The girls finished in second place last Thursday, Oct. 29, at the Section 6A Cross Country Championship Meet at Long Prairie Golf Course, and simultaneously earned a spot in the State Tournament. The state meet is slated for Saturday, Nov. 7, at St. Olaf College in Northfield.
Meet results
Boys: 54-Matthew Notch 19.13; 77-Zach Swenson 19.36; 115-Luke Ludwig 20.43; 126-Gregory Gathje 21.15; 143-John Unterberger 23.19; 144-Joey Kuechle 23.20.
Team: 1 West Central 59, 2 Ottertail 64, 3 Holdingford 102, 4 New London 151, 5 Staples-Motley 162, 6 Albany 170, 7 Benson KMS 176, 8 Litchfield 240, 9 Royalton 266, 10 Morris Area 280, 11 Osakis 281, 12 Melrose 294, 13 LP-GE 356, 14 Sauk Centre 372, 15 Pierz 383, 16 St. John?Äôs Prep 435, 17 Breckenridge/Wahpeton 451, 18 Paynesville 493, 19 EV-W-K 496, 20 Wheaton 572, 21 Pillager 599.
Girls: 1-Anna Donnay 19.05; 12-Olivia Kuechle 21.08; 20-Amaya Lyrek 21.36; 23-Zya Lueders 21.42; 25-Libby Yozamp 21.48; 37-Rachel Utecht 22.19; 42-Cailyn Kuechle 22.31.
Team: 1 Morris Area/Chokio/Alberta 65, 2 EV-W-K 81, 3 Albany 97, 4 Holdingford 117, 5 West Central 186, 6 Ottertail Central 196, 7 Osakis 208, 8 Staples 226, 9 NLS 226, 10 Sauk Centre 248, 11 LPGE 291, 12 Melrose 317, 13 Breckenridge 325, 14 Litchfield 339, 15 St. John?Äôs 342, 16 Benson/KMS 384, 17 Paynesville 389, 18 Royalton 517, 19 Wheaton 549, 20 Pillager 610.
State schedule
Class A Girls?Äô Run at 1 p.m.
Class A Boys?Äô Run at 2 p.m.
Awards ceremony will be conducted about 30 minutes after the completion of the last race.
Tickets
Admission is FREE at the State Meet.
Team send-off will be at
Friday, Nov. 6: 8:55 a.m. at EV-W High School in the Aux. Gym;
and 9:45 a.m. at Kimball Area High School in the Wirth Gym.