Nordic Skiing: Erickson, LaPatka lead Willmar in finale
LITTLE FALLS -- Danielle Erickson and Tom LaPatka led the Willmar Cardinal teams at the Section 2 Nordic ski meet held at Camp Ripley on Thursday.
LaPatka, who was 26th, skied the classic leg in 19 minutes and skate leg in 17:03 for a 36:03 total. Erickson took 38th in the girls division with a total pursuit time of 44:57 on a 24:06 classic and a 20:51: skate.
Dan Voss took 40th and Matt Weitzel 50th in boys. Anna Burns in 48th and Kalina Laren 58th followed teammate Erickson to the finish in the girls cross-country race.
The meet concluded the season for the Cardinals.
Boys Results
TEAM SCORING -- (1) Wayzata (2) St. Cloud Tech (3) Orono (4) Maple Grove (5) Elk River/Zimmerman (6) St. Cloud Apollo (7) Mound Westonka (8) Willmar (9)( Rogers (10) St. Cloud Cathedral
PURSUIT LEADERS -- (1) Ben Ohman, Oro, 29:34 (2) Matt Jackets, Maple Grove, 30:28 (3) Sam Anderson, SCT, 30:40
WILLMAR RESULTS -- (26) Tom LaPatka 36:03 (40) Dan Voss 38:49 (50) Matt Weitzel 38:46 (56) Michael Cola 41:14 (60) Henry Bielenberg 45:42 (61) Brad Kallhoff 46:34 (62) Nathaniel Erickson 45:44
Girls Results
TEAM SCORING -- (1) Wayzata (2) Maple Grove (3) St. Cloud Cathedral/Sartell (4) Elk River/Zimmerman (5) Orono (6) Buffalo (7) Mound-Westonka (8) St. Cloud Apollo/Sauk Rapids (9) Willmar (10) St. Cloud Tech (11) St. John's Prep
PURSUIT LEADERS -- (1) Paige Schember, Way, 33:31 (2) Hannah Kellerman, SCC/Sar, 35:36 (3) Julia Harrison, Mound, 35:54
WILLMAR RESULTS -- (38) Danielle Erickson 44:57 (48) Anna Burns 47:27 (58) Kalina Larsen 49:32 (59) Aileen Clarke 49:00 (62) Janessa Palmer 51:15 (63) Kaia Halbritter 54:53
