NLS boys, girls 2nd at own meet

NEW LONDON -- The New London-Spicer boys and girls placed second at their own invitational on an 85-degree Thursday.

The St. Cloud Cathedral girls and Long Prairie-Grey Eagle boys won the team titles.

Sisters Greta and Elena Danielson led the Crusaders with a 1-2 finish on the fairways of the Little Crow Country Club. Madi Sachs ran with the Danielsons early, but settled for third, the first time the Minnewaska freshman has finished out of first in five races.

Kyle Toms of West Central Area took the lead away from Taylor Bodin of MACCRAY/Renville County West in the 5,000-meter race to win in 17:12.

The LPGE boys put four runners in the top 10.

Ben Murphy of Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg took fourth, Ben Bjertness of NLS was fifth and Bodin sixth.

For the NLS girls, Spencer Erickson was fifth and Lydia Kieft seventh.

BOYS

Team scoring

(1) Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 31 (2) New London-Spicer 91 (3) West Central Area 112 (4) Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd 135 (5) Litchfield 139 (6) MACCRAY/Renville County West 149 (7) Redwood Valley 160 (8) Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 170 (9) Paynesville 180 (10) BOLD 34 (11) Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, Yellow Medicine East, Minnewaska, incomplete

Individual

TOP 10 -- (1) Kyle Toms, WCA, 17:12 (2) Alex Liebsch, LPGE, 17:24 (3) Chris Pohlmann, LPGE, 17:31 (4) Ben Murphy, BKMS, 17:32 (5) Ben Bjertness, NLS, 17:39 (6) Taylor Bodin, MRCW, 17:43 (7) Cody Warner, LPGE, 17:44 (8) Tyler Warren, Lit, 17:54 (9) Gage Sachs, Min, 17:56 (10) Mitch Kingston, LPGE, 18:04

BBE -- (18) Grant Bell 18:49 (45) Jared Sorenson 20:44 (60) Dan Rooney 21:52

BENSON/KMS -- (4) Ben Murphy 17:32 (28) Mike Goulet 19:29 (44) Joe Weber 20:36 (52) Adrian Bingeli 21:23 (55) Ethan Ratliff-Crain 21:31

BOLD -- (14) Kyle Schulte 18:25 (46) Jacob Revier 20:45 (63) Alex Lundstrum 22:24 (66) Ethan Ryberg 23:21 (67) Ethan Kosak 23:54

LITCHFIELD -- (8) Tyler Warren 17:54 (31) Matt Spreiter 19:35 (32) Kyle Ballard 19:37 (35) Caleb Kragenbring 19:42 (42) Pat Zimmer 20:28

LQPV/DB -- (19) Cade Robertson 18:52 (23) Alex Stamp 19:19 (27) Brice Dempcy 19:27 (30) Beau Keiming 19:31 (49) Damon Streich 21:00

MACCRAY/RCW -- (6) Taylor Bodin 17:43 (26) Ben Bonnema 19:24 (34) Zach Hauser 19:40 (47) Travis Fagen 20:50 (48) Shane Erickson 20:51

MINNEWASKA -- (9) Gage Sachs 17:56 (65) Tom Lauinger 23:18 (69) Luke Musselman 24:31 (70) Taylor Heald 24:31

NEW LONDON-SPICER -- (5) Ben Bjertness 17:39 (12) Ryan Wermerskirchen 18:06 (15) Brandon Richard-Webster 18:41 (25) Allen Whit 19:21 (41) Asutin Graaw 20:15

PAYNESVILLE -- (21) Jon Dorf 19:01 (22) Tony Poepping 19:11 (33) Patrick Hoeft 19:39 (57) Devin Koerner 21:37 (62) Tucker Wendroth 22:16

REDWOOD VALLEY -- (20) Brian Riley 19:00 (36) Nick Anderson 19:43 (38) Dane Olsen 19:54 (39) Dillon Thooft 20:10 (40) Nick Hastreiter 20:11

GIRLS

Team scoring

(1) St. Cloud Cathedral 43 (2) New London-Spicer 53 (3) Paynesville 94 (4) Litchfield 132 (5) Benson/Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg 144 (6) Minnewaska 147 (7) Eden Valley-Watkins 148 (8) West Central Area 178 (9) Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, BOLD, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle, Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd, MACCRAY/Renville County West, Redwood Valley, Yellow Medicine East, incomplete

Individual

TOP 10 -- (1) Greta Danielson, SCC, 15:14 (2) Elena Danielson, SCC, 15:16 (3) Madi Sachs, SCC, 15:48 (4) Gabi Swobda, RV, 16:04 (5) Spencer Erickson, NLS, 16:07 (6) Erica Schlangen, Pay, 16:14 (7) Lydia Kieft, NLS, 16:21 (8) Dana Kuelbs, LPGE, 16:33 (9) Ana Juarez, LPGE, 16:46 (10) Whitney Hermanson, LQPVDB, 16:58

BENSON/KMS -- (18) Catherine Rosemeier 18 (