Miller, Freeman claim individual, team cross-country titles

A pair of individuals won their respective races to help lead their teams to first-place showings as well during the De Smet Invitational cross-country meet on Thursday.

Cole Sargent of Miller won the boys’ race as the Rustlers ran away with the team title with just seven points.

Freeman’s Cailey Roth grabbed the girls’ race as the Flyers won the team crown by four points over runner-up Sioux Valley.

Aberdeen Christian, on the strength of a top-10 finish from Tucker Iwerks, finished sixth in the boys’ standings with 59 points. The Knights were just six points out of third place in the bunched-up field.

“It was really close,” said Christian coach David Rohrbach of the final team points.

Iwerks ran a time of 18:20.4 to finish in 10th place in a field that featured many Class A runners.

“He wasn’t even feeling his best physically and still ran a better time than he did the first meet,” Rohrbach noted, “so that’s really encouraging for us.”

The Knights also had three runners that placed between 33rd and 44th. While pleased that his runners were able to run in a pack, Rohrbach would like to see that group inch a bit closer to the top.

“They ran really well together, but if we could get them to move up a little bit in the ranks, that would be great,” Rohrbach said.

Rohrbach was pleased with his team’s showing, especially against a large field of runners.

“Most everyone improved their times,” he noted. “I thought we did really well.”

The main reason that the Knights traveled to De Smet was because that is where the region meet will be held next month.

“It’s good for the kids to run the course at least once before it really matters,” Rohrbach said.

Christian won the boys’ JV team title, with Matt Grebner claiming a first-place finish.

After a 10-day layoff between meets, the Knights now have two meets in three days as they head to Ipswich on Saturday.

“It will really test the kids’ endurance,” Rohrbach said. “We’ve been kind of preparing for it.”

BOYS’ DIVISION

Team Points: Miller 7, Great Plains Lutheran 46, Lyman 53, Elkton-Lake Benton 56, De Smet 57, Aberdeen Christian 59, Deuel 63, Deubrook Area 65, Sunshine Bible 76, Sioux Valley 79, Dell Rapids St. Mary 82, Lake Preston 104, Rosholt 115.

Individual Results

1, Cole Sargent, Miller, 16:59.9; 2, Rawson Yost, Clark-Willow Lake, 17:40.4; 3, Mason Breitling, Miller, 17:47.4; 4, Trevor Hinderaker, Deubrook Area, 17:47.7; 5, Kedric Brantner, James Valley Christian, 17:48.1; 6, Trey Waldrop, Miller, 18:02.4; 7, Cameron Harming, Elkton-Lake Benton, 18:02.7; 8, Iren Grassrope, Lyman, 18:11.0; 9, Rex Schlicht, Woonsocket, 18:15.6; 10, Tucker Iwerks, Aberdeen Christian, 18:20.4;

11, Ethan Maertz, Great Plains Lutheran, 18:40.3; 12, Caleb Clair, De Smet, 18:41.5; 13, Colin Magedanz, Deuel, 18:44.1; 14, Niklas Hansen, Warner, 18:44.5; 15, Ryan Maertz, Great Plains Lutheran, 18:47.3; 16, Brock Bumann, Lake Preston, 18:53.1; 17, Max Nielson, Sioux Valley, 18:59.1; 18, Cole DeRuyter, Elkton-Lake Benton, 18:59.8; 19, Hunter Russell, Miller, 19:00.3; 20, Jace Burma, Sunshine Bible, 19:03.1;

21, Noah Clair, De Smet, 19:14.8; 22, Michael Wirth, Warner, 19:23.4; 23, Jacob Carter, Deuel, 19:24.1; 24, Connor Bertsch, Miller, 19:30.2; 25, Matt Farmer, Dell Rapids St. Mary, 19:31.4; 26, Jeff Wanner, Florence-Henry, 19:34.5; 27, John Witte, Wessington Springs, 19:40.0; 28, Chris Hass, Sunshine Bible, 19:44.2; 29, Nick Paulson, Wessington Springs, 19:48.1; 30, Marlowe LaRoche, Lyman, 19:48.4;

31, Seth Pomrenke, Estelline, 20:00.6; 32, Jared Schwebach, Colman-Egan, 20:01.3; 33, Ben Williams, Aberdeen Christian, 20:02.0; 34, Micah Roemen, Dell Rapids St. Mary, 20:02.3; 35, Hayden Peterman, Miller, 20:07.9; 36, Phyzon Milton, Lyman, 20:08.5; 37, Andrew Wieser, Rosholt, 20:08.9; 38, Jordan Kjenstad, Great Plains Lutheran, 20:09.3; 39, Johnny Roelofsen, Deubrook Area, 20:09.7; 40, Tanner Droog, Aberdeen Christian, 20:13.0;

41, Tate Haider, Wolsey-Wessington, 20:15.5; 42, Collin VanderWal, Sioux Valley, 20:25.5; 43, Baylor Beck, De Smet, 20:30.0; 44, Ezra Aderhold, Aberdeen Christian, 20:34.0; 45, Sam Buhr, Colman-Egan, 20:35.8; 46, Derek McManigal, Lyman, 20:36.2; 47, Jacob Johnson, Deubrook Area, 20:36.7; 48, Isaac Ronne, Deuel, 20:45.8; 49, Jakob Eng, Sioux Valley, 20:46.9; 50, Luigi Thompson, Elkton-Lake Benton, 20:56.7;

