The Atlantic Trojans Cross Country competed well at its home meet Thursday evening. The Trojan girls would finish in third and the boys were sixth. Glenwood won first place and Harlan second on the girls side. The top girls runner was Lindsey Sonderman from Harlan. Claire Pellett shined again while finishing in 4th. When asked, she thought this was one of her best meets of the season.

The rest of the girls ran well with Belle Berg finishing 20th, Katrina Williams 24th, Megan Birge 38th, Makenna Schroeder 41st, Hailey Huffman 44th, and Eleanor Brummer 47th. Birge was a runner that stuck out to her team for not only gaining a personal record on this meet, but for the progress she’s made after taking a two-year hiatus from running.

Overall, Atlantic Head Coach Dan Vargason was satisfied with the effort his girls showed Thursday evening.

Girls Teams Standings:

1 Glenwood (66)
Total Time: 1:45:30.07
2 Harlan (73)
Total Time: 1:45:52.54
3 Atlantic (106)
Total Time: 1:48:47.80
4 Winterset (114)
Total Time: 1:49:57.52
5 Clarinda (132)

Total Time: 1:50:53.64

On the boys side Treyton Schaapherder from Clarinda took the individual title. That effort helped boost Clarinda into the third spot. But, first and second place went to Winterset and Kuemper Catholic. Atlantic’s top boy runner on the evening was Bennett Whetstone ending at 13th place. Alex Sonntag would be 17th, Luke Irlmeier 34th, Devon Fields 39th, Rickie Fields 48th, and Tyrell Williams 55th.

Whetstone spoke positively of the efforts and results he saw from his teammates during the meet.

Coach Vargason accepted the sixth-place finish explaining the improvement that the Atlantic boys need to make in order to improve.

Boys Teams Standings:

1 Winterset (44)
Total Time: 1:27:21.50
2 Kuemper Catholic (94)
Total Time: 1:30:32.94
3 Clarinda (110)
Total Time: 1:29:37.45
4 St. Albert, CB (112)
Total Time: 1:31:04.15
5 Earlham (137)
Total Time: 1:32:08.68
6 Atlantic (140)

Total Time: 1:32:45.31

The next meet is a week away for the Trojans when they travel to Carroll for the Hawkeye 10 Conference Meet on October 12th.