AMES - Linn-Mar sophomore Josh Evans beat the top-ranked runners in Iowa Saturday and finished second at the prestigious Heartland Classic cross country meet in Ames.
Josh Thorson of Wayzata, Minn., won the race in 15 minutes, 31 seconds. Evans placed second in 15:44, making him the top finisher among all Iowans in the meet.
Dowling Catholic senior Cole Decker, the top-ranked runner in Iowa, placed fifth Saturday. West Des Moines Valley junior Ben Anderson, who is ranked second in the state, finished third.
Evans was ranked third in the state this past week but could vault to No.1 with his impressive showing Saturday.
Linn-Mar finished fifth in the boys standings out of 25 teams. Dowling Catholic won the title, followed by Wayzata (Minn.), Edina (Minn.), Shawnee Mission South (Kan.) and the Lions. Teams from five states competed in the meet.
Jacob Aune of Prairie placed ninth out of 171 runners in 16:18. Mitch Pritts of Prairie finished 12th in 16:25, helping the Hawks place ninth in the team standings.
The Linn-Mar girls finished in second place out of 27 teams in their race Saturday. Dowling Catholic won the title with 45 points, followed by the Lions (87) and Bettendorf (112). Prairie was 17th.
Linn-Mar senior Carolyn Newhouse finished fifth out of 185 runners in 14:34. The Lions placed five runners in the top-25 with Brooklyn Kascel 18th, Morgan Uridil 19th, Maddie Saville 22nd and Rachel Perry 23rd.
6TH ROOSEVELT HEARTLAND CLASSIC
Iowa State Course
Boys Team Standings
1. Dowling Catholic 122, 2. Wayzata (Minn.) 155, 3. Edina (Minn.) 155, 4. Shawnee Mission South (Kan.) 159, 5. Linn-Mar 175, 6. Liberty (Mo.) 200, 7. Ames 214, 8. Iowa City West 220, 9. Prairie 257, 10. Fremont (Neb.) 264, 11. Waukee 299, 12. West Des Moines Valley 304, 13. Pella 309, 14. Indianola 326, 15. Shawnee Mission Northwest (Kan.) 362, 16. Millard North (Neb.) 405, 17. Bettendorf 427, 18. Shawnee Mission North (Kan.) 441, 19. Johnston 464, 20. DM Roosevelt 478, 21. Ankeny 509, 22. Blue Valley North
(Kan.) 575, 23. Lincoln North Star (Neb.) 625, 24. DM Lincoln 804, 25. DM Hoover 823.
Girls Team Standings
1. Dowling Catholic 45, 2. Linn-Mar 87, 3. Bettendorf 112, 4. Wayzata (Minn.) 147, 5. West Des Moines Valley 185, 6. Waukee 188, 7. Shawnee Mission Northwest (Kan.) 200, 8. DM Roosevelt 213, 9. IC West 221, 10. Cedar Falls 274, 11. Ankeny 278, 12. Johnston 300, 13. Liberty (Mo.) 383, 14. Dallas Center-Grimes 411, 15. Ames 421, 16. Pella 458, 17. Prairie 461, 18. Millard North (Neb.) 507, 19. Eastview (Minn.) 519, 20. Indianola 535, 21. Blue Valley North (Kan.) 570, 22. Fremont (Neb.) 616, 23. Shawnee Mission North (Kan.) 652, 24. Lincoln North Star (Neb.) 684, 25. Shawnee Mission South (Kan.) 722, 26. Omaha Marian (Neb.) 730, 27. DM Hoover (876).
Top 15 Boys
1. Josh Thorson, Wayzata (Minn.) 15:31
2. Josh Evans, Linn-Mar 15:44
3. Ben Anderson, WDM Valley 15:52
4. Danny Aldaba, Fremont (Neb.) 15:55
5. Cole Decker, Dowling 16:00
6. Connor Olson, Wayzata (Minn.) 16:02
7. Mohamed Hamden, Lincoln (Neb.) 16:12
8. Zach Buchheit, Pella 16:17
9. Jacob Aune, Prairie 16:18
10. Shannon Hall, Liberty (Mo.) 16:19
11. Kirk Bado, Shawnee Mission (Kan.) 16:22
12. Mitch Pritts, Prairie 16:25
13. Scott Leonard, Shawnee Mission (Kan.) 16:25
14. Arturo Garcia, Fremont (Neb.) 16:25
15. Ryan Cox, Millard (Neb.) 16:26
Top 15 Girls
1. Madison Waymire, Dallas Center-Grimes 14:06
2. Karissa Schweizer, Dowling 14:25
3. Mahnee Watts, Bettendorf 14:32
4. Emma Huston, DM Roosevelt 14:33
5. Carolyn Newhouse, Linn-Mar 14:34
6. Anna Peer, Bettendorf 14:36
7. Pombie Silverman, IC West 14:40
8. Vanessa Miller, Dowling 14:41
9. Jeralyn Poe, Lincoln (Neb.) 14:43
10. Grace Gibbons, Dowling 14:48
11. Anna French, Wayzata (Minn.) 14:48
12. Alexandra Vaughan, Dowling 14:50
13. Hannah Thomas, Dowling 14:51
14. Megan Nickles, Bettendorf 14:55
15. Grace Vander Welde, WDM Valley 14:55
Linn-Mar Boys Results
2. Josh Evans 15:44, 22. Chase Grabau 16:36, 43. Kyle Read 16:51, 53. Bryce Poellet 16:59, 55. Daniel Murphy 17:00, 72. Matt Simon 17:16, 125. Keegan Cook 18:01.
Prairie Boys Results
9. Jacob Aune 16:18, 12. Mitch Pritts 16:25, 46. Zach Waite 16:53, 92. Christi Counts-Choplick 17:31, 98. Walker Thompson 17:39, 143. Juan Loera 18:31, 153. Sean Koopman 18:58.
Linn-Mar Girls Results
5. Carolyn Newhouse 14:34, 18. Brooklyn Kascel 14:59, 19. Morgan Uridil 15:00, 22. Maddie Saville 15:07, 23. Rachel Perry 15:08, 63. Caitlin Novak 15:48, 130. Haley Berry 16:43.
Prairie Girls Results
53. Bree Gaster 15:38, 79. Amanda Weyer 16:01, 98. Beth Heims 16:12, 112. Maddie Rainey 16:21, 119. Katie Costigan 16:26, 132. Anastasia Jordan 16:44, 174. Anna Rubsam 17:53.
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