51, Jason Cook, Dell Rapids St. Mary, 20:57.3; 52, Jared Miller, Sunshine Bible, 21:25.1; 53, Eric Narveson, Sioux Valley, 21:27.7; 54, Ethan Jaeger, Great Plains Lutheran, 21:54.1; 55, Aaron Elijah, Sioux Valley, 21:59.8; 56, Logan Hattervig, Howard, 22:12.1; 57, Lucas Trooien, Sioux Valley, 22:15.8; 58, Cole Thompson, Arlington, 22:16.7; 59, Keaton Hoyer, Howard, 22:16.7; 60, The Swartz, Rosholt, 22:43.8;

61, Allen Strande, Lake Preston, 23:43.1; 62, Cordell Giese, Deuel, 23:44.3; 63, Dawson Ceroll, Rosholt, 24:55.4; 64, Cole Lundeen, Aberdeen Christian, 26:17.9; 65, Tanner Duffy, Lake Preston, 28:34.3.

GIRLS’ DIVISION

Team Points: Freeman 24, Sioux Valley 28, James Valley Christian 33, Deubrook Area 37, Howard 39, De Smet 39, Dell Rapids St. Mary 59, Warner 64, Deuel 87, Lyman 94.

Individual Results

1, Cailey Roth, Freeman, 15:52.6; 2, Mikayla Prouty, Clark-Willow Lake, 16:00.9; 3, Makayla Zirbel, Waubay-Summit, 16:08.0; 4, Julie Loewen, James Valley Christian, 16:38.0; 5, Jenna Christianson, Deubrook Area, 16:41.8; 6, Cassie Rawden, Sioux Valley, 16:56.9; 7, Heidi Stoltenburg, Elkton-Lake Benton, 16:59.8; 8, Rebecca Eberts, Freeman, 17:03.2; 9, Anna Eggers, Rosholt, 17:04.0; 10, Emily Martens, De Smet, 17:04.5;

11, Christy Achen, Warner, 17:05.9; 12, Christina Vogel, Dell Rapids St. Mary, 17:07.4; 13, Alyssa Haaland, Sioux Valley, 17:09.2; 14, Ashley Robinson, Wolsey-Wessington, 17:15.0; 15, Josie Erickson, Howard, 17:20.3; 16, Alexis Lane, Sunshine Bible, 17:23.9; 17, Madelynn Brantner, James Valley Christian, 17:26.7; 18, Shaylee DeBeer, Deubrook Area, 17:32.8; 19, Leannah TeKrony, Estelline, 17:40.7; 20, Abigail Benning, Estelline, 17:41.3;

21, Renee Seaman, Sunshine Bible, 17:43.0; 22, Hannah Noonan, Howard, 17:56.4; 23, Amanda Gehm, De Smet, 17:57.2; 24, Emily Ford, Sioux Valley, 17:58.5; 25, Ellen Lewis, Howard, 17:59.6; 26, Macey Claussen, Howard, 18:00.3; 27, Hannah Eberts, Freeman, 18:13.5; 28, Callie Martens, DeSmet, 18:18.4; 29, Tierra Decker, James Valley Christian, 18:18.9; 30, Allison Van Veen, Great Plains Lutheran, 18:19.9;

31, Jessica Wittrock, Colman-Egan, 18:26.8; 32, Mallory Johnson, James Valley Christian, 18:28.1; 33, Mattie Nepodal, Deubrook Area, 18:29.9; 34, Maddison Christiansen, Deubrook Area, 18:30.6; 35, Zoe Evenson, Arlington, 18:53.4; 36, Cassie Geraets, Dell Rapids St. Mary, 18:58.6; 37, Phoenix Choal, Lyman, 19:11.0; 38, Kaylee Backman, Warner, 19:12.3; 39, Catherine Vogel, Dell Rapids St. Mary 19:14.6; 40, Megan Weseloh, Great Plains Lutheran, 19:15.1;

41, Brittany Knutson, Deuel, 19:15.6; 42, Georgialee Quail, Deuel, 19:16.8; 43, Becca Bauman, Deuel, 19:18.4; 44, Shyanne Kofpmann, Wessington Springs, 19:24.9; 45, Courtney Bladow, Warner, 19:53.5; 46, Macy Erickson, Howard, 20:02.4; 47, Jessie Kloos, Deuel, 20:20.7; 48, Kathlene Boyle, Lyman, 20:38.6; 49, Kristen Longville, Lake Preston, 20:39.0; 50, Siana Kelsch, Elkton-Lake Benton, 21:08.5;

51, Randi Rowen, Arlington, 21:13.9; 52, Emily Ollerich, Waubay-Summit, 22:17.8; 53, Kiana Lundeen, Aberdeen Christian, 23:02.6; 54, Emily Muirhead, Lyman, 23:23.7.

BOYS’ JUNIOR VARSITY

Team Points: Aberdeen Christian 8, Miller 18, Sioux Valley 28, Great Plains Lutheran 41.

Aberdeen Christian results: 1, Matt Grebner, 11:01.7; 4, Hunter Bauer, 11:58.8; 5, Dan Grebner, 12:04.1; 17, Judah Aderhold, 12:31.4; 39, Matthew Sangster, 13:32.4; 53, Jaden Shaving, 14:15.0; 64, Carson Beaner, 15:08.8.

GIRLS’ JUNIOR VARSITY

Team Points: Deuel 13, Deubrook Area 13, Howard 22, Colman-Egan 33.