Sigourney boys bring home second straight SICL cross country conference championship

BROOKLYN- The Savage runners continue to have terrific success this season especially on the boys side of things as they took home first place at the SICL conference meet on Thursday, Oct. 13. The girls didn’t do too shabby themselves with two top ten finishers and a fifth place overall finish as a team. There was a lot to be proud of on this day from Sigourney including from their terrific JH runner Mason Moore who won the JH SICL meet finishing an impressive season as he gets ready to contribute next year to the high school squad.

            The boys edged out Belle Plaine to claim their second straight SICL title as the race was ran at Brooklyn-Victor Golf Course. The path set before the runners was not lacking in hills, which on the way up were tough to trek, but on the way down provided added speed. The times seemed to be a little faster at Brooklyn overall by all teams possibly due to the hills, as well as the wind speed. However, this had no effect on the way anybody ran this race and the Sigourney boys had a set game plan and executed it to perfection.

            Tyler Crawford led the way for the Savages once again finishing seventh overall with a time of 17:23. He was followed by teammate Tommy Stout who came in ninth clocking in at 17:41. Tristan Bell took 14^th place with a time of 18:03, and Dawson Webster was right behind Bell with a time of 18:06, which garnered 15^th place. Paul Montgomery took 17^th overall with a time of 18:12, not far behind Webster and Bell, and Will Flanegin took 19^th clocking in at 18:18. Perhaps most important for their finishing score, Nick Ives finished in 38^th with a time just under twenty minutes at 19:57. Overall the boys ran terrific and were well deserving of their second straight team championship.

            The girls ran pretty well as well in Brooklyn on Thursday. Summer Barthelman brought home fourth place with a time of 21:47. Paige Thompson finished in tenth place with a time clocking in at 22:38. Megan Montgomery finished in 46^th, and Lainey Graff came in 52^nd. Jetta Bell, Sarina Gretter and Bree Atwood who came in 53rd, 54th and 57th respectively ran strong races as well. The girls ran well enough to take fifth place as a team and have a shot individually and as a team to make a splash as well this week at the State qualifying meet. Sigourney will run at Ankeny Centennial to try and qualify for state on both sides this upcoming Thursday.