Bombers XC Finish Strong At SQM Meet
Ballard Finishes 10th
The men's cross country team placed 10th at the state qualifying meet on Wednesday in Pella. Seth Pencook paced the Bombers finishing 30th in a time of 18:04.30. Trent Payne ran in 18:26.41 good enough for a 41st place finish. Chase Brekke finished 55th in a time of 19:10.92. Zack Charter (72nd - 19:46.33), Logan Hundtrods (79th - 20:05.06), and Ian Godbold (84th - 21:47.00) rounded out the Bomber runners.
Pella, Carlisle, and Newton qualified their teams to the state cross country meet next Friday finishing in the top three.
Comments From Head Coach Scott Barth:
"Junior Seth Pencook, running with a deep bruise on his thigh, ran admirably placing 30th for the bombers in our top position. Junior Trent Payne ran a PR to finish in the 41st position. He was followed by Senior Chase Brekke and sophomore Bradley Sage in the 55th and 58th spots.
Freshmen Zack Charter and Logan Huntrods finished close together in 72nd and 79th overall. Junior Ian Godbold stepped into the varsity line-up placing 84th.
This wraps up the boys season and I am looking forward to the future with most of these guys. Whenever a team goes through rebuilding, the catalyst that leads to growth is culture. I can say without a doubt that this season's team showed immense growth in that area and that will eventually translate on the course. These guys worked hard and had fun with each other. It was really fun to see. I loved working with these guys and with what we have returning next season, we can make a big step forward.
I am proud of both of my teams tonight. I asked them to run with confidence, effort, poise and to leave nothing in their tanks - they did just that. We dug deep and fought - I loved seeing it! We will put another week in and fine tune some things for the girls as they head to state next Friday. We can do great things together and we will work our best to maximize our performance."
The Bombers have finished their season.
STATE QUALIFYING MEET TEAM SCORES
1. Pella, 57
2. Carlisle, 85
3. Newton, 90
4. Gilbert, 128
5. Grinnell, 146
6. Clear Creek-Amana, 149
7. Nevada, 170
8. Fairfield, 186
9. Oskaloosa, 226
10. Ballard, 256
11. Bondurant-Farrar, 284
12. Knoxville, 286
STATE QUALIFYING MEET INDIVIDUAL TIMES
30 Seth Pencook, 18:04.30
41 Trent Payne, 18:26.41
55 Chase Brekke, 19:04.70
58 Bradley Sage, 19:10.92
72 Zack Charter, 19:46.33
79 Logan Huntrods, 20:05.06
84 Ian Godbold, 21:47.00
