From left to right: Will Truitt, Isaac Schrock, Jack Leistikow, Owen Royer, Ty Landphair, and Ty Miller
The Adel-DeSoto-Minburn Cross Country Teams participated in their first race of the 2025 season on Saturday over in Johnston, where the boys garnered a top-five finish and the girls nabbed inside the top-10.
The Tigers boys placed third and the girls captured ninth, both out of a field of 11 teams. On the boys side, six runners earned personal records in the 5K (3.1 miles), including junior Ty Miller, who was ninth overall at 16:25 (16 minutes and 25 seconds), followed by senior Ty Landphair coming in at 15th overall with a time of 16:58, then it was sophomore Jack Leistikow at 18:03, senior Owen Royer at 18:12, sophomore Will Truitt at 20:45, and sophomore Isaac Schrock at 22:56.
Individually, for the girls, sophomore Elliotte Von Roden led the way with an overall place of 26th and a time of 20:37, while junior Allie Eggleston was 33rd at 20:50 and senior Ella Popp (46th) came in with a time of 21:53.
Both squads will next compete at Central College in Pella this Saturday at 9am. The full results of the Johnston meet can be found by clicking on the respective link below.