By Jon Gremmels
Herald Sports Editor
October 10, 2008 10:07 pm
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DE WITT — Only one spot separated Central DeWitt’s Frank Futselaar and Ryan Hamby at Thursday’s Saber Invita-tional boys cross country meet, but their opinions of the race couldn’t have been much different. They agreed on one thing, though: It was a great day for their team.
Futselaar placed third, Hamby was fifth and teammates Nolan Knudson, Ben Niemann and Daniel Barnes also placed in the top 18 to lead the Sabers to the team championship of their own meet at Grace Lutheran Camp. The Sabers finished with 57 points, nine ahead of runner-up Davenport Assumption, which was led by individual champion Tommy Harris.
“The team win probably was the best part,” said Hamby, who finished the 5,000-meter race in 17 minutes, 22 seconds.
There was no question about that for Futselaar.
“I’m not happy about the race,” Futselaar said. “It was really bad. The air was so dry, and that really bothers me. I’m not used to the hills where I live (in the Netherlands). My time (17:22) wasn’t anything like Saturday (when he ran 16:45 at the Clinton Invitational).”
Hamby, on the other hand, was excited by his finish, six days after winning the freshman-sophomore race at the Clinton Invitational.
“This is my first full year, so I didn’t know how well I would do,” he said. “I’m peaking, and my times are coming down. I have surprised myself. I didn’t expect to be so high on the varsity. I kind of just wanted to make the varsity this season.”
Camanche’s Codie Adams finished between the DeWitt teammates in 17:28. He said if he had approached the race differently he might even have caught Futselaar.
“I was looking for Frank, and I wanted to sit on him, but he went out quick and I didn’t think I could stick,” Adams said. “But he slowed, and I probably could have.”
Still, he said he enjoyed competing against some different runners.
“Seeing different people always is more fun,” he said. “It can hurt you, though, because you don’t always know who to run with.”
As it turned out, no one could run with Assumption’s Harris. His won in 17:00 and was 19 seconds faster than runner-up Brandt Moore of Bellevue Marquette. Moore, who often runs races against Prince of Peace’s Drew Sikkema, the top-ranked runner in Class 1A, admitted that it can be a bit frustrating to finish second often.
“You see kids below you in the rankings winning, and you have to remember who you’re finishing behind,” Moore said.
“This definitely helps a whole lot,” Moore said of how well he ran against Harris and other runners he rarely sees. “I usually run against Drew once or twice a week. I try to keep my confidence up that I can win, and this keeps my confidence going.”
SABER INVITATIONAL
Grace Lutheran Camp, DeWitt, Iowa
Team standings — 1. Central DeWitt 57, 2. Davenport Assumption 66, 3. Western Dubuque 90, 4. North Scott 106, 5. Maquoketa 144, 6. Bellevue Marquette 154, 7. Camanche 180, 8. Davenport North 208, 9. Northeast 210, 10. North Cedar 285, 11. Rivermont Collegiate 305.
Individual leaders — 1. Tommy Harris (DA) 17:00; 2. Brand Moore (Marq) 17:19; 3. Frank Futselaar 17:22; 4. Codie Adams 17:28; 5. Ryan Hamby (CD) 17:33; 6. Jared McIntosh (DA) 17:51; 7. Caleb Miller (Maq) 18:01; 8. Austin Schlueter (WD) 18:02; 9. Jim Gotto (WD) 18:04.5; 10. Jermiah Gerardy (Maq) 18:04.8.
CENTRAL DEWITT — 3. Futselaar, 5. Hamby, 14. Nolan Knudson 18:14, 17. Ben Niemann 18:27; 18. Daniel Barnes 18:28, 31. Matt Zimmer 19:15; 36. Nick Jewell 19:22.8.
MAQUOKETA — 7. Miller, 10. Gerardy, 29. Brandon Hosch 19:08, 47. Ethan Kilburg 20:03.3, 51. Isaac Kinrade 20:12, 57. Matt Keitel 20:35, 61. Ryan Schwenker 20:49.
