NEW LONDON - Even with two top runners held out of the meet, the Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd girls took first at New London-Spicer Invite on Thursday on the rolling, thick green grass of the Little Crow Country Club.
The 20-plus teams, not all complete, drew a huge following, forcing spectators to park along Highway 23 and across the four-lane from the parking lot. The race was a must for many teams who will be back here Oct. 23 for the Section 6A meet.
LQPV/DB coach John Schurb said he had two slightly injured runners in his top five he was saving for a home invite on Tuesday.
Led by runner-up Alaysia Freetly, now a senior, the Eagles scored 67 points, easily trumping Albany with 106.
Andrew Zachman of Holdingford won the boys race in a time of 16:20. Royalton’s Zach Carlson took second in a 5k time of 16:17 with Ben Burgett of Community Christian third in 16:21. Zachman placed fifth at the state meet last fall.
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Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball senior Emily Donnay, the pre-meet favorite, turned in a splendid 4k time of 14:52 for the girls victory. Freetly finished in 15:04 followed by Emily’s sophomore sister, Anna, in 15:06. Also running at the front from the start was St. Cloud Cathedral’s Rachel Eickhoff, who placed fourth.
Jordyn Sterud of LQPV/DB was sixth and Ali McGraw of Litchfield took seventh.
BOYS
Team scoring
Top five: (1) Glencoe-Silver Lake 51 (2) Holdingford 83 (3) West Central Area 123 (4) Albany 137 (5) Royalton 160
Individual
Top five - Andrew Zachman, Hold, 16:10; Zach Carlson, Roy, 16:17; Ben Burgett, CCS, 16:21; James Chelman, GSL, Ben Himmelspach, Ott, 16:39
LQPV/DB - (14) Keiser Freetly 17:15 (24) John Wagner 17:44 (48) Blake Trygestad 18:29 (55) Devyn Fernholz 18:45 (72) Braxton Thompson 19:13
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BENSON/KMS - (23) Josh Bailey 17:38 (30) Tanner Gimberlin 18:04 (40) Sam Rosemeier 18:19.43 (41) Jake Webster 18:19.56 (67) Jon Tostenson 19:04
COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN - (3) Ben Burgett, 16:21 (28) Josh Starr, 17:44 (31) Joel Finsaas 18:06 (76) Riley Gardner 19:20 (97) Sam Burgett 20:05
NEW LONDON-SPICER - (29) Frank Gustafson 17:56 (51) Austin Taylor Hastings 18:32 (56) Mitch Markkanen 18:46.43 (57) Collin Tanner 18:46.73 (58) Tristan Thompson 18:50
LITCHFIED - (35) Ross Wendlandt 18:18 (44) Peyton Aller 18:22 (50) Cody Schabert 18:31 (70) Peter Hyberger 19:09 (88) Cody Lendt 19:52 (99) Derek Fruetel 20:08
MORRIS AREA - (47) Jon Jerke 18:28 (89) Travis Ostby 19:53
PAYNESVILLE - (60) Riley Zimmerman 18:53 (64) Trevor Meed 18:58
BOLD - (63) Byron Frank 18:56
MACCRAY/RCW - (62) Tom Froland 18:55 (91) Jack Dykema 19:54
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GIRLS
Team scoring
Top five: (1) Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd 67 (2) Albany 106 (3) Holdingford 127 (4) St. Cloud Cathedral 127 (5) Morris Area 137
Individual
Top seven - Emily Donnay, EV-Watkins, 14:52; Alaysia Freetly, LQP, 15:04 (3) Anna Donnay, EDW, 15:06; Rachel Eickhoff, SCC, 15:19; Alli Ruprecht, Hold, 15:39; Jordyn Sterud, LQP, 15:41; Ali McGraw, Lit, 15:46
LQPV/DB - (2) Freetly 15:04 (6) Sterud 15:41 (12) Grace Hegland 16:05 (16) Sydney Giese 16:24 (31) Sydney Bartunek 17:07
BENSON/KMS - (19) Ashley Just 16:29 (35) Jessica Goff 17:13 (39) Libby Peters 17:18 (67) Serenity Driscoll 18:12 (95) Maddie Ahlmen 20:37
COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN - (20) Elsie Duininck 16:30 (43) Lizzy Gardner 17:33 (48) Reegan Duininck 17:41 (66) Hannah Reid 18:10 (78) Genna Scott 18:59
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NEW LONDON-SPICER - (54) Danielle Jamison 17:50 (80) Brooke Edman 19:16
LITCHFIED - (7) McGraw 15:46 (25) Jane Hulterstrum 16:44 (30) Maddy Shoultz 16:58 (62) Asjha Quade 18:05 (85) Carli Christensen 19:42
MORRIS AREA - (11) Savannah Aanerud 16:00 (14) Maddie Carrington 16:12 (29) Lauren Reimer 16:57 (36) Correy Hickman 17:15 (47) Midori Soderberg 17:40
PAYNESVILLE - (17) Andrea Schmitt 16:26 (65) Kate Spanier 18:10 (71) Alyssa Meed 18:23 (86) Kate Hoeft 19:51
BOLD - (38) Jessica Senkyr 17:17 (60) Shania Senkyr 18:03 (88) Abbigayle Peters 19:57 (97) Katie Buchtel 21:18
Willmar girls win Hutchinson Invite
The Willmar girls cross country team won the Hutchinson Invitational while the Cardinals boys team placed third on Thursday at Lake Marion Park in Hutchinson.
The Cardinals placed five runners in the top nine to best No. 1-ranked Wayzata, which was missing its top two runners.
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Willmar’s Sam Hanson placed third, followed by Sophie Schmitz, Serena Monson, Jessa Hanson and Kayla Rudie. Heidi Schmitz placed 12th.
The Card boys placed behind Waseca and Buffalo. Willmar’s Nadir Yusuf led Willmar with a third-place finish and Ian Thompson was fourth, followed by Cael Carlson, Jack Erickson and Jared Ruter.
Complete results were not available at press time.
