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| Members of the Tipton boy's cross-country team won the Class 2019 Class 2A team title. Pictured here are, l-r: Ty Nichols, Jackson Edens, A.J. Thumma, Andrew Olseen, Landan Hill, Cody Bohlmann, Trent Pelzer, Caleb Shumaker, head coach Eric Walsh, and assistant coach Jill Engels. Photo by Darren Miller. |
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FORT DODGE — The Tipton Boy’s cross-country team claimed their second straight Class 2A state title last Saturday in Fort Dodge overcoming great odds. The Tigers held o Des Moines Christian by only four points to capture the school’s third state title in boy’s cross country. The other titles came in 1975 and last year. Two Tiger runners, junior Caleb Shumaker and senior Jackson Edens captured All-State honors while senior Andrew Olseen also placed in the top-20 finishers. The Tigers joined Madrid in Class 1A as the only schools in the four classes at state to repeat as state champions this year. In all classes, Tipton had the second lowest score by the four state champions this year. They were Class 1A Madrid 74, Class 2A Tipton 78, Class 3A Dallas Center Grimes 109, and Class 4A Dowling Catholic 87 points.
Coming into the state meet, the Tigers were not at full strength as senior Trent Pelzer was hobbled with an injury, but gave it a go at the meet. With Pelzer not 100-percent, the rest of the Tigers had to step up to make up the time. Just like the final conclusion to the movie McFarland USA, someone had to step up. For Tipton, that came in the trio of seniors Andrew Olseen and Landan Hill and sophomore A.J. Thumma.
Olseen placed 17th overall and 10th in the scoring determining team scores which was big for THS. His time was 17:01. Olseen came into the state meet off of three straight top-10 finishes at the Tigers last regular season meet at North Linn, the RVC meet, and the state qualifying meet. At one point at
the beginning of October he was beaten out on varsity and was running for the Tiger JV team. Instead of sulking or even quitting Olseen rallied, and pushed through, regaining his spot on the varsity team and running his best times of the season. Hill turned in his best time of the season at state, finishing 24th in 17:28 as did Thumma with a 34th place finish in 17:42, a season best time. Tipton finished off their scoring with Cody Bolhmann placing 41st in a time of 17:52 and Pelzer finished in 64th in a time of 18:16, gutting out the race with an injury in his final high school race.
A year ago the Tigers claimed their rst state title in boy’s cross-country for the rst time since 1975, scoring 72 points, beating RVC foe Bellevue by 28 points. The Comets placed a distant second with 100 points. This season, the final team race score was much closer. Tipton won the meet with nearly the same points, 78, but the second-place team was the second ranked Des Moines Christian who scored 82 points. Camanche’s Dylan Darsidan won the individual race with a first-place finish in a time of 16:02. Bellevue’s Brady Griebel was the runner-up with a time of 16:02.8. Tipton’s Caleb Shumaker placed third overall in a time of 16:11. The trio of juniors have been battling for the top-3 spots in both races and in the individual rankings by the Iowa Track and Field Coaches Association. Coming into state, Shumaker was ranked No. 1, Griebel No. 2, and Darsidan No. 3. Shumaker won races the last two times out at the River Valley Conference meet and the state qualifying meet at North Fayette Valley.
Shumaker placed 20th as a freshman in a time of 17:06. Both he and 2019 senior Ben Ellis earned All-State honors at last year’s state meet. Shumaker placed 4th last year and Ellis placed 11th to both earn All-State honors last year. The Tigers collected to spots among the top-15 All-State spots this
year. Shumaker, who was third in 16:11, and senior Jackson Edens who placed 14th in 16:53. Shumaker’s time was his second best time this season on any of the 12 courses Tipton ran at this year. Edens ran at the 2018 state meet placing 18th in 17:03, nearly missing All-State honors when he was a student at Green Mountain-Garwin schools. Edens and his family moved to Tipton after the 2018-19 school year.
