MOORHEAD -- The Willmar boys place third and the Cardinal girls were fourth at Moorhead's Shocky Strand Invitational on Monday morning.
The Spuds won both the boys and girls varsity races.
The Willmar boys were led by junior Matt Weitzel who finished ninth overall in 17:55 on the flat 5,000-meter course at Johnson Park. The Cardinal girls were led by junior Jayne Cole, also ninth, in a time of 16:19 in the 4,000-meter race.
The 2007 Class A runner-up to Paynesville's Linda Keller, Naomi Leindecker of Staples-Motley, won the girls event in 15:08. The boys champion was Jacob Lindaas of Moorhead in 16:12. The Spuds, who finished seventh in the state meet, one place behind Willmar last fall, totaled just 18 points, three short of a perfect score.
Willmar's top male runner, Mahad Hassan, missed the meet due to an illness.
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(1) Moorhead 18 (2) Perham 78 (3) Willmar 85 (4) Bemidji 103 (5 Staples-Motley 129 (6) Detroit Lakes 153 (7) Fergus Falls 191 (8) Lincoln 237 (9) East Grand Forks 262 (10) Hawley 273 (11) Park Rapids 294
TOP THREE -- (1) Jacob Lindaas, Mhd, 16:12 (2) Lucas Genar, Mhd, 16:14 (3) Eric Truedson, Bemidji, 16:51
WILLMAR -- (9) Matt Weitzel 17:55 (12) Sadam Abdi 18:02 (16) Mowlid Mohamud 18:14 (22) Danny Voss 18:37 (26) Derek Ballandby 18:57 (32) Garrett Erickson 19:17
(1) Moorhead 43 (2) Staples-Motley 71 (3) Perham 75 (4) Willmar 98 (5) Park Rapids 109 (6) Fergus Falls 167 (7) Bemidji 196 (8) East Grand Forks 201 (9) Detroit Lakes 255 (10) Pelican Rapids 256
TOP THREE -- (1) Naomi Leindecker, SM, 15:08 (2) Abby Anderson, Per, 15:30 (3) Maddie McClellan, Per, 15:38
WILLMAR -- (9) Jayne Cole 16:19 (13) Emily Ellingson 16:35 (22) Gabi Engelkes 17:10 (25) Erin Sheehan 17:23 (29) Jackie Johnson 17:39 (33) Dominque Hudson 17:50
