Sargent, Heinz power teams to titles

The course was different, but the results were the same for a pair of cross country standouts and their respective teams in Ipswich on Saturday.

Just five days after winning individual races to help their teams win titles as well, Cole Sargent of Miller and Macy Heinz of Ipswich accomplished the same feat during the Ipswich Invitational.

As he did Monday in Webster, Sargent won the boys’ race to power Miller to the team crown, while Heinz repeated her Webster performance by winning the girls’ race and leading Ipswich to the girls’ team championship. Ipswich had the top three runners in the field to record a perfect score of 6.

Aberdeen Roncalli, on the strength of a seventh-place finish from Noah Knapp, was third in the boys’ team standings. Aberdeen Christian, led by a third-place showing from Tucker Iwerks, was fifth.

Roncalli, which received a sixth-place finish from Isabel Litzen was fourth in the girls’ team points.

“I’m not disappointed with our places,” said Roncalli girls’ coach Lisa Peterson. “We have great competition. How lucky are we to get to run against that competition all the time?”

Peterson said one of the highlights of the day was the performance of Leah Norton, who finished 29th and showed major improvement on her time.

“I was really impressed with Leah Norton,” Peterson said. “We want her to be in that top 20 for conference.”

The Roncalli boys competed a bit shorthanded because of injuries and a runner taking the ACT.

“Those that did run, ran well,” said Roncalli boys’ coach Tim Baustian.

The coached pointed out the performance of Austin Cihak, who picked off numerous runners down the stretch to finish 16th.

“Austin Cihak had a tremendous day,” Baustian said. “He has a wrestling background and is a grinder. He really closed strong and jumped seven to eight spots in the last half of the race.”

The Christian boys continue to move their pack up in the field. Knights coach David Rohrbach cited the efforts of Ben Williams, who finished 20th in the field and lowered his time in the process.

“He ran one of the better races on our team,” Rohrbach said.

Aberdeen Christian once again dominated the boys’ JV race, claiming five of the top seven spots. The Roncalli girls had two of the top three finishers in the junior high division.

Both Christian and Roncalli will compete at Lee Park Thursday during the Roncalli Invitational.

“The guys will know the course,” Rohrbach said. “It will be nice to stick around here and run.”

Baustian said the runners should enjoy competing in front of a hometown crowd.

“I think the kids are excited to host it and just to get to run in front of more people,” he said.

BOYS’ DIVISION

Team Points: Miller 8, Stanley County 33, Aberdeen Roncalli 35, Ipswich 35, Aberdeen Christian 39, Sully Buttes 43, Mobridge-Pollock 64.

Individual Results

1, Cole Sargent, Miller, 16:13; 2, Derek Boekelheide, Northwestern, 16:40; 3, Tucker Iwerks, Aberdeen Christian, 16:52; 4, Mason Breitling, Miller, 17:05; 5, Trey Waldrop, Miller, 17:06; 6, Austin Brown, Stanley County, 17:47; 7, Noah Knapp, Aberdeen Roncalli 17:51; 8, Shay Vandenhemel, Stanley County, 17:57; 9, Ethan Weinheimer, Sully Buttes, 18:06; 10, Bramm Pickner, Sully Buttes, 18:06;

11, Wyatt Haux, Ipswich, 18:07; 12, Hunter Russel, Miller, 18:14; 13, Colton Weeldreyer, Ipswich, 18:20; 14, Kordell Arnold, McIntosh, 18:23; 15, Matthew Geditz, Ipswich, 18:25; 16, Austin Cihak, Aberdeen Roncalli, 18:30; 17, Daniel Holmstrom, Aberdeen Roncalli, 18:35; 18, Connor Bertsch, Miller, 18:36; 19, Hayden Peterman, Miller, 18:40; 20, Ben Williams, Aberdeen Christian, 18:42;

21, Justin Nobles, Mobridge-Pollock, 18:52; 22, Trever Uhrig, McIntosh, 18:56; 23, Will Geyer, Aberdeen Roncalli, 18:59; 24, Tanner Droog, Aberdeen Christian, 19:00; 25, Cale Meiners, Stanley County, 19:03; 26, Tate Haider, Wolsey-Wessington, 19:09; 27, Kyle Hughes, Herreid-Selby Area, 19:11; 28, Ezra Archambault, McLaughlin, 19:22; 29, Gage Jewett, Timber Lake, 19:23; 30, Isaac Groft, Northwestern, 19:27;

31, Keagan Mallon, Hitchcock-Tulare, 19:29; 32, Aaron Jacobs, Mobridge-Pollock, 19:31; 33, Ezra Aderhold, Aberdeen Christian, 19:34; 34, Kegan Pearman, Mobridge-Pollock, 19:38; 35, Aaron Jacobs, Mobridge-Pollock, 19:42; 36, Austin Wiley, Sully Buttes, 19:51; 37, Robert Goscicki, Aberdeen Roncalli, 20:19; 38, Chase Nincelhelser, Sully Buttes, 20:37; 39, Lance Guthmiller, Sully Buttes, 20:51; 40, Tristan Ashdown, Highmore-Harrold, 21:00;

41, Kyle Hauck, Edmunds Central, 21:44; 42, Trent Donovan, Potter County, 22:54; 43, Kipp Mohr, Edmunds Central, 24:42.

