Greenwell leads Raiders in pair of meets last week

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By Ryan Stonebraker
GUTHRIE CENTER, Iowa – The Mount Ayr Raiders ran at two meets last week and came away with two opportunities to cut time and improve. The Raiders did not have enough runners to place in either team race however, one runner led the Mount Ayr results in each meet. Braylon Greenwell was the top Mount Ayr finisher at the Creston meet with a 22nd place finish in 18:39 and he also placed 22nd in the meet at AC/GC in a time of 21:16.
At Creston, Red Oak won the meet with a score of 43 points, but was challenged by Earlham with 45 points. Nodaway Valley placed third with 88 points. Besides Mount Ayr, Central Decatur, Martensdale-St. Mary’s, Wayne, Southwest Valley, East Union and Lenox were also at the meet.
Earlham’s David Nichols won the meet in a time of 16:11 and Red Oak’s Emmanuel Grass was the runner-up in a time of 16:31.
Mount Ayr had a pair of runners also run at the meet. Austin Briner placed 77th in a time of 23:24, and Kellon Shaffer placed 98th in 26:45.
At the meet in Guthrie Center, Greenwell led a pair of Mount Ayr runners at the meet. Greenwell placed 22nd while Shaffer placed 60th in 31:07.
IKM-Manning won the meet with a team score of 33 points. Perry was second with 61 points while Panorama placed third with 103 points.
Preston Kent from AC/GC won the boys race in a time of 18:05, while Camden Morris from IKM-Manning placed second in a time of 18:31.
Mount Ayr will have only one meet this week and that is on Tuesday, September 30 at Osceola (results were not available as of press time).
The Raiders will run against Baxter, Chariton, Clarke, Creston, East Union, Interstate-35, Lenox, Martensdale-St. Marys, Moravia, Mormon Trail, SE Warren, Southwest Valley and Van Meter. The following week, Mount Ayr will run at the Centerville Big Red Invitational on Tuesday, October 7 at the Lakeview Elementary sports complex.
Creston Boy’s Cross-Country Invitational
Tuesday, September 23 At Creston
Team Scores: 1. Red Oak 43, 2. Earlham 45, 3. Nodaway Valley 88, 4. Creston 95, 5. Clarinda 149, 6. Central Decatur 171, 7. Martensdale-St. Marys 178, 8. Wayne 203, 9. Southwest Valley 253, 10. Bedford 254.  No Team Scores: CAM, Diagonal, East Union, Essex, Lamoni, Lenox, Mount Ayr, North Nodaway, Moravia.
Top-10 Finishers:
1. David Nichols (E) 16:11, 2. Emmanuel Grass (RO) 16:31, 3. Hayden Heitbrink (RO), 4. Wyatt Goodenberger 17:07, 5. Donovan Braet (E) 17:25, 6. Gabe Winkelmann (NV) 17:35, 7. Osiel Pederson (RO) 17:48, 8. Dawson Braet (E) 17:52, 9. Isaiah Wheeldon (MTSM) 17:55, 10. Matthew Warner (Creston) 17:58.
Individual Team Results:
MOUNT AYR (NTS): 22. Braylon Greenwell 18:39, 77. Austin Briner 23:24, 98. Kellon Schaffer 26: 45
AC/GC Charger Invitational
Thursday, September 25 at Guthrie Center
Boy’s Team Scores: 1. IKM-Manning 33, 2. Perry 61, 3. Panorama 103, 4. AC/GC 111, 5. Tri-Center 116, 6. Exira-EHK 149, 7. West Central Valley 153.  No Team Scores: AHSTW, West Central Valley, Mount Ayr, East Mills, East Union, Lenox.
Top-10 Finishers: 1. Preston Kent (ACGC) 18:05, 2. Camden Morris (IKM-Manning) 18:31, 3. Austin Rasmussen (Exira-EHK) 18:50, 4. Akeo Maynard (IKM-Manning) 18:52, 5. Nicholas Dahir (TC) 18:58, 6. Ivan Willet (P) 19:05, 7. Isaac Blankman (IKM-Manning) 19:17, 8. Edwyrd Steil (P) 19:22, 9. Brock Driskill (EU) 19:28, 10. Nathanael Conner (IKM-Manning) 19:29.
Individual Team Results:
MOUNT AYR (NTS): 22. Braylon Greenwell 21:16, 60. Kellon Shaffer 31:07.