By John RittenhouseThe Adrian and Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth-Edgerton cross country teams made big impacts at the Red Rock Conference meet in Slayton Tuesday.The Adrian girls won their first RRC team title in history, nipping H-BC-E-E 34-41 for the honor.Southwest Christian won the boys’ championship with 21 points, topping second-place Adrian (61) and third-place H-BC-E-E (85).Along with team success, Adrian and H-BC-E-E won individual championships and a total of 10 athletes from both programs made the All-RRC rosters.Leading the Adrian girls to their first conference championship as a team was Morgan Lynn, who won the varsity race with a time of 15:55.Since the Top 10 individuals in varsity competition make the all-conference team, Lynn and teammates McCall Heitkamp, Kelly Banck and Krissi Thier earned spots on the All-RRC squad. Heitkamp placed fifth in 17:06, Banck seventh in 17:12 and Thier 10th in 17:22.Megan Henning rounded out Adrian’s team performance by placing 16th in 17:18. Sarah Kruger ran a 20:13 without impacting the scoring.The H-BC-E-E girls fielded a varsity team for the first time at the RRC meet, and the Patriots ran well to place second while locking up four All-RRC positions.Mya Mann placed fourth in 17:02, Cassi Tilstra sixth in 17:12, Amanda Tilstra eighth in 17:14 and Jill Weitgenant ninth in 17:19 to make the All-RRC squad for the Patriots.Rayna Sandoval placed 20th in 18:35 to round out the team effort.No Adrian boys made the All-RRC team during their second-place performance as a team.Brandon Bullerman and Lee Stover, Paul Honermann and Chad Janssen placed 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th with respective 18:19, 18:32, 18:32 and 18:37 times. Pete Jensen placed 16th in 19:38 to pad Adrian’s team tally.Ethan Wieneke and Aaron Mormann placed 27th and 29th with respective 19:38 and 20:10 times without impacting the scoring for AHS.Tyler Bush and Kale Wiertzema cracked the All-RRC roster for the H-BC-E-E boys. Bush won the individual title with a time of 16:53. Wiertzema placed eighth in 17:54.Todd Alberty, Derek Haak and John Sandbulte finished 24th, 25th and 31st with respective 19:29, 19:32 and 20:49 times for the Patriots.Here is a look at the team scores and the rest of the individual efforts turned in by AHS and H-BC-E-E runners during the meet.Girls’ standings: Adrian 34, H-BC-E-E 41, Murray County Central 67, Mountain Lake-Butterfield-Odin 71.Boys’ standings: SWC 21, Adrian 61, H-BC-E-E 85, MCC 107, ML-B-O 111, Southwest United 125.Junior varsity boysAdrian: Kyle Knips, second, 15:52; David Brake, third, 16:23; Kelly Seeman, fourth, 16:32; Dustin Lonneman, fifth, 16:37; Brad Brake, eighth, 16:49; Eldon Vaselaar, 10th, 17:38; Michal Berrie, 13th, 18:31; Trent Lutmer, 14th, 19:46.H-BC-E-E: Dustin Verhey, first, 15:31; Adam Finke, sixth, 16:39; Devin DeBoer, seventh, 16:44; Tom Janssen, ninth, 17:15; Jared Drenth, 11th, 17:53; Paul DeLeon, 12th, 18:30.Junior high boysAdrian: Jarod Boltjes, first, 6:28; Ross Wieneke, second, 6:29; Kyle Henning, third, 6:44; Collin Lynn, fourth, 6:45; Jordan Pater, 14th, 7:17; Zach Runia, 15th, 7:38; Jared Altman, 18th, 7:47.H-BC-E-E: Cody Penning, ninth, 6:56; Grant Hoogendoorn, 10th, 7:01; Luke Tiesler, 12th, 7:12; Stephan Harsma, 13th, 7:13; Derek Drenth, 19th, 7:50; B.J. Kruse, 23rd, 8:03.Junior high girlsAdrian: Anna Sauer, seventh, 8:00.
