Hamel earns seventh-place medal at 1A State XC meet
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TIGER SOPHOMORE JONATHAN HAMEL earned a seventhplace medal at the state cross country meet last Saturday. -
AND THEY’RE OFF! With the sound of the gun, the 95 competitors in the Class 1A State Cross Country Championships hit the trail for a shot at making the awards stand. Stockton’s Jonny Hamel (middle) garnered himself a seventh-place medal with a PR time of 17:16.5 for the 5K race -
JONNY HAMEL leads two of his competitors around the curve at Sand Plum Nature Trail, the site of the Class 1A State Cross Country Championships.
Stockton Tiger sophomore Jonathan Hamel set another PR on his way to a seventh-place finish at the Class 1A State Cross Country Championships held last Saturday morning at Sand Plum Nature Trail west of Victoria. Hamel crossed the finish line in a time of 17:16.5, 17 seconds faster than his time last year at State, which earned him a 13th-place medal. Senior Corbin Ricke of Spearville won the 2021 race in a time of 16:26.6, outdistancing the other 94 competitors.
Hamel’s impressive showing at this year’s Championships capped off a very successful season for the young harrier, in which he captured both the Mid-Continent League and Regional Championships, as well as other firstplace finishes.
Hamel had a nice contingent of Tiger fans on hand at State who got to enjoy the beautiful day while cheering him on to the awards stand. The individual medalists were as follows: 1. Corbin Ricke (Sr.), Spearville, 16:26.6; 2. Christian Darrah (Sr.), Canton-Galva, 16:41.4; 3. Blake Yoder (So.), Hutch-Central Christian, 16:48.3; 4. Elijah Zortman (Sr.), Fowler, 16:52.1; 5. Logan Keith (So.), Meade, 16:57.2; 6. Andrew Racy (Sr.), South Gray, 17:07.5; 7. Jonathan Hamel (So.), Stockton, 17:16.5; 8. James White III (So.), Pretty Prairie, 17:19.1; 9. Eli Gruenbacher (Sr.), Quinter, 17:21.0; 10. Grady Buessing (So.), Axtell, 17:24.0; 11. Brenden Ellis (Jr.), Ingalls, 17:28.0; 12. Graham Bales (Jr.), Osborne, 17:34.5; 13. Morgan Becker (Sr.), Canton-Galva, 17:41.4; 14. Zach Rose (Sr.), Sylvan-Lucas Unified, 17:46.5; 15. Treyton Olander (Jr.), Little River, 17:50.6; 16. Jonas Letourneau (Fr.), Beloit-St. John’s, 17:51.3; 17. Jobjosiah Muthiani (Fr.), Meade, 17:52.2; 18. Colby Hanzlicek (Sr.) , Wetmore, 17:52.9; 19. Alex Zortman (Fr.), Fowler, 17:58.0; 20. Matthew Elder (Jr.), Quinter, 18:00.1.
The Meade boys won State with a score of 31. Quinter finished second with 40 points, and Classical School of Wichita was third with a 96. As for area schools, La Crosse finished eighth (119), Osborne was 10th (132), and Beloit-St. John’s was 12th (161).
Congratulations, Jonny,
