The Willmar Cardinals girls team scored a perfect 15 at the Rocori Invitational Cross-Country meet on Thursday. Medalist Samantha Hanson paced Willmar with a 4k time of 14:43 at River Oaks GC.
The Cardinals are rated No. 1 this week in Class AA.
Led by 5k runner-up Nadir Yusuf (16:43), the Willmar boys placed fourth.
The Cardinal girls JV team with eight-grader Leah Hansen in first, also posted a perfect score. The middle-school girls also won with the MS boys team second.
BOYS
Boys team scoring
Alexandria 59, Rocori 63, Little Falls 69, Willmar 76, Monticello 108, Annandale 116, Apollo 201
TOP FIVE - Tyler Moore, LF, 16:39; Nadir Yusuf, Wil, 16:43; Hunter Zupko, LF, 17:03; Ian Thompson, Wil, 17:07; Andyh Mergen, Mon, 17:16
WILLMAR - (2) Yusuf (4) Thompson (21) Jack Erickson 18:19 (24) Cael Carlson 18:34 (25) Harley Anez 18:34 (30) Jared Ruter 18:46
Girls
Team scoring
Willmar 15, Annandale 60, Rocori 85, Alexandria 103, Apollo 129, Little Falls 135
TOP SEVEN - (1) Samantha Hanson, Wil, 14:43 (2) Sophie Schmitz, Wil, 15:01 (3) Jessa Hanson, Wil, 15:11 (4) Kayla Rudie, Wil, 15:12 (5) Serena Monson,, Wil, 15:14 (6) Liz Schlafke, Ann, 15:19 (7) Heidi Schmitz, Wil, 15:59
MACCRAY/RCW Invite
BOYS
Team scoring
BOLD 46, Ortonville 49, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 68, MACCRAY/RCW 93, Yellow Medicine East 99, Lakeview 140
Individual
TOP FIVE - Josh Meyers, Bol, 18:34; Byron Frank, Bol, 18:39; Garion Mulder, Ort, 18:51; Thomas Froland, Mac/rcw 19:26; Christian Devereaux, Tmb, 19:31
BOLD - (1) Meyer (2) Frank (8) Andrew Moorse 20:05 (14) Derrick Lothert 20:42 (21) Dallas Coons 21:35 (27) Brenden Dunn 22:32
YME - (7) Blake Helgeson 19:55 (16) Rory Shackelford 21:10 (20) Will Bergquist 21:34 (24) Cody Speh 22:10 (33) Rasmus Brannare 24:19
MACCRAY/RCW - (4) Th. Froland (17) Adam Terhaar 21:17 (18) Tony Froland 21:17 (19) Tristan Eastman 21:33 (27) Nathan Wolf 22:29 (28) Tyler Plowman 22:59
GIRLS
Team scoring
Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 32, Ortonville 59, BOLD 66, Lakeview 68
Individual
TOP FIVE - Sarita Hook, TMB, 16:56; Morgan Hoffbeck, TMB, 17:14; Carissa VanderWall, Ort, 17:32; Shania Senkyr, BOL, 17:37; Jessica Senkyr, BOL, 17:52
BOLD - (4) S. Senkyr (5) J. Senkyr (11) Abbie Peters 19:16 (25) Katie Buchtel 21:26 (36) Haley Sorenson 25:45
YME - (12) Kaitlyn Ludwig 19:27 (15) Neveda Schroeder 19:55
MAC/RCW - (19) Justine Jaenisch 20:19
Glencoe-Silver Lake Invite
BOYS
Team scoring
Glencoe-Silver Lake 18, Norwood Young America 56, St. Peter 80, Litchfield 89, LeSueur-Henderson 134
Individual
MEDALIST - Jac Chelman, GSL, 16:49
LITCHFIELD - (11) Stan Ridgeway 18:35 (16) Peyton Aller 18:53 (18) Ross Wendlandt 19:00 (21) Cody Schabert 19:42 (25) Mitch Vernig 20:09
GIRLS
Team scoring
Norwood Young America 34, Litchfield 47, Glencoe-Silver Lake 68, LeSueur-Henderson 78
Individual
MEDALIST - Ali McGraw, Lit, 16:00 (2) Judy Larson, NYA, 16:13
LITCHFIELD - (1) McGraw, (4) Jane Hulterstrum 16:47 (5) Maddy Schultz, 17:16 (19) Asjha Quade 19:11 (22) Savannah Joldersma 19:39
