BENSON - Montevideo’s Kurt TeBeest and Morris/Chokio-Alberta’s Maddie Carrington dominated their competitors to win West Central Conference championships on Tuesday at the Benson Golf Club.
The Benson/KMS boys team placed first with 48 points, 12 better than second-place Montevideo.
Morris/CA placed five girls in the top 10 and won with 25 points. Melrose was second with 61.
TeBeest finished in 16:55.00, almost 47 seconds ahead of Benson/KMS’ Josh Bailey. TeBeest’s teammate, Josh Tastad placed third and BKMS’ Jonathan Tostenson was fourth.
TeBeest said his plan entering the race was simple: “Just win it. I definitely wanted to see what I had for (sections) next week.”
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TeBeest won a section championship last season and placed 12th at the Class A state meet, but he expects good competition this year from Pipestone’s Michael Suda, who ran 56th at state last year.
“I expect he will be pushing strong, so I will be mindful of that,” TeBeest said.
The sunny, warm conditions were a concern, he said.
“I’m a cold-weather runner so I was caught off guard by this (weather),” TeBeest said. “But there was a nice breeze. It was comfortable.”
Carrington finished in 19:41.07, crossing ahead of Montevideo’s Claire Sulflow, who ran 20:51.05. MCA’s Savannah Aanerud placed third and fellow Tiger Malory Anderson was fourth in 21:12.05.
Carrington, too, was concerned conditions might be too warm.
“I was just running really well,” Carrington said. “I was worried it might be too hot but it was OK.”
Like TeBeest, Carrington’s strategy was go strong from the start.
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“Run hard,” she said. “I try to not think about it too much. Just run.”
- Tom Larson
BOYS
Team scoring
(1) Benson/KMS 48 (2) Montevideo 60 (3) Morris/Chokio-Alberta 61 (4) Sauk Centre 97 (5) BOLD 106 (6) Melrose 108
Individual
TOP 10 - (1) Kurt TeBeest, Mon, 16:55 (2) Josh Bailey, BK, 17:42.01 (3) Josh Tastad, Mon, 17:50.06 (4) Jonathan Tostenson, BK, 17:56.09 (5) Byron Frank, BOLD, 18:12.01 (6) Tate Nelson, MCA, 18:12.05 (7) Cam Arndt, MCA, 18:19.07 (8) Riley Primus, SC, 18:27.02 (9) Joseph Gerhartz, SC, 18:29.07 (10) Nathan Frank, BOLD, 18:32.07
BENSON/KMS - (2) Bailey (4) Tostenson (11) Brady Ascheman 18:38.01 (13) Samuel Rosemeier 18:44.09 (18) Devin Bundy 19:20.03
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MONTEVIDEO - (1) TeBeest (3) Tastad (16) Cole Reitan 19:12.01 (19) Bryce Nelson 19:35.06 (21) Jared Saue 19:42.02
MORRIS/CA - (6) Nelson (7) Arndt (12) Ryan Gray 18:39.03 (14) Noah Stewart 18:50.08 (22) Solomon Johnson 19:50.03
BOLD - (5) B. Frank (10) N. Frank (25) Derrick Lothert 19:59.07 (26) Andrew Moorse 20:08.03 (40) Zach Rouse 25:15.02
GIRLS
Team scoring
(1) Morris/Chokio-Alberta 25 (2) Melrose 61 (3) Montevideo 64 (4) Sauk Centre 82 (5) Benson/KMS 110 (6) BOLD incomplete
Individual
TOP 10 - (1) Maddie Carrington, MCA, 19:41.07 (2) Claire Sulflow, Mon, 20:51.05 (3) Savannah Aanerud, MCA, 21:04.06 (4) Malory Anderson, MCA, 21:12.05 (5) Ashley Just, BK, 21:15.09 (6) Kate O’Brien, SC, 21:26.06 (7) Kaylie Raths, MCA, 21:34.09 (8) Ashley Herdering, Mel, 21:36.08 (9) Emma Stueck, Mon, 21:45.01 (10) Midori Soderberg, MCA, 21:49.05
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MORRIS/CA - (1) Carrington (3) Aanerud (4) Anderson (7) Raths (10) Soderberg
MONTEVIDEO - (2) Sulflow (9) Stueck (14) Mollie Varpness 22:14.07 (20) Taylor Root 23:03.09 (21) Emmalee Enevoldsen 23:05.02
BENSON/KMS - (5) Just (19) Libby Peters 22:55.08 (28) Ashley Tostenson 24:44.01 (29) Serenity Driscoll 24:49.02 (30) Kaitlyn Berreau 24:51.02
BOLD - (15) Shania Senkyr 22:23.04 (34) Abbigayle Peters 25:08.09 (35) Hanna Larson 25:15.01 (36) Molly Hildreth 25:48.07
WRIGHT COUNTY WEST
New London-Spicer senior Frank Gustafson placed fourth in the conference meet on his home course Tuesday at Little Crow Country Club.