Last year, the Tigers paid tribute to the 1975 Tipton team that won the state title with black uniforms. This year, the Tigers sported new old gold uniforms with the Tigers logo emblazoned on the front. The Tigers of 1975 were led by Brett Eggert and Joe Pelzer who gave the Tigers a 1-2 punch and the duo finished in that order at the Class B state meet that year. The Tigers were members of the WaMac conference then and captured the conference title as well that season. Their coach was Hall of Famer Dave Vogelgesang. Other team members were Mark Wiskus, Tom Weih and Ed Pelzer. In a future time, it will be likely that current head coach Eric Walsh will be a strong Hall of Fame candidate and this group, will long be remembered.
The Tigers will lose over half of their starting roster next year. Gone will be seniors Jackson Edens, Andrew Olsee, Landan Hill and Trent Pelzer. Back for THS next year will be Caleb Shumaker, A.J. Thumma and Cody Bohlmann out of the lineup that ran at state. Shumaker and Bohlmann will return with two state titles under their belts while Thumma will have one.
State Cross-Country Meet
Saturday, November 2
Fort Dodge, IA
Class 2A Results:
Team Scores: 1. Tipton 78, 2. Des Moines Christian 82, 3. Monticello 106, 4. Albia 151, 5. Davis County 174, 6. Danville-New London 183, 7. Williamsburg 186, 8. South Hardin 200, 9. Camanche 237, 10. Grundy Center 239, 11. Western Christian 253, 12. Okoboji 257, 13. North Fayette Valley 279, 14. George-Little Rock 307, 15. Treynor 307.
Top-15 Individual Finishers = All-State Honors:
1. Dylan Darsidan (Camanche) 16:02, 2. Brady Griebel (Bellevue) 16:02.8, 3. Caleb Shumaker (Tipton) 16:11, 4. Louden Foster (West Central Valley) 16:25, 5. Cody Smith (Des Moines Christian) 16:28, 6. Tahe Hulstein (Western Christian) 16:34, 7. Lake LeBahn (Union) 16:37, 8. Carson Shively (Davis County) 16:40, 9. Quinton Grove (South Hamilton) 16:41, 10. Harrison Ahlrichs (Monticello) 16:42, 11. Carter VandeVegte (Sioux Center) 16:42, 12. Andrew Hilgendorf (Northeast) 16:44, 13. Cole Cruise (Monticello) 16:46, 14. Jackson Edens (Tipton) 16:53, 15. Kenny Cronin (Davis County) 16:54.
Individual Team Results (Top-3 and THS):
TIPTON (78): 2. Caleb Shumaker 16:11, 8. Jackson Edens 16:53, 10. Andrew Olseen 17:01, 24. Landan Hill 17:28, 34. A.J. Thumma 17:42, 41. Cody Bohlmann 17:52, 64. Trent Pelzer 18:16.
DES MOINES CHRISTIAN (82): 3. Cody Smith 16:28, 11. Carson Houg 17:01, 13. Noah Fopma 17:07, 27. Christian Castile 17:31, 28. Jacob Fopma 17:34, 29. Trey Castile 17:27, 62. Nate Moser 18:14.
MONTICELLO (106): 6. Harrison Ahlrichs 16:42, 7. Cole Cruise 16:46, 21. Carter Kurt 17:22, 22. Jasper Nietert 17:24, 50. Zach Chapman 18:02, 53. Carter Cruise 18:06, 77. Grant Hospodarskey 18:42.
CAMANCHE (237): 1. Dylan Darsidan 16:0-2, 20. Dodson Melchiori 17:21, 47. Andrew Butt 17:59, 82. Zack Edens 18:45, 87. Jaxon Bussa 19:04, 101. Noah Liddle 20:01, 104. Chris Dorsey 20:25.
Final IATC Class 2A Rankings - Class 2A:
1. Tipton, 2. Des Moines Christian, 3. Monticello, 4. South Hardin, 5. Williamsburg, 6. Albia, 7. Okoboji, 8. Davis County, 9. Danville-New London, 10. GCGR, 11. North Fayette Valley, 12. Camanche, 13. GLR/CL, 14. Western Christian, 15 Treynor.
