By Pat Garry, Staff Writer
EV-W/K’s cross-country squads competed last Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Litchfield Invitational. Participating schools were Albany, Annandale, Blake, Cambridge-Isanti, Dassel-Cokato, Delano, Eden Valley-Watkins/
Kimball, Glencoe-Silver Lake, Holdingford, Holy Trinity, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted, Hutchinson, Lester Prairie, Litchfield, Maple Lake, Mayer Lutheran, New London-Spicer, Northwest Homeschool Coop, Orono, Sauk Rapids-Rice, St. Cloud Christian, and Waconia.
Race Results: Boys JH (2500m): 1 Benny Seefeldt, DC, 8.19; 2 Josiah Simmer, Northwest, 8.26; EV-W/K: 42 Ryan Wirz, 9.45; 73 Jack Fink, 10.42; 96 Carter Lommel, 11.18; 116 Alex Ludlow, 12.29; 119 Keegan Lommel, 13.43; Team: 1 Dassel Cokato, 65; 2 NLS, 96; 12 EV-W/K, 327; Boys JV: 1 Tom Bock, Hutchinson, 17.24; 2 Ryne Anderson, Waconia, 17.34; EV-W/K: 47 Gregory Gathje, 19.25; 149 Daniel Heuring, 22.37; Girls JH (2500m): 1 Sindri Bonner, Orono, 9.19; 2 Naomi Chernyavsky, Northwest, 9.32; EV-W/K: 19 Ashlyn Schriefels, 10.42; Team: 1 Northwest, 35; 2 Annandale, 53; Girls JV: 1 Kaylen Schmitt, Waconia, 21.14; 2 Emily Gustafson, Waconia, 21.19; EV-W/K: 7 Rachel Utecht, 21.48; 9 Katie Ruhland, 21.56; 11 Isabel Greenwald, 22.01; 21 Sawyer Kuechle, 22.27; 31 Gretta Lemke, 22.57; 42 Makenna Ludwig, 23.28; 43 Brielle Kuechle, 23.28; 45 Kiersten Johnson, 23.30; 72 Krista Loch, 24.45; 74 Allie Dockendorf, 24.46; 79 Katelyn Utecht, 24.53; 112 Olivia Schleper, 25.54; 120 Kiera Stommes, 26.27; 121 Maddie Umana, 26.29; 164 Lilly Rhodes, 31.17; Kyrie Rossman (result failed to register); Team: 1 Waconia, 15; 2 EV-W/K, 70; 3 Orono, 83; 4 Annandale, 102; 5 Delano, 144; 6 Albany, 144; 7 Maple Lake, 149; 8 Dassel-Cokato, 216; 9 HL-W-W, 254; 10 GSL, 300; 11 Northwest, 305 ; Boys Varsity: 1 Samuel Ringger, SRR, 16.10; 2 Luke Swanson, Northwest, 16.33; EV-W/K: 96 Jake Blommer, 20.30; 97 Matthew Loch, 20.46; 100 Neal Wertish, 21.21; 103 Riley Spoden, 21.42; 104 Jawnathan Lane, 21.52; Team: 1 Hutchinson, 33; Delano, 94; 16 EV-W/K, 500; Girls Varsity: 1 Isabelle Schmitz, Hutchinson, 18.52; 2 Erika Swanson, Northwest, 19.08; EV-W/K: 15 Libby Yozamp, 20.18; 22 Olivia Kuechle, 20.31; 24 Zya Lueders, 20.35; 39 Cailyn Kuechle, 21.16; 40 Brookelyn Kuechle, 21.19; 42 Jenna Andersen, 21.19; 48 Amaya Lyrek, 21.29; Team: 1 HL-W-W, 57; 2 Maple Lake, 108; 3 Orono, 118; 4 Delano, 138; 5 EV-W/K, 140; 6 Albany, 157; 7 Annandale, 167; 8 Hutchinson, 202; 9 Northwest, 215; 10 DC, 249; 11 LP-HT-ML, 278; 12 NLS, 291; 13 Sauk Rapids-Rice, 326; 14 Litchfield, 414.