March 19, 2024

Newton runners claim LHC middle school medals

GRINNELL — Newton’s Jack Callaghan, Matt Moran, Rachel Rhoads and Abbie Barr captured Little Hawkeye Conference cross country medals Monday in the middle school races at Ahrens Park in Grinnell.

Callaghan was the boys’ runner-up, running the two-mile race in 11 minutes, 43 seconds. Moran placed eighth in 12:32. They led the Cardinal boys to a second-place finish as a team with 82 points to first-place Dallas Center-Grimes’ 54 points.

The Newton girls were fifth with 122 points. Grinnell won the team title with 41 points. Rhoads earned the seventh-place meda in 13:45 and Barr ran 15th in 14:18.

Here are the rest of the Newton middle school results from the conference meet:

Boys: 19. Tyler Dafflitto, 13:07, 20. Ross Hull, 13:11, 33. Gavin Aalbers, 13:54, 34. Dylan Main, 14:01, 40. Connor Moon, 14:14, 42. Nathan Miller, 14:21, 52. Alex Burkett, 14:53, 58. Nathan Simon, 15:08, 68. Nate Vanzee, 15:39, 73. Isaac Friedman, 15:52, 82. Preston Sherwood, 16:16, 84. Jon Noble, 16:17, 89. Mitchell Faidley, 16:42, 95. Michael Hodnett, 17:16, 100. Colin McAnally, 18:01.

Girls: 31. Caelyn Briley, 15:14, 33. Lane Dethrow, 15:14, 36. Rylie Bakalar, 15:34, Marcelina Marvelli, 15:35, 42. Jensen Pauley, 16:31.