2019 Boy’s Team Rankings (Top-10):
Week 1 - September 3 - 1. Tipton, 2. Monticello, 3. South Hardin, 4. Albia, 5. Davis County, 6. Des Moines Christian, 7. Camanche, 8. GC-GR, 9. Western Christian, 10. Williamsburg.
Week 2 - September 10 - 1. Tipton, 2. South Hardin, 3. Davis County, 4. Albia, 5. Des Moines Christian, 6. Monticello, 7. Camanche, 8. GC/G-R, 9. Williamsburg, 10. Western Christian.
Week 3 - September 17 - 1. Tipton, 2. South Hardin, 3. Albia, 4. Des Moines Christian, 5. Monticello, 6. Williamsburg, 7. GC/G-R, 8. Mid-Prairie, 9. Western Christian, 10. Davis County.
Week 4 - September 24 - 1. Tipton, 2. Monticello, 3. South Hardin, 4. Williamsburg, 5. Albia, 6. Des Moines Christian, 7. Mid-Prairie, 8. Danville-New London, 9. GC/G-R, 10. Okoboji.
Week 5 - October 1 - 1. Tipton, 2. Des Moines Christian, 3. Monticello, 4. South Hardin, 5. Williamsburg, 6. Albia, 7. Mid-Prairie, 8. Danville-New London, 9. GC/G-R, 10. Okoboji.
Week 6 - October 8 - 1. Tipton, 2. Des Moines Christian, 3. Monticello, 4. South Hardin, 5. Williamsburg, 6. Albia, 7. Mid-Prairie, 8. Danville-New London, 9. Okoboji, 10. Davis County.
Week 7 - October 15 - 1. Tipton, 2. Des Moines Christian, 3. Monticello, 4. South Hardin, 5. Williamsburg, 6. Albia, 7. Danville-New London, 8. Mid-Prairie, 9. Okoboji, 10. Western Christian.
Week 8 - October 22 - 1. Tipton, 2. Des Moines Christian, 3. Monticello, 4. South Hardin, 5. Williamsburg, 6. Albia, 7. Danville-New London, 8. Okoboji, 9. Camanche, 10. Western Christian.
Week 9 - October 29 - 1. Tipton, 2. Des Moines Christian, 3. Monticello, 4. South Hardin, 5. Williamsburg, 6. Albia, 7. Okoboji, 8. Davis County, 9. Danville-New London, 10. GC/G-R.
Boys State Qualifying Meets - Top-5 Teams and Individuals
At Dike-New Hartford - Team Scores: 1. Monticello 36, 2. South Hardin 85, 3. Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck 90.
Individuals - 1. Lake LeBahan (Union) 16:22, 2. Quinton Grove (South Hamilton), 3. Cole Cruise (MONTI) 16:55, 4. Kolby Winter (South Hardin) 5. Kenny Day (GC/G-R) 17:08.
At North Fayette Valley - Team Scores: 1. Tipton 26, 2. North Fayette Valley 116, 3. Camanche 123.
Individuals: 1. Caleb Shumaker (TIP) 16:27, 2. Brady Griebel (Bellevue) 16:36, 3. Dylan Darsidan (Camanche) 16:44, 4. Jackson Edens (TIP) 17:17, 5. Bryden Juelsgaard (Crestwood) 17:27.
At Panorama - Team Scores: 1. Des Moines Christian 30, 2. Albia 76, 3. Treynor 105.
Individuals - 1. Lauden Foster (W. Central Valley) 17:09, 2. Cody Smith (DM Christian) 17:13, 3. William Gillis (C. Decatur) 17:27, 4. Noah Fopma (DM Christian) 17:32, 5. Carson Houg (DM Christian) 17:36.
At Unity Christian - Team Scores: 1. Okoboji 67, 2. George Little Rock 93, 3. Western Christian 97.