GIRLS’ DIVISION

Team Points: Ipswich 6, Northwestern 24, Potter County 25, Aberdeen Roncalli 36, Highmore-Harrold 53, Hitchcock-Tulare 61.

Individual Results

1, Macy Heinz, Ipswich, 14:22; 2, Tori Moore, Ipswich, 14:54; 3, Aleah Steger, Ipswich, 15:31; 4, Kelsey Vandenhemel, Stanley County, 15:41; 5, Hannah Flatt, Potter County, 15:50; 6, Isabel Litzen, Aberdeen Roncalli, 16:08; 7, Taylor Loken, Ipswich, 16:19; 8, Josie Clemens, Northwestern, 16:23; 9, Miranda Thorson, Northwestern, 16:28; 10, Peyton Groft, Northwestern, 16:32;

11, Emily Martin, McLaughlin, 16:45; 12, Ashley Robinson, Wolsey-Wessington, 16:52; 13, Sasha Cordell, Potter County, 16:52; 14, Delanie Larson, Potter County, 16:57; 15, Chyanne Ducheneaux, Timber Lake, 17:03; 16, Mary Gutenkauf, Aberdeen Roncalli, 17:07; 17, Michaela Podoll, Frederick, 17:15; 18, Darby Duncan, Northwestern, 17:16; 19, Kalicia Hageman, Potter County, 17:20; 20, Emilie Larson, Potter County, 17:21;

21, Halle Kroeplin, Highmore-Harrold, 17:24; 22, Brooklyn Podoll, Frederick, 17:53; 23, Lexy White, Timber Lake, 18:02; 24, Brianna Beckler, Highmore-Harrold, 18:10; 25, Erin Barrie, Hitchcock-Tulare, 18:17; 26, ReAnna Kohlus, Mobridge-Pollock, 18:24; 27, Shelby Kilian, Potter County, 18:40; 28, Sarah McClure, Potter County, 18:47; 29, Leah Norton, Aberdeen Roncalli, 18:52; 30, Dani McCauley, Highmore-Harrold, 18:56;

31, Guadalupe Ramirez, Edmunds Central, 19:18; 32, Ally Binger, Hitchcock-Tulare, 19:26; 33, Emma Weyand, Potter County, 19:38; 34, Emma Fulkerson, Mobridge-Pollock, 19:45; 35, Kaytlyn Boomsma, Hitchcock-Tulare, 20:10; 36, Megan Baumeister, McIntosh, 20:21; 37, Kayla Hopfinger, Aberdeen Roncalli, 20:35; 38, Ashlyn Otto, Hitchcock-Tulare, 20:37; 39, Madison Crawford, Edmunds Central, 20:55; 40, Kiana Lundeen, Aberdeen Christian, 21:53; 41, Tyler Schone, Hitchcock-Tulare, 21:59; 42, Bailey Cole, Hitchcock-Tulare, 23:00; 42, Cassie Buchholz, Hitchcock-Tulare, 24:39; 43, Olivia Knippling, Highmore-Harrold, 24:50.

BOYS’ JUNIOR VARSITY

Aberdeen Christian results: 1, Matt Grebner, 14:25; 2, Dan Grebner, 15:34; 3, Hunter Bauer, 15:36; 5, Andrew Rohrbach, 15:50; 7, Judah Aderhold, 15:54; 20, Matt Sangster 17:05; 28, Jaden Shaving, 18:44; 30, Carson Beaner, 18:51.

Aberdeen Roncalli results: 8, Will Schaefbauer, 15:56; 33, Isaac Norton, 19:45.

GIRLS’ JUNIOR VARISTY

Aberdeen Roncalli results: 24, Katie Buttolph, 25:40.

BOYS’ JUNIOR HIGH

Aberdeen Christian results: 14, Gabe Lundeen, 8:27.

Aberdeen Roncalli results: 2, Ben Wirth, 7:37; 4, Kaleb Norton, 7:46; 5, Jarod McFarland, 7:47; 6, Devon Larson, 7:48; 15, Jared Loecker, 8:28; 24, William Goscicki, 9:17.

GIRLS’ JUNIOR HIGH

Aberdeen Roncalli results: 2, Elissa Hammrich, 8:15; 3, Rande Clark, 8:15; 7, Anna Schmidt, 8:20; 12, Kelsey Peterson, 8:44.