October 07, 2024

Hosbond, Wilkins lead Tigerhawks at West Central Valley

C-M girls finish second in team standings

By Troy Hyde
Mallory Sipma

Colfax-Mingo junior Mallory Sipma runs in the team's home meet earlier this season. Sipma helped the Tigerhawks to their best finish of the season at West Central Valley on Thursday. (Troy Hyde/Newton News)

STUART — Ashlynn Hosbond and Shae Wilkins both finished in the top 10 and the Colfax-Mingo girls cross country team took second in the West Central Valley Cross Country Invitational on Thursday.

The Tigerhawks scored 46 points in the two-team field. Only Class 2A No. 1 Van Meter finished ahead of C-M. Ankeny Christian Academy, CAM, Mount Ayr and West Central Valley had incomplete teams.

Sullivan Wilkins also was a top-10 finisher in the boys’ 5K race, helping the Tigerhawks place third in the team standings.

Van Meter scored 16 points in the girls’ competition. Class 2A No. 2 Laura Streck won the girls’ race in 18 minutes, 18.8 seconds. Class 2A No. 7 Emma McCoy was the runner-up in 19:24.4.

Owen Ament

Colfax-Mingo senior Owen Ament competes in the team's home meet earlier this season. Ament helped the Tigerhawks place third at West Central Valley on Thursday. (Troy Hyde/Newton News)

The Bulldogs took the top four spots and placed all seven runners in the first 10.

Hosbond was sixth with a time of 21:39.6 and Shae Wilkins finished eighth in 23:12.7.

Mallory Sipma (24:14.7), Laila Kwaskiewicz (28:08.4) and Devan Chadwick (29:52.9) were the final scoring runners in 14th, 25th and 26th, respectively. Ava Van Maaren (32:33.8) was a non-scoring runner in 29th.

Class 1A No. 7 Ankeny Christian won the boys’ meet title with 18 points. The Eagles took the top three spots and placed all seven runners in the first 12 positions.

Van Meter (43), Colfax-Mingo (72), Woodward Academy (111) and Earlham (142) completed the top five. Earlham is ranked sixth in 1A but did not have its varsity runners.

Sullivan Wilkins finished eighth in a career-best 18:00.1. Josue Rodriguez (19:14.1), Mario Rodriguez (19:26.6), Owen Ament (19:33.6) and Harrison Rhone (19:42.3) were the final scoring runners in 15th, 16th, 18th and 19th, respectively.

Tony Buenrostro (22:01.9), Ryan Moore (22:24.7), Nathan Endersbe (24:52) and Jeremiah Wright (26:23.9) were non-scoring runners in 36th, 41st, 51st and 54th.

Class 1A No. 26 Alex Davis of ACA won the boys’ race in 16:51.2. ACA’s Zachary Gardner was the runner-up in 17:18.9.