The NLS boys placed fourth, while Annandale edged Mound Westonka 40-41 for the title.
The area’s top girls finisher was Litchfield senior Jane Hulterstrum in sixth. Annandale claimed the team title after placing five in the top 10.
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BOYS
Team scoring
(1) Annandale 40 (2) Mound Westonka 41 (3) Glencoe-Silver Lake 70 (4) New London-Spicer 98 (5) Dassel-Cokato 103 (6) Litchfield 161 (7) Watertown-Mayer 201 (8) Rockford 216
Individual
TOP 10 - (1) Sam Abegglen, MW, 17:06.7 (2) Michael Schaefer, GSL, 17:15.6 (3) Zack Boos, Ann, 17:17.2 (4) Frank Gustafson, NLS, 17:21.9 (5) Jeffery Braun, Ann, 17:22.2 (6) Evan Richter, MW, 17:22.8 (7) Michael Milner, MW, 17:31.2 (8) Christopher Groth, Ann, 17:35.1 (9) Jamie Kasper, Ann, 17:35.3 (10) Austin Schroepfer, GSL, 17:56.4
NLS - (4) Gustafson (18) Ty Bisek 18:15.8 (22) Ben Lange 18:38.6 (25) Tristan Thompson 18:46.8 (29) Ander Arnold 18:51.1
LITCHFIELD - (21) Stan Ridgeway 18:36.4 (30) Griffin Kinney 19:06.1 (34) Owen Boerema 19:13.9 (37) Cody Schabert 19:20.2 (39) Matthew Eggert 19:23.7
GIRLS
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Team scoring
(1) Annandale 27 (2) Dassel-Cokato 66 (3) Rockford 124 (4) Watertown-Mayer 128 (5) Glencoe-Silver Lake 135 (6) Mound Westonka 139 (7) New London-Spicer 148 (8) Litchfield 180
Individual
TOP 10 - (1) Hannah Truniger, WM, 18:21.3 (2) Elizabeth Schlafke, Ann, 19:46.4 (3) Jessica Scheer, Ann, 19:52.7 (4) Allison Folven, DC, 20:09.8 (5) Emily Kasper, Ann, 20:25.2 (6) Jane Hulterstrum, Lit, 20:42.5 (7) Grace Clark, Rock, 20:45.4 (8) Kayta Sparboe, Ann, 20:53.5 (9) Hannah Groth, Ann, 20:57 (10) Lydia Niemela, DC, 20:58.6
NLS - (14) Tayler Harrier 21:30.8 (15) Danni Jamison 21:43.5 (20) Maddie Bisek 22:07.7 (48) Rheanna Lobbins 25:44.5 (51) Georgia Wachtler 26:04
LITCHFIELD - (6) Hulterstrum (38) Ruby Radunz 23:35.4 (43) Asjha Quade 24:47.7 (46) Savannah Joldersma 25:24.1 (47) Ellery Jones 25:37.2
CAMDEN
Willmar Community Christian’s Joshua Starr finished second overall in the boys race at 17:09.6, and Reegan Duininck took fourth for the girls at 20:51.4 on Tuesday in Canby.
The Eagles’ boys team finished third with 120 points.
Complete race results were not provided at press time.
BOYS
Individual
WCCS - (2) Joshua Starr 17:09.6 (8) Riley Gardner 18:33.6 (29) Sam Burgett 21:00.3 (37) Jacob Starr 21:47.7 (44) Caleb Elmhorst 23:03.2
GIRLS
Individual
WCCS - (4) Reegan Duininck 20:51.4 (20) Genna Scott 23:26.6 (27) Hannah Reid 24:44.8 (28) Grace Lindgren 25:02.2
