Twice As Nice, Two Beavers, Two Wildcats Qualify for State

By Ryan Stonebraker
Sports Editor

  IOWA CITY — Four area boy’s cross-country runners qualified for the 2018 state cross-country meet out of the Iowa City Regina state qualifying meet on Thursday, October 18 at the Kickers Soccer Complex in Iowa City. Two Durant and two Wilton runners were among the top-15 finishers earning automatic qualification for the state meet.

  For Wilton Buddy Darting and Zach Hein will run at the state meet. Darting placed 5th overall in a time of 17:52 and Hein was 12th in 18:06. For Durant, Jack Voss and Easton Botkins will run at the state meet. Voss placed seventh at the meet in 17:53 and Botkins placed 15th in a time of 18:17.

  In the team race, Durant missed out of a team trip to state by two points. The Wildcats scored 136 points and finished fourth. The Pekin Panthers earned the last spot in the state field, placing third with 134 points. Pekin placed 7th at the 2017 state meet. Calamus-Wheatland won the state qualifying meet with a low score of 46. The Warriors had the top-2 finishers in the race with champion Hunter Rickles (17:10) and runner-up Chase Knoche (17:16). The Warrior also had Chandler Gannon place 8th and Magnue Sands place 13th to give them four top-15 finishers. Calamus-Wheatland is ranked No. 3 in Class 1A. Maquoketa Valley placed second and the Wildcats are ranked No. 12 in 1A.

  Other Durant finishers were 34th, Nathan Moomey in 19:25; 37th, Anthony Mundt in 19:34; 44th, Jeremy Carnes in 19:52; 57th, Drake Schelangoski in 20:29; and 71th, Cameron Hoon in 20:58.

  Other Wilton finishers were 41st, Kael Brisker in 19:46; 47th, Ethan Bailey in 19:57; 52nd, Isaac Hunter in 20:17; 66th, Mason Baker in 20:48; and 79th, Colby Brown in 21:11.

  The 2018 state meet for class 1A boy’s starts at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. The Class 1A boy’s awards ceremony will be at 3:00 p.m.

Class 1A State Qualifier Meet

At Iowa City Regina

Thursday, October 18

Boy’s Team Scores: 1. Calamus-Wheatland 46, 2. Maquoketa Valley 95, 3. Pekin 134, 4. Durant 136, 5. Wilton 156, 6. Wapello 187, 7. Starmont 194, 8. Prince of Peace 211, 9. Holy Trinity 289, 10. IMS 308, 11. Columbus Junction 326, 12. Iowa City Regina 331, 13. Sigourney 334, 14. Winfield-Mt. Union 336, 15. Lone Tree 367, 16. North Mahaska 425, 17. WACO 439, 18. Easton Valley 464, 19. Cardinal 491, 20. Highland 550.


Top-15 Finishers:
1. Hunter Rickels (CW) 17:10, 2. Chase Knoche (CW) 17:16, 3. Brady Millikin (P) 17:40, 4. Colten Glosser (P) 17:40, 5. Buddy Darting (WIL) 17:52, 6. Chance Downs (MV) 17:53, 7. Jack Voss (D) 17:53, 8. Chandler Gannon (CW) 17:55, 9. Aiden Housman (WAP) 17:56, 10. Jacob Glandon (EV) 17:59, 11. Matt Hellige (HT) 18:03, 12. Zach Hein (WIL) 18:06, 13. Magnue Sands (CW) 18:10, 14. Mason Moore (S) 18:12, 15. Easton Botkins (D) 18:17.

Individual Team Scores:
DURANT (136): 7. Jack Voss 17:53, 14. Easton Botkins 18:17, 34. Nathan Moomey 19:25, 37. Anthony Mundt 19:34, 44. Jeremy Carnes 19:52, 57. Drake Schelangoski 20:29, 71. Cameron Hoon 20:58.

WILTON (156): 5. Buddy Darting 17:52, 11. Zach Hein 18:06, 41. Kael Brisker 19:46, 47. Ethan Bailey 19:57, 52. Isaac Hunter 20:17, 66. Mason Baker 20:48, 79. Colby Brown 21:11.