Iowa high school boys’ cross country 2022: Gazette area teams, runners to watch

A 2022 watch list for top area boys’ cross country teams and individuals:

8 area teams to watch

Top area boys’ teams for the 2022 season:

IOWA CITY HIGH

2021 state finish: 3rd in Class 4A

Returners (4): Ford Washburn, sr., 4th; Ammon Smith, sr., 11th; Noah Carey sr., 28th; Truman Thompson, sr., 29th

IOWA CITY REGINA

2021 state finish: 8th in Class 1A

Returners (6): Aidan O’Neil, jr., 14th; Joe Maley, sr., 57th; Sam Welter, soph., 93rd; Riordan Smith, jr., 102nd; Joe Polyak, jr., 122nd; Colin Olney, jr., 124th

IOWA CITY WEST

2021 state finish: 9th in Class 4A

Returners (5): Seth Cheney, sr., 25th; Moustafa Tiea, soph., 73rd; Michael Lee, jr., 74th; Asher Overholt, sr., 111th; Robert Stong, jr., 117th

MARION

2021 state finish: Class 3A runner-up

Returners (5): Jedidiah Osgood, sr., 5th; Chris Oberbrockling, sr., 27th; Cooper Cook, jr., 38th; Jordan Fischer, jr., 59th; Jakob Regennitter, sr., 129th

OELWEIN

2021 state finish: 4th in Class 2A

Returners (5): Ray Gearhart, sr., 12th; Conall Sauser, soph., 63rd; Jacob Sullivan, sr., 82nd; Benjamin Driscoll, jr., 83rd; Caleb Schunk, soph., 138th

SOLON

2021 state finish: 5th in Class 3A

Returners (3): Brick Kabela, jr., 14th; Grant Bumsted, jr., 61st; Michael Yeomans, jr., 83rd

TIPTON

2021 state finish: Class 2A champion

Returners (4): Clay Bohlmann, soph., 9th; Ty Nichols, sr., 22nd; Maxson Fogg, soph., 30th; Brody Deerberg, sr., 130th

WAUKON

2021 state finish: 7th in Class 2A

Returners (6): Nathan O’Neill, sr., 34th; Wyatt Gulla, jr., 43rd; Caleb Helgerson, soph., 78th; Josh Keenan, sr., 91st; Nate Keenan, sr., 121st; Isaac Reisinger, soph., 134th

The top 15 returning area individuals

Based on times and places at the 2021 state meet.

Ford Washburn, sr., Iowa City High — Placed 4th in Class 4A, 15:32

Jedidiah Osgood, sr., Marion — Placed 5th in Class 3A, 16:06

Ammon Smith, sr., Iowa City High — Placed 11th in Class 4A, 16:06

Miles Wilson, sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy — Placed 19th in Class 4A, 16:17

Seth Cheney, sr., Iowa City West — Placed 25th in Class 4A, 16:31

Noah Carey, sr., Iowa City High — Placed 28th in Class 4A, 16:34

Charlie Sieck, sr., Starmont/West Central — Placed 6th in Class 2A, 16:35

Brick Kabela, jr., Solon — Placed 14th in Class 3A, 16:35

Truman Thompson, sr., Iowa City High — Placed 29th in Class 4A, 16:35

Clay Bohlmann, soph., Tipton — Placed 9th in Class 2A, 16:48

Aidan Decker, jr., Iowa City Liberty — Placed 42nd in Class 4A, 16:51

Ray Gearhart, sr., Oelwein — Placed 12th in Class 2A, 16:53

Henry McMahan, jr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy — Placed 48th in Class 4A, 16:55

Tommy Tyynismaa, jr., South Tama — Placed 23rd in Class 3A, 16:59

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