Nordic Skiing: Card girls 5th, boys 6th at Central Lakes meet
Tribune Staff Report
KIMBALL -- Brainerd won both the boys and girls team titles while the Willmar girls were fifth and boys sixth at the Central Lakes Conference Championships Tuesday at Powder Ridge.
Pacing the Willmar boys were Ryan Haines and his 12th-place finish in the Classic and Nathaniel Erickson's 14th-place finish in the Skate.
The Cardinals girls were led by Erika Aaker's 11th-place finish in the Classic and Samantha Hanson's 12th-place finish in the Skate.
Willmar is off until next Thursday when it travels to Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis for the Section 2 meet.
Boys Results
TEAM SCORING -- (1) Brainerd (2) St. Cloud Tech (3) Alexandria (4) St. Cloud Apollo (5) Fergus Falls (6) Willmar
5K CLASSIC -- (1) Zean Baker, Brnd, 11:53 ... Willmar: (12) Ryan Haines 14:38 (16) Jack Erickson 15:41 (19) Jon Onnen 20:10
5K SKATE -- (1) Riley Nelson, Brnd, 10:40 ... Willmar: (14) Nathaniel Erickson 13:12 (18) Kai Christianson 14:34 (21) Cody McFarland 17:03
Girls Results
TEAM SCORING -- (1) Brainerd (2) Alexandria (3) St. Cloud Apollo (4) St. Cloud Tech (5) Willmar (6) Fergus Falls
5K CLASSIC -- (1) Alison Kosobud, Brnd, 14:21 ... Willmar: (11) Erika Aaker 18:32 (15) McKenna Olsen 20:34 (16) Catherine Halvorson 21:36 (17) Catey LaPatka 22:50
5K SKATE -- (1) Julia Sieling, Alex, 12:35 ... Willmar: (12) Samantha Hanson 15:44 (13) Ashlyn Boehme 15:53 (18) Kalina Larsen 16:36
