The Ogden boys’ cross country team competed among Iowa’s best at the Iowa High School Cross Country Championships on Friday morning, October 31, at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course near Fort Dodge, finishing 14th in the Class 1A team standings with 317 points.
Riverside of Oakland and Earlham tied for first place with 127 points, and the time of the teams’ sixth-place runners determined Riverside was the winner as James McCready of Riverside ran faster than Kruz Fagan of Earlham.
Ankeny Christian Academy was close behind in third with 129.
Leading the way for Ogden was junior Myles Tromblay, who continued his season with an 18th-place finish in a time of 16 minutes, 46.8 seconds.
Senior Bek Anderson was the Bulldogs’ second finisher, crossing the line in 17:57.8 to place 74th overall.
Freshman Luke Fisher turned in a strong performance in his first state meet appearance, finishing 107th in 18:42.0.
Junior Brody Hitsman added a time of 19:21.4 to place 121st, while senior Thomas Bergstrom rounded out the team’s scoring runners with a 143rd-place finish in 20:40.2.
Junior Asher Hoard finished 150th in 23:20.3, and Levi Venard completed the Bulldogs’ lineup with a 151st-place finish.
The season concluded with Ogden earning a spot among the top Class 1A teams in Iowa and gaining valuable experience that should benefit the Bulldogs in the years ahead.
Jill Lutz reporting
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