The Oskaloosa Herald
STATE CENTER —
Oskaloosa rested some of its cross country team out from Saturday’s West Marshall Invitational with state qualifying meets coming up later this week.
The Indians still did quite well as all the varsity runners finished in the top 25.
The girls team was third with 62 points while the boys placed second with 63 points.
“We ran well considering it was very windy and cold,” Indians coach Keith Comfort said. “We held a couple kids out to give them a little extra rest. All in all though there were some good performances and I was happy with the effort.”
Kamron VanHulzen was the top finisher for the boys as he ran 18:05 to come in fifth while Jared Boggess was ninth in the time of 18:17.
“Kamron and Jared Boggess both ran well at the top of our lineup. Jared is rounding into racing shape now in just his third race,” Comfort said. “Kamron has been solid all year and continued that today. Caleb (Fisher) and Gerrit (VanMaanen) have shown improvement throughout the year and did well tonight. We used this race to get an idea of who would run in the state qualifying race next week. We have some good competition going for the final spot on both boys and girls teams. We will really need to have very strong performances out of the bottom of our lineup to be competitive.”
Lesley Roquet and her sister, Kelsey, recorded top-10 finishes for the girls. Lesley Roquet was eighth in 16:36 while Kelsey Roquet ran 16:52 to come in 10th.
“Lesley and Kelsey led the girls efforts. They have been our 2-3 runners most of the year,” Comfort said. “Meghan (Toubekis) had a real good race and we need that from her. All the girls ran real good times. I thought Julia (Coniglio) ran a very good race to finish runner-up in the JV race and Graeme (Kuba) did the same in winning the boys JV race.
“The middle school kids finished their season with strong efforts. They have worked really hard this year and have improved all year long. Some of them will be moving up to the high school team next year and will provide additional depth to the team. There is a lot of young talent in our program right now.”
Oskaloosa runs in a Class 3A state qualifying meet Thursday in Pella.
West Marshall Invitational
Saturday’s Results
Girls
Varsity
Team standings — 1. CMB 34, 2. Greene County 57, 3. Oskaloosa 62, 4. West Marshall 100.
Oskaloosa — 8. Lesley Roquet 16:36, 10. Kelsey Roquet 16:52, 12. Meghan Toubekis 17:16, 15. Brey Hill 17:23, 17. Riley Berg 17:32, 19. Melanie Harvey 17:59, 24. Natalie Whitis 18:33.
Junior Varsity
Oskaloosa — 2. Julia Coniglio 19:02, 6. Angela Hyland 19:32, 7. Morgane Cloesen 19:41, 10. Brooke Beers 20:42, 11. Kenzie Gunter 21:38.
Middle School
Oskaloosa — 1. Sienna DeJong 12:38, 3. Melissa Moorman 13:34, 4. Anna Jones 13:50, 6. Allie Hafner 14:15, 7. Lexi Randau 14:20, 13. Kamryn Beers 16:05, 14. Claire Fiechtner 16:07, 17. Gillian Gross 16:44, 18. Jessabelle Opheim 16:52, 21. Marta Iverson 18:06.
Boys
Varsity
Team standings — 1. West Marshall 37, 2. Oskaloosa 63, 3. Greene County 66, 4. CMB 92, 5. Colo-Nesco 111.
Oskaloosa — 5. Kamron VanHulzen 18:05, 9. Jared Boggess 18:17, 12. Caleb Fisher 19:11, 17. Gerrit VanMaanen 19:34, 20. Logan Gross 19:53, 21. Jared Buckallew 19:57, 22. Johannes Hartman 20:05.
Junior Varsity
Oskaloosa — 1. Graeme Kuba 19:40, 4. Tiki Anderson 20:47, 23. Cole Oscarson 23:04.
Middle School
Oskaloosa — 2. Colton Berg 11:59, 3. Addison Vandewall 12:55, 5. Spencer Nelson 13:37, 6. Aaron Bowie 14:05, 10. Garrett Gilliland 14:20, 11. Jack Miller 14:27, 14. Nickolas Schaffner 14:51, 16. Jacob Spears 15:27, 21. Jordan Diggins 16:32.
