The EV-W-K cross country team opened their season at the Maple Lake Invitational Thursday, Sept. 3. The girls’ varsity placed sixth, varsity boys was an incomplete team, JV girls placed third, Jr. High girls placed second and Jr. High boys was an incomplete team.
Individual girls’ varsity runners were Molly Hesse 14th place in a time of 18:18, Larissa Anthofer 15th – 18:20, Renee Berg 33rd – 19:45, Samantha Stuve 47th – 20:42, Kelsey Vigoren 49th – 20:48, and Jennifer Notch 53rd – 21:17.
The EV-W-K boys’ varsity runner was Jacob Asfeld, who finished 43rd with a time of 22:09.
Girls’ JV runners were; Raelyn Callander 2nd place in a time of 20:11, Kayla Overland 13th – 21:55, Kelsey Libbesmeier 18th – 23:32, Olivia Fisher 22nd – 25:14, and Megan Libbesmeier 25th – 26:32.
Jr. High girls’ runners were; Brook Winter 5th place in a time of 11:22, Stephanea Roeser 27th – 13:12, Ashley Trout 29th – 13:41, Rose Ruprecht 32nd – 14:35, and McKenzie Libbesmeier 34th – 14:58.
The EV-W-K Jr. High boys’ runner was Bret Mattice who finished 2nd in a time of 9:52.
Teams competing were EV-W-K, Pierz, Maple Lake, Delano, Watertown-Mayer, Rockford, Maranatha Christian Academy, Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, St. John’s, St. Cloud Christian, Royalton, Lester Prairie-Holy Trinity, and Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted.
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The girls’ varsity placed sixth in a very strong field.
EV-W-K girls’ varsity runners were Tanya Maciejewski 24th place in a time of 17:33, Molly Hesse 25th – 17:35, Larissa Anthofer 27th – 17:39, Renee Berg 41st – 18:20, Kelsey Vigoren 56th – 18:57, Raelyn Callander 63rd – 19:21, and Ashley Morris 65th – 19:43.
Jacob Asfeld finished 67th, time of 22:45 in the boys’ varsity race.
JV girl runners were, Sam Stuve 17th place in a time of 20:16, Jennifer Notch 27th – 20:48, Madie VanDermay 28th – 20:49, Beth Libbesmeier 29th – 20:49, Kayla Overland 37th – 22:02, Kelsey Libbesmeier 38th – 22:49, Olivia Fisher 40th – 23:31, and Megan Libbesmeier 45th – 25:24.
Jr. High girl runners were Brooke Winter 8th place in a time of 11:54, Grace Kopitzke 23rd – 13:00, Stephanea Roeser 29th – 13:21, Maria Roeser 35th – 14:00, Ashley Trout 39th – 14:33 and Rose Ruprecht 40th – 14:42.
In the Jr. High boys’ race Bret Mattice placed 15th in a time of 10:12.
The competition was really tough at this meet and included teams from Minnewaska, Albany, Morris, New London-Spicer, Montevideo, Sauk Centre, Litchfield, and Paynesville.
Terry Nelson,
coaching assistant
EV-W-K cross country off and running
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