Pekin boys take second place at 1A State cross country meet

FORT DODGE- The Pekin Panthers boys cross country team finished second at the State Meet at Fort Dodge’s Lakeside Golf Course on Saturday, Oct. 29. They fell just short of Nodaway Valley for first place as a team. They were only 56 points shy of N.V. and less than two minutes behind. Overall Pekin finished with a time of 1:27:11.4.

            In team scoring Ryan Millikin was once again very impressive, finishing second overall and fourth with individual runners added in. Millikin ran a time of 16:47, just 6 seconds behind Shane Breheny of Nodaway Valley, who finished first out of state team runners, and third overall with individual non-State qualifiers added in. Malcolm Myers took seventh out of the team runners with a time of 16:59, only 12 seconds behind his teammate. These two seniors have been absolutely magnificent this season and both finish in the top ten with great times for the Panthers.

            The youngster Colton Glosser followed up his teammates with a 17^th place finish out of team qualifying runners. Glosser ran a 17:36 and with his first State appearance meet shows excellent promise for the future with his performance. Isaiah Wittrock will return next season as well, he finished 31^st with a time of 17:52, another very good finish for the Panthers.

(For full article read Nov 2 edition of The News Review)