Kennedy Boys Cross Country

Oates leads Kennedy boys to 4th at IC West race

IOWA CITY - Cedar Rapids Kennedy senior Trevor Oates finished fourth at the Iowa City West cross country meet Tuesday in a time of 16 minutes, 25.32 seconds.

The Cougars finished in fourth place out of 13 schools in the team standings. Iowa City West won the race with 46 points, followed by Bettendorf (82), Marshalltown (99) and Kennedy (123).

Bettendorf senior Matt Butler won the individual title in 16 minutes, 4.2 seconds. Conner Smock of Mount Vernon/Lisbon was second in 16:05.7.

Kennedy freshman Ryan Walkeer finished ninth out of 88 runners in 16:49.96.

Team Standings

1. Iowa City West 46, 2; Bettendorf 82, 3. Marshalltown 99, 4. Kennedy 123, 5. Muscatine 127, 6. Iowa City Regina 129, 7. Mount Vernon/Lisbon 135, 8. Ottumwa 186, 9. Davenport North 268, 10. North Cedar 330, 11. Mount Pleasant 345, 12. Lone Tree 353, 13. Pekin 360.

Top 10 Individuals
5K

1. Matt Butler (BETT) 16:04.2; 2. Conner Smock (MTV) 16:05.7; 3. Bailey Wetherell (ICW) 16:14.58; 4. Trevor Oates (CRK) 16:25.32; 5. Christian Kremer (MTOWN) 16:31.99; 6. Daniel Gardarsson (ICW) 16:36.66; 7. Zach Wells (MTOWN) 6:42.75; 8. Brennan Bogert (ICR) 16:44.44; 9. Ryan Walker (CRK) 16:49.96; 10. Lincoln Rozeboom (ICW) 16:50.26.

KENNEDY - 4. Trevor Oates 16:25.32; 9. Ryan Walker 16:49.96; 31. Austin Trotter 17:40.81; 35. Matthew Stevens 17:54.57; 44. Seth Kirkegaard 18:14.39; 48. Evan Couch 18:24.44; 56. Zach Grobstitch 18:37.70.

Oates 2nd at Eastern Iowa Classic

The Cedar Rapids Kennedy girls cross country dominated the Eastern Iowa Classic at the Tuma Soccer Complex Thursday afternoon.

The 10th-ranked Cougars placed five runners in the top-10 to capture top honors out of eight teams.

Jessica Rodman, Katie Wampole and Alyssa Averhoff finished 3-4-5 for Kennedy, followed by Tara Mittelberg in eighth place and Lauren Meyer in ninth.

Kate Kaster of Clinton High School won the 4-kilomer race in 15 minutes, 5.70 seconds. Shannon Gorman of Cedar Rapids Washington was second in 15:29.54.

Washington finished third in the girls team race, Xavier was seventh and the Linn-Mar junior varsity placed eighth.

Trevor Oates of Kennedy finished second in the boys 5-kilometer race in 16:30.88. Calvin Daack of Dubuque Hempstead won the race in 16:12.73.

Ryan Walker of Kennedy ran fifth, Tyler Chlystun of Linn-Mar was sixth and Jay Halverson of Linn-Mar was ninth.

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Kennedy 9th at Cedar Falls

CEDAR FALLS - Etienne Nzoyisaba ran second and Robert Hogg third to lead Washington to second place Thursday at the Rich Engel Classic boys cross country meet.

Washington finished with 92 points. Cedar Falls won with 58. The Linn-Mar junior varsity was sixth, Kennedy ninth and Jefferson 14th.

Daniel Huff of Waverly Shell-Rock won the 5k race in 15 minutes, 29 seconds.

RICH ENGEL CLASSIC
At Birdsall Park

Team Standings
1. Cedar Falls 58; 2. Cedar Rapids Washington 92; 3. Dubuque Senior 110; 4. Decorah 130; 5. Dubuque Wahlert 172; 6. Linn-Mar JV 181; 7. Waterloo West 190; 8. Southeast Polk 228; 9. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 250; 10. Denver 261; 11. Muscatine 275; 12. Charles City 279; 13. Mason City 297; 14. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 327; 15. Dike-New Hartford 415; 16. Waverly-Shell Rock 425; 17. New Hampton 558.

Top 10 individuals
1. Daniel Huff (WSR) 15:29; 2. Etienne Nzoyisaba (CRW) 15:51; 3. Robert Hogg (CRW) 15:55; 4. Adam Streicher (CF) 16:06; 5. Jaime Zarate (CF) 16:11; 6. Matthew Adrian (CF) 16:14; 7. Anthony Ohl (West) 16:15; 8. Kody Fitzjerrells (DS) 16:18; 9. Brien Nugent (DW) 16:19; 10. Patrick Larson (Decorah) 16:26.

WASHINGTON (92): 2. Nzoyisaba 15:51, 3. Hogg 15:55, 26. Joe Berry 16:46, 30. Laurent Hakizimana 16:52, 31. Jon Rockwell 16:53, 39. Trevor Luebe 17:11, 63. Matt Wittman 17:44

LINN-MAR JV (181): 21. Tanner Rathje 16:43, 34. Jay Halverson 16:59, 37. Duggan Trenary 17:05, 42. Brandon Decker 17:20, 47. Ryan Andersen 17:25, 57. Brady Bisgard 17:40, 73. Noah Decker 17:57

KENNEDY (250): 13. Trevor Oates 16:36, 16. Ryan Walker 16:40, 62. Austin Trotter 17:42, 75. Matthew Stevens 17:59, 84. Zach Grobstich 18:09, 88. Seth Kirkegaard 18:18, 97. Chandler Heisler 18:31

JEFFERSON (327): 35. Taylor Mueller 16:59, 59. Devin Stone 17:41, 67. Jason Chung 17:50, 80. Eric Jones 18:04, 86. Ky Kramer 18:13, 102. Maverick Guyer 18:58, 112. Lucas Vanous 20:45

Cougar harriers run to Regina title

IOWA CITY - Trevor Oates and Ryan Walker ran 1-2 and Kennedy had four runners in the top 10 en route to the title of the Bob Brown Invitational boys cross country meet hosted by Regina High School.

Austin Trotter was seventh and Zach Grobstich eighth for the Cougars, who finished with 31 points, easily running past Solon and Regina, which each totaled 54 points.

Kennedy also won the JV meet with 21 points and five runners in the top seven.

BOB BROWN INVITATIONAL

Teams - 1. CR Kennedy 31, 2. Solon 54, 3. Iowa City Regina 54, 4. West Liberty 111, Wilton 134

Top 10 Individuals
1. Trevor Oates (CRK) 17:02.63, 2. Ryan Walker (CRK) 17:16.48, 3. Liam Hartley (ICR) 17:24.81, 4. David Crompton (ICR) 17:28.06, 5. Chase Hamilton (WL) 17:37.61, 6. Turner Wentzien (Solon) 17:58.26, 7. Austin Trotter (CRK) 18:03.51, 8. Zach Grobstich (CRK) 18:18.84, 9. Eoghan Hartley (ICR) 18:21.27, 10. Omar Longou (Solon) 18:24.75

KENNEDY - 1. Oates 17:02.63, 2. Walker 17:16.48, 7. Trotter 18:03.51, 8. Grobstich 18:18.84, 13. Seth Kirkegaard 18:42.02, 14. Matthew Stevens 18:42.90, 19. Bryton Heisler 18:56.87, 22. Chandler Heisler 19:15.87