Individuals - 1. Dylan Blake (MVAO) 16:24, 2. Tage Hulstein 16:35, 3. Carter VandeVegte (Sioux Center) 16:52, 4. Daniel Schreiver (George Little Rock) 16:55, 5. San Harrison (Sioux Center) 16:59.
At Williamsburg - Team Scores: 1. Williamsburg 65, 2. Davis County 75, 3. Danville-New London 76.
Individuals - 1. Kenny Cronin (Davis County) 16:39, 2. Andrew Hilgendorf (Northeast) 16:47, 3. Carson Shively (Davis County) 16:52, 4. Kaiden Royster (Williamsburg) 17:04, 5. Ty Carr (Danville-New London) 17:10.
FORT DODGE — The Tipton Boy’s cross-country team claimed their second straight Class 2A state title last Saturday in Fort Dodge overcoming great odds. The Tigers held o Des Moines Christian by only four points to capture the school’s third state title in boy’s cross country. The other titles came in 1975 and last year. Two Tiger runners, junior Caleb Shumaker and senior Jackson Edens captured All-State honors while senior Andrew Olseen also placed in the top-20 finishers. The Tigers joined Madrid in Class 1A as the only schools in the four classes at state to repeat as state champions this year. In all classes, Tipton had the second lowest score by the four state champions this year. They were Class 1A Madrid 74, Class 2A Tipton 78, Class 3A Dallas Center Grimes 109, and Class 4A Dowling Catholic 87 points.
Coming into the state meet, the Tigers were not at full strength as senior Trent Pelzer was hobbled with an injury, but gave it a go at the meet. With Pelzer not 100-percent, the rest of the Tigers had to step up to make up the time. Just like the final conclusion to the movie McFarland USA, someone had to step up. For Tipton, that came in the trio of seniors Andrew Olseen and Landan Hill and sophomore A.J. Thumma.
Olseen placed 17th overall and 10th in the scoring determining team scores which was big for THS. His time was 17:01. Olseen came into the state meet off of three straight top-10 finishes at the Tigers last regular season meet at North Linn, the RVC meet, and the state qualifying meet. At one point at
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| Andrew Olseen |
A year ago the Tigers claimed their rst state title in boy’s cross-country for the rst time since 1975, scoring 72 points, beating RVC foe Bellevue by 28 points. The Comets placed a distant second with 100 points. This season, the final team race score was much closer. Tipton won the meet with nearly the same points, 78, but the second-place team was the second ranked Des Moines Christian who scored 82 points. Camanche’s Dylan Darsidan won the individual race with a first-place finish in a time of 16:02. Bellevue’s Brady Griebel was the runner-up with a time of 16:02.8. Tipton’s Caleb Shumaker placed third overall in a time of 16:11. The trio of juniors have been battling for the top-3 spots in both races and in the individual rankings by the Iowa Track and Field Coaches Association. Coming into state, Shumaker was ranked No. 1, Griebel No. 2, and Darsidan No. 3. Shumaker won races the last two times out at the River Valley Conference meet and the state qualifying meet at North Fayette Valley.
Shumaker placed 20th as a freshman in a time of 17:06. Both he and 2019 senior Ben Ellis earned All-State honors at last year’s state meet. Shumaker placed 4th last year and Ellis placed 11th to both earn All-State honors last year. The Tigers collected to spots among the top-15 All-State spots this
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| Jackson Edens |
Last year, the Tigers paid tribute to the 1975 Tipton team that won the state title with black uniforms. This year, the Tigers sported new old gold uniforms with the Tigers logo emblazoned on the front. The Tigers of 1975 were led by Brett Eggert and Joe Pelzer who gave the Tigers a 1-2 punch and the duo finished in that order at the Class B state meet that year. The Tigers were members of the WaMac conference then and captured the conference title as well that season. Their coach was Hall of Famer Dave Vogelgesang. Other team members were Mark Wiskus, Tom Weih and Ed Pelzer. In a future time, it will be likely that current head coach Eric Walsh will be a strong Hall of Fame candidate and this group, will long be remembered.
