Bombers Solid At Winterset Invite

Ballard Looks For Solid Season

September 9, 2023

The men's cross country team competed in the Winterset Invitational Meet on Thursday. Although no team score was kept, as athletes ran in accordance to their grade level, the Bombers would have scored 77 team points good enough for a third place finish.

Bradley Sage paced the Bombers with a 7th place finish running in a time of 17:23.22. Max Davidson (10th) and Graden Hermann (13th) finished in 17:50.73 and 18:08.14 respectively. Jameson Witt (23rd - 18:56.60), Alex Weeks (30th - 19:33.56), Braden Kubichek (37th - 20:04.91), and Kaleb Dee (38th - 20:05.12) rounded out the Bomber's placing.

Comments From Head Coach Scott Barth:

"The boys also ran a solid race and showed promise at Winterset. We were once again led by the trio of senior Bradley Sage, sophomore Max Davidson and freshman Graden Hermann who all medaled in the meet placing 7th, 10th and 13th out of 79 runners. Bradley set a PR of 17:23 and both Max and Graden followed suit with PR's of 17:50 and 18:08. Senior Jameson Witt, in his first season of CC, ran a reserved race in clocking a 23rd place finish in a time of 18:56. New runner, freshman Alex Weeks did well in his second meet placing 30th in a PR time of 19:33 to close out our scoring. Braden Kubichek and Kaleb Dee closed out our varsity line-up with 37th and 38th place finishes.

We continue to see the emergence of returners Bradley and Max as our steady top 2 and consistent high placers. Graden, Jameson and Alex are all learning the ropes as new runners to the high school program. It takes a few meets to really get into the flow and mindset of running cross country, but I am excited to see them grow in ability and confidence over the next few weeks. There were also several great performances on the JV with lots of PR's and gains in confidence. We are a pretty young team, but moving in the right direction. We are preaching a lot about consistency with our teams. Consistency of training, consistency of mindset and consistency of overall preparation. I feel good about how we did and will see how that helps us entering, again, a very tough Ballard meet, which includes a field of 10+ ranked boys teams. It will be a great experience for our guys."

The Bombers are back in action on Monday - September 11 when they compete in the Mike Carr Invitational Meet in Huxley. The meet will feature the middle school, junior varsity, and varsity and will start at 4:30 PM.

WINTERSET INVITATIONAL MEN'S TEAM SCORES

NO TEAM SCORES KEPT

WINTERSET INVITATIONAL MEN'S INDIVIDUAL TIMES

7 Bradley Sage, 17:23.22

10 Max Davidson, 17:50.73

13 Graden Hermann, 18:08.14

23 Jameson Witt, 18:56.60

30 Alex Weeks, 19:33.56

37 Braden Kubichek, 20:04.91

38 Kaleb Dee, 20:05.12