Hampton-Dumont-CAL cross country has busy week

The past week saw two meets for the Hampton-Dumont-CAL Bulldogs cross country teams as the teams’ had their first meet on Sept. 24. at Mason City and the second meet was on Sept. 26. at Pioneer Town and Country Club.

In the first meet, the Bulldogs’ boys team took 10th place out of 10 teams with a score of 251 points. Conner Miller finished in 24th place with a time of 18:49.8, William Vosburg took 53rd place with a time of 20:31.7, Isaac Vosburg took 64th place with a time of 21:31.0, Isaac Sauke finished in 67th place with a time of 22:15.9, Wael Habarie took 69th place with a time of 22:20.7, Max Kofoot finished in 70th place with a time of 22:21.3, Jose Aragon Mnedez Jr. took 71st place with a time of 22:21.5, and Peyton Kofoot finished in 74th place with a time of 25:04.9.

The girls’ team took third place out of seven teams with a score of 93 points. MacKenzy Valley took 11th place with a time of 22:13.9, Jordan Valley took 18th place with a time of 23:23.2, Brooklyn Valley finished in 19th place with a time of 23:24.5, Lily Hambly finished in 22nd place with a time of 23:37.2, Marlee Maas took 27th place with a time of 24:36.5, and Emma Dietz took 41st place with a time of 28:55.3.

Head coach Traci Moorehead said the team had a fantastic meet at Mason City as 17 of the 20 runners had seasonal best records and 11 of the runners had personal records on that night.

In the second meet on Sept. 26. The boys’ team took ninth place out of 12 teams with a score of 243 points. Conner Miller took 32nd place with a time of 19:04.1, William Vosburg took 44th place with a time of 19:46.6, Arnold Guevara took 72nd place with a time of 21:27.8, Isaac Vosburg finished in 74th place with a time of 21:41.12, Isaac Sauke finished in 83rd place with a time of 22:15.9, Max Kofoot finished in 89th place with a time of 22:20.6,  and Wael Habarie took 92nd place with a time of 22:26.6.

Jose Aragon Mnedez Jr. took 102nd place with a time of 23:02.6, Peyton Kofoot took 125th place with a time of 25:15.8, Ardian Berisha took 128th place with a time of 26:01.7, Jovanny Camarillo finished in 129th place with a time of 26:25.7, Aedyn Byrnes finished in 131st place with a time of 26:49.1, Jack Hindin finished in 139th place with a time of 31:25.0, and Nicholas Quasdorf finished in 140th place with a time of 44:00.1.

The girls’ team took eighth place out of 11 teams with a score of 207 points. MacKenzy Valley took 29th place with a time of 22:49.3, Jordan Valley finished in 44th place with a time of 24:00.7, Brooklyn Valley took 46th place with a time of 24:05.1, Lily Hambly took 51st place with a time of 24:44.0, Marlee Maas finished in 66th place with a time of 25:24.4, Emma Dietz took 114th place with a time of 31:13.1, Tammy Schirmer took 118th place with a time of 34:01.0, and Alicia Thomas took 122nd place with a time of 37:23.2.

With having two different courses during the week, Moorehead said it was a tough week for the team, but that the teams handled it well.

“They did a good job in between Tuesday and Thursday,” Moorehead said. “We did a workout to help with the soreness in their legs and they did well. Of course with it being Homecoming week on top of that we had a good week and I think the kids had a lot of fun.”

There were multiple runners for the Bulldogs who stood out to Moorehead with how they ran in the two meets.

“Conner Miller on Tuesday ran an 18:49 for his season record so that was good,” Moorehead said. “And at Mason City we had our girls’ team finish in third and we had three girls medaled with MacKeny Valley, Jordan Valley and Brooklyn Valley all medaled and that was neat too. On Thursday night, Will Vosburg ran well and he really came out and ran well for us. All the kids are bringing it together and are doing a good job.”

The teams’ next meet is on Oct. 3 at Maynes Grove at 4:40 p.m.