The Tigers will lose over half of their starting roster next year. Gone will be seniors Jackson Edens, Andrew Olsee, Landan Hill and Trent Pelzer. Back for THS next year will be Caleb Shumaker, A.J. Thumma and Cody Bohlmann out of the lineup that ran at state. Shumaker and Bohlmann will return with two state titles under their belts while Thumma will have one.
State Cross-Country Meet
Saturday, November 2
Fort Dodge, IA
Class 2A Results:
Team Scores: 1. Tipton 78, 2. Des Moines Christian 82, 3. Monticello 106, 4. Albia 151, 5. Davis County 174, 6. Danville-New London 183, 7. Williamsburg 186, 8. South Hardin 200, 9. Camanche 237, 10. Grundy Center 239, 11. Western Christian 253, 12. Okoboji 257, 13. North Fayette Valley 279, 14. George-Little Rock 307, 15. Treynor 307.
Top-15 Individual Finishers = All-State Honors:
1. Dylan Darsidan (Camanche) 16:02, 2. Brady Griebel (Bellevue) 16:02.8, 3. Caleb Shumaker (Tipton) 16:11, 4. Louden Foster (West Central Valley) 16:25, 5. Cody Smith (Des Moines Christian) 16:28, 6. Tahe Hulstein (Western Christian) 16:34, 7. Lake LeBahn (Union) 16:37, 8. Carson Shively (Davis County) 16:40, 9. Quinton Grove (South Hamilton) 16:41, 10. Harrison Ahlrichs (Monticello) 16:42, 11. Carter VandeVegte (Sioux Center) 16:42, 12. Andrew Hilgendorf (Northeast) 16:44, 13. Cole Cruise (Monticello) 16:46, 14. Jackson Edens (Tipton) 16:53, 15. Kenny Cronin (Davis County) 16:54.
Individual Team Results (Top-3 and THS):
TIPTON (78): 2. Caleb Shumaker 16:11, 8. Jackson Edens 16:53, 10. Andrew Olseen 17:01, 24. Landan Hill 17:28, 34. A.J. Thumma 17:42, 41. Cody Bohlmann 17:52, 64. Trent Pelzer 18:16.
DES MOINES CHRISTIAN (82): 3. Cody Smith 16:28, 11. Carson Houg 17:01, 13. Noah Fopma 17:07, 27. Christian Castile 17:31, 28. Jacob Fopma 17:34, 29. Trey Castile 17:27, 62. Nate Moser 18:14.
MONTICELLO (106): 6. Harrison Ahlrichs 16:42, 7. Cole Cruise 16:46, 21. Carter Kurt 17:22, 22. Jasper Nietert 17:24, 50. Zach Chapman 18:02, 53. Carter Cruise 18:06, 77. Grant Hospodarskey 18:42.
CAMANCHE (237): 1. Dylan Darsidan 16:0-2, 20. Dodson Melchiori 17:21, 47. Andrew Butt 17:59, 82. Zack Edens 18:45, 87. Jaxon Bussa 19:04, 101. Noah Liddle 20:01, 104. Chris Dorsey 20:25.
Final IATC Class 2A Rankings - Class 2A:
1. Tipton, 2. Des Moines Christian, 3. Monticello, 4. South Hardin, 5. Williamsburg, 6. Albia, 7. Okoboji, 8. Davis County, 9. Danville-New London, 10. GCGR, 11. North Fayette Valley, 12. Camanche, 13. GLR/CL, 14. Western Christian, 15 Treynor.
2019 Boy’s Team Rankings (Top-10):
Week 1 - September 3 - 1. Tipton, 2. Monticello, 3. South Hardin, 4. Albia, 5. Davis County, 6. Des Moines Christian, 7. Camanche, 8. GC-GR, 9. Western Christian, 10. Williamsburg.
Week 2 - September 10 - 1. Tipton, 2. South Hardin, 3. Davis County, 4. Albia, 5. Des Moines Christian, 6. Monticello, 7. Camanche, 8. GC/G-R, 9. Williamsburg, 10. Western Christian.
