Nordic Skiing: Willmar teams compete at Little Falls
LITTLE FALLS -- The Willmar boys Nordic Ski team took 10th and the girls finished 11th at the Little Falls Invitational Monday.
Tom LaPatka led the boys in the freestyle race with a time of 18:57. Daniel Voss paced the Cardinals in the classical race with a 22:06.
Danielle Erickson was tops in both races for the Willmar girls. She posted a 27:56 in the classical and a 23:19 in the freestyle.
Boys Results
TEAM SCORING -- (1) St. Cloud Tech (2) Bemidji (3) Little Falls (4) Anoka (5) Brainerd (6) Detroit Lakes (7) Mora (8) Alexandria (9) St. Cloud Apollo (10) Willmar (11) Deer River (12) St. Cloud Cathedral (13) Otter Tail Central (14) Treknorth (15) Long Prairie-Grey Eagle
5K CLASSIC -- (1) Sam Anderson, SCT, 17:53 ... (38) Daniel Voss, Wil, 22:06 (55) Tom LaPatka, Wil, 23:15 (67) Matthew Weitzel, Wil, 23:58 (85) Michael Cola, Wil, 26:18 (92) Henry Bielenberg, Wil, 27:51 (94) Nathaniel Erickson, Wil, 29:09 (95) Joe Ballandby, Wil, 30:23
5K FREESTYLE -- (1) Anderson 16:00 ... (37) LaPatka 18:57 (45) Voss 19:33 (51) Weitzel 19:43 (70) Cola 21:31 (82) Erickson 22:53 (86) Bielenberg 23:17 (92) Ballandby 25:25
Girls Results
TEAM SCORING -- (1) Little Falls (2) St. Cloud Cathedral (3) Bemidji (4) Brainerd (5) Anoka (6) Buffalo (7) Mora (8) Alexandria (9) Detroit Lakes (10) St. Cloud Apollo (11) Willmar (12) St. Cloud Tech (13) Deer River (14) Long Prairie-Grey Eagle (15) Otter Tail Central
5K CLASSIC -- (1) Hanna Kellerman, SCC, 21:11 ... (48) Danielle Erickson, Wil, 27:56 (64) Anna Burns, Wil, 30:09 (71) Kaia Halbritter, Wil, 30:58 (81) Emily Streich, Wil, 32:14 (83) Janessa Palmer, Wil, 32:19 (85) Aileen Clarke, Wil, 32:22 (88) Kalina Larsen, Wil, 33:08 (92) Marie Nilles-Melchert, Wil, 37:57
5K FREESTYLE -- (1) Kellerman 18:41 ... (34) Erickson 23:19 (57) Burns 25:32 (62) Clarke 26:39 (65) Streich 26:51 (71) Larsen 27:07 (77) Palmer 27:55 (80) Halbritter 28:07 (83) Nilles-Melchert 29:14
