Raider boys place fifth at POI
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By RYAN STONEBRAKER
CORNING, Iowa — The Mount Ayr boys cross country team placed fifth at last week’s Pride of Iowa Conference meet in Corning. The Raiders had 130 team points. Nodaway Valley won the conference title for the third straight year, scoring 19 points to win the team title. Central Decatur was the runner-up team with a score of 59 points while Wayne was third with 72 points. There were 45 runners in the boy’s race.
Nodaway Valley’s Gabe Winkelmann was the winner of the boys race with a time of 17:40 while East Union’s Brock Driskill was the runner-up in a time of 17:54. Mount Ayr was led by a pair of top-25 finishers. Austin Briner was the top Raider finisher, placing 22nd in 22:14 while Max Graves was 25th in 23:04. Other Mount Ayr finishers were Mason Starmer 30th, Braxton McAlexander 37th and Kellon Shaffer 39th.
The Raiders will run once this week at a Class 1A state qualifying meet on Thursday at SW Valley which is the same location that last week’s POI meet was held at. Other POI teams at the state qualifying meet will be Lenox, Central Decatur, and SW Valley. Other teams at the meet will be AC/GC, Bedford, Diagonal, East Mills, Essex, Fremont-Mills, Griswold, Heartland Christian, Lamoni, Logan-Magnolia, Mormon Trail, Sidney, St. Albert, Stanton and Tri-Center. The state qualifying meet starts at 4 p.m.
Boys Pride of Iowa Conference Meet
At Corning
Boys Team Scores: 1. Nodaway Valley 19, 2. Central Decatur 59, 3. Wayne 72, 4. SE Warren 117, 5. Mount Ayr 130, 6. SW Valley 147.
Top-10 Finishers: 1. Gabe Winkelmann (NV) 17:40, 2. Brock Driskill (East Union) 17:54, 3. Raiden Jimenez (SE Warren) 18:08, 4. Josh Nelson (NV) 18:09, 5. Paul Kading (NV) 18:32.3, 6. Luke Kading (NV) 18:33.0, 7. Haden Colton (NV) 18:33.5, 8. Cayden Quigley (CD) 18:34, 9. Jack Berg (NV) 19:14, 10. Beau Waugh (CD) 19:25.
Individual Team Results:
MOUNT AYR (130): 22. Austin Briner 22:14, 25. Max Graves 23:04, 36. Mason Starmer 25:13, 37. Braxton McAlexander 27:07, 39. Kellon Shaffer 28:22.