Week 3 - September 17 - 1. Tipton, 2. South Hardin, 3. Albia, 4. Des Moines Christian, 5. Monticello, 6. Williamsburg, 7. GC/G-R, 8. Mid-Prairie, 9. Western Christian, 10. Davis County.
Week 4 - September 24 - 1. Tipton, 2. Monticello, 3. South Hardin, 4. Williamsburg, 5. Albia, 6. Des Moines Christian, 7. Mid-Prairie, 8. Danville-New London, 9. GC/G-R, 10. Okoboji.
Week 5 - October 1 - 1. Tipton, 2. Des Moines Christian, 3. Monticello, 4. South Hardin, 5. Williamsburg, 6. Albia, 7. Mid-Prairie, 8. Danville-New London, 9. GC/G-R, 10. Okoboji.
Week 6 - October 8 - 1. Tipton, 2. Des Moines Christian, 3. Monticello, 4. South Hardin, 5. Williamsburg, 6. Albia, 7. Mid-Prairie, 8. Danville-New London, 9. Okoboji, 10. Davis County.
Week 7 - October 15 - 1. Tipton, 2. Des Moines Christian, 3. Monticello, 4. South Hardin, 5. Williamsburg, 6. Albia, 7. Danville-New London, 8. Mid-Prairie, 9. Okoboji, 10. Western Christian.
Week 8 - October 22 - 1. Tipton, 2. Des Moines Christian, 3. Monticello, 4. South Hardin, 5. Williamsburg, 6. Albia, 7. Danville-New London, 8. Okoboji, 9. Camanche, 10. Western Christian.
Week 9 - October 29 - 1. Tipton, 2. Des Moines Christian, 3. Monticello, 4. South Hardin, 5. Williamsburg, 6. Albia, 7. Okoboji, 8. Davis County, 9. Danville-New London, 10. GC/G-R.
Boys State Qualifying Meets - Top-5 Teams and Individuals
At Dike-New Hartford - Team Scores: 1. Monticello 36, 2. South Hardin 85, 3. Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck 90.
Individuals - 1. Lake LeBahan (Union) 16:22, 2. Quinton Grove (South Hamilton), 3. Cole Cruise (MONTI) 16:55, 4. Kolby Winter (South Hardin) 5. Kenny Day (GC/G-R) 17:08.
At North Fayette Valley - Team Scores: 1. Tipton 26, 2. North Fayette Valley 116, 3. Camanche 123.
Individuals: 1. Caleb Shumaker (TIP) 16:27, 2. Brady Griebel (Bellevue) 16:36, 3. Dylan Darsidan (Camanche) 16:44, 4. Jackson Edens (TIP) 17:17, 5. Bryden Juelsgaard (Crestwood) 17:27.
At Panorama - Team Scores: 1. Des Moines Christian 30, 2. Albia 76, 3. Treynor 105.
Individuals - 1. Lauden Foster (W. Central Valley) 17:09, 2. Cody Smith (DM Christian) 17:13, 3. William Gillis (C. Decatur) 17:27, 4. Noah Fopma (DM Christian) 17:32, 5. Carson Houg (DM Christian) 17:36.
At Unity Christian - Team Scores: 1. Okoboji 67, 2. George Little Rock 93, 3. Western Christian 97.
Individuals - 1. Dylan Blake (MVAO) 16:24, 2. Tage Hulstein 16:35, 3. Carter VandeVegte (Sioux Center) 16:52, 4. Daniel Schreiver (George Little Rock) 16:55, 5. San Harrison (Sioux Center) 16:59.
At Williamsburg - Team Scores: 1. Williamsburg 65, 2. Davis County 75, 3. Danville-New London 76.
Individuals - 1. Kenny Cronin (Davis County) 16:39, 2. Andrew Hilgendorf (Northeast) 16:47, 3. Carson Shively (Davis County) 16:52, 4. Kaiden Royster (Williamsburg) 17:04, 5. Ty Carr (Danville-New London) 17:10.
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