L-S boys finish second, C-M ninth at Pleasantville

PLEASANTVILLE — The Lynnville-Sully boys cross country team faced off against one of the best teams in Class 2A on Monday.

The Class 1A No. 16 Hawks did not leave Pleasantville Country Club with a team title, but they did grab three top-10 finishes in the boys’ 5K race.

Class 2A No.7 Chariton finished 1-2 and won the team title with 26 points, but the Hawks were easily in second with 59 points.

The 13-team field also featured Colfax-Mingo, which placed ninth with 215 points.

“The Hawks just stepped up to the challenge and had themselves focused and ready to go to take themselves to another level,” L-S head cross country coach Darin Arkema said. “The boys will be without Sam Terlouw for a number of meets as he recovers and heals from an injury. That means everyone is needed to step up and fill in the void where Sam had been running. They did a terrific job of that tonight.”

Colton Alberts headlined the Hawks in third. He crossed the finish line in 17 minutes, 0.5 seconds.

Hendrick Lowry placed fifth in 17:15.82 and Blake Wilmesmeier (17:41.04) was ninth.

“Colton, Hendrick and Blake all ran in the top 10 places,” Arkema said. “Neither of these three are going to take it easy on the other two and they just keep working to make themselves and each other better.”

Ethan Dunsbergen (18:39.68) and Keegan Schnell (19:27.55) were the final scoring runners in 21st and 25th, respectively. The non-scoring runners in the lineup included Madden Gunsaulus (19:58.21), Jordan Dunsbergen (20:25.08), Evan Arkema (21:04.27), Will Conover (21:31.64) and Andrew Arkema (22:51.69) in 31st, 38th, 53rd, 61st and 85th, respectively.

Sullivan Wilkins led the Tigerhawks in 18th. He was clocked in 18:31.72.

Josue Rodriguez (19:49.37) was next in 28th, Owen Ament (20:03.4) finished 34th, Tony Buenrostro (22:58.76) ended up 86th and the final scoring runner was Ryan Moore (24:23.08) in 98th.

Colfax-Mingo’s non-scoring runners were Mario Rodriguez (25:30.17), Nathan Endersbe (25:54.35) and Asher Knutson (31:17.67) in 102nd, 104th and 126th, respectively.

Martensdale-St. Marys (105), Interstate 35 (131) and Grand View Christian (162) rounded out the top five, while the rest of the field featured Clarke (181), Montezuma (210), Pleasantville (213), Colfax-Mingo (215), Saydel (220), Central Decatur (266), Wayne (333) and Southeast Warren (356).

Class 2A No. 23 Lucas Anderson of Chariton won the boys’ 5K race in 16:21.03. Chariton’s Brent Crabb was the runner-up in 16:53.04.