MARQUETTE — 2. Moore; 19. Adam Herrig 18:29; 29. Louis Keitel 19:08; 41. Scott Nolting 19:45; 43. Beau Becker 19:51; 49. Rob Timmer 20:08.2; 58. Austin Kaimes 20:42; 49. Michael Rubel 20:45.
CAMANCHE — 4. Adams; 38. Tony Stoll 19:35; 40. Cody Snodgrass 19:42; 44. Kevin Carrington 19:53; 54. Patrick Knapp 20:14; 68. Luke Snodgrass 21:42.
NORTHEAST — 16. Matt Bowman 18:21; 34. Trent Mussman 19:20; 39. Seth Mommsen 19:40; 56. Matt Cain 20:31; 65. Baron Loots 21:20; 66. Brent Blanchard 21:26; 73. Erick Anderson 22:00.
ANDREW — 70. Jesse Bliss 21:56.5, 72. Luke Michels 21:57.
PRESTON — 23. Joel Geier 18:38; 67. Zach Henningsen 21:30.
CALAMUS-WHEATLAND — 24. Jay Whitmore 18:40.
BELLEVUE — 71. Cody Heim 21:57.0.
Junior varsity — 1. Tom Dohrmann (Central DeWitt) 18:56.
SABER INVITATIONAL
Grace Lutheran Camp, DeWitt (4,000 meters)
Team standings — 1. Bellevue Marquette 91, 2. North Scott 103, 3. Davenport Assumption 104, 4. Central DeWitt 114, 5. Western Dubuque 136, 6. Davenport North 145, 7. Maquoketa 165, 8. Camanche 208, 9. Northeast 246, 10. Bellevue 260.
Individual leaders — 1. Trisha Miller (Maq) 14:57; 2. Morgan Casey (NE) 15:09; 3. Kelsey Regan (DN) 15:19; 4. Mary Menster (DA) 15:25; 5. April Davidshofer (WD) 15:41; 6. Katie Flogel (Marq) 16:03; 7. Anne Bruno (Andrew) 15:11; 8. Lorena Temple (Cam) 16:18; 9. Chelsey Kemp (WD) 16:21; 10. Nicole Boesenberg (North Cedar) 16:29.
MARQUETTE — 6. Flogel; 12. Andrea Frank 16:57; 15. Anna Lampe 17:03; 22. Paige Daugherty 17:33; 36. Bree Moore 18:08; 40. Madeline Schroeder 18:27; 57. Brooke Ploeger 19:39.
CENTRAL DEWITT — 11. Lindsay Smith 16:52; 19. Leanne Callender 17:14; 23. Carrie Demmon 17:35; 30. Danaka Knudson 17:49.9; 31. Jessica Fenske 17:51; 35. Katy Vorwald 18:03; 59. Beth Davis 19:49.
MAQUOKETA — 1. Miller; 26. Kelsey Bollman 17:41; 41. Ashley Quinlan 18:33; 42. Sarah Sagers 18:34; 55. Molly Shanahan 19:32.4; 68. Sophie Seyfert 20:48.
CAMANCHE — 8. Lorena Temple 16:18; 28. Courtney Harksen 17:46; 49. Morgan Roth 19:01.1; 58. Lina Kasch 19:46; 65. Sasha Temple 20:26; 67. Sarah Thornton 20:40; 71. Kelly Anderson 21:03.
NORTHEAST — 2. Casey; 39. Ellen Schulz 18:24; 63. Alexandria Dickey 20:11; 70. Carly Bormann 20:58; 72. Whitney Rorah 21:18.
BELLEVUE — 29. Kaitlin Kilburg 17:49.4; 45. Brianna Brown 18:47; 60. Nicole Sullivan 20:01; 62. Leah Witt 20:09; 64. Amanda Templeton 20:12; 66. Bethany Till 20:33.
ANDREW — 7. Bruno; 53. Katie Asmussen 19:19.
Junior varsity — 1. Paige Kruse (Central DeWitt) 17:46.
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