APPLE VALLEY -- Mahad Hassan was first in the boys race at the Eagle Invitational Cross-Country Meet on Saturday in a time of 16:18.4 for 5,000 meters.
The Willmar senior had started the season ranked No. 1 in Class AA but fell to 11th in the second poll. An illness (food poisoning) just as fall practice got underway held him back in the early meets.
He finished 14 seconds ahead of runner-up Kemal Jarson of St. Paul Central.
Willmar finished fourth with junior Sadam Abdi also in the top 10, in ninth.
Eden Prairie dominated, winning each title by a wide margin. Eighth-grader Maria Hauger of Shakopee was the girls individual champion.
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The Willmar girls took 14th. Jayne Cole was 20th with a time of 16:04.
BOYS
Team scoring
(1) Eden Prairie 37 (2) St. Paul Central 151 (3) Lakeville South 153 (4) Willmar 166 (5) Chaska 176 (6) Eastview 198 (7) Sioux Falls Lincoln 212 (8) Eagan 251 (9) Apple Valley 269 (10) St. Michael-Albertville 283 (11) Cambridge 290 (12) Totino Grace 313 (14) Shakopee 318 (15) Richfield 327 (16) Fargo South 357 (17) Robbinsdale Cooper 431 (18) Hastings 485 (19) St. Paul Academy/Summit 505 (20) Harding 629
Individual
TOP FIVE -- (1) Mahad Hassan, Wil, 16:18.4 (2) Kemal Jarso, SPC, 16:32.3 (3) Mach Akon, Fargo, 16:35.5 (4) Abdi Abtidon, EP, 16:37.2 (5) Aaron Bartnik, EP, 16:39.5
WILLMAR -- (1) Hassan (9) Sadam Abdi 16:54 (42) Matt Weitzel 17:50 (56) Alex Johannes 18:08 (58) Mowlid Mohamed 18:09 (66) Danny Voss 18:19
GIRLS
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Team scoring
(1) Eden Prairie 42 (32) Lakeville South 86 (3) Shakopee 90 (4) Chaska 124 (5) Burnsville 136 (6) Eagan 156 (7) Sioux Falls Lincoln 230 (8) Apple Valley 244 (9) Edina 248 (10) Robbinsdale Cooper 318 (11) St. Paul Academy Summit 326 (12) Hastings 338 (13) Totino Grace 344 (14) Willmar 355 (15) St. Michael-Albertiville 391 (16) St. Paul Central 400 (17) Fargo North 409 (18) Duluth Central 464 (19) Cambridge 480
Individual
TOP FIVE -- (1) Maria Hauger, Sha, 15:04.7 (2) Kaila Urick, Cha, 15:09.9 (3) Alex Rudin, EP, 15:15.2 (4) Megan Platner, EP, 15:23.2 (5) Taylor Berg, Eag, 15:31.9
WILLMAR -- (20) Jayne Cole 16:04 (60) Erin Sheehan 17:17 (72) Cassandra Johnson 17:38 (76) Gabi Engelkes 17:45 (127) Emily Ellingson 20:02
