter finished second with 80. The rest of the top five were Woodward-Granger (91), Collins-Maxwell (118) and Colfax-Mingo (127).

Clarke (133), North Mahaska (136), Saydel (152), Woodward Academy (176) and the Newton JV (266) completed the field.

Three Tigerhawks earned medals in the race. Sullivan Wilkins led the way in sixth with a time of 18:21.8. Owen Ament (19:47.4) finished 20th, Mario Rodriguez (19:57.1) was 22nd and Josue Rodriguez (20:15.4) finished 28th.

Colfax-Mingo head cross country coach Zach Tomas said Harrison Rhone (20:06) came in before Josue Rodriguez, but his time wasn’t registered in the results. Ryan Moore (23:59.6) was the final scoring runner in the results in 67th.

Nate Endersbe (24:54.19) and Asher Knutson (unofficially 30:24) were non-scoring runners for Colfax-Mingo. Endersbe placed 73rd, while Knutson was not listed in the results.

Tomas said his squad would have scored fewer than 100 points and might have finished third if the results were accurate.

Newton’s position in the final standings likely would not have changed, but the Cardinals would have scored less points had the results been accurate.

Keary Sanger led the way (22:14.2) in 51st, while Hudson Swarts (22:34.2) took 56th, Emerson Cook (23:21.6) finished 61st and Talon Currie (23:42.5) was 65th.

Hayden Flaherty (24:17.33) was the final counting scorer for the Cardinals in 70th. Gabrial Miller (24:43.81) in 72nd, Ben Shafer (26:56.3) in 83rd and Oliver Fine (31:26.6) in 90th were the non-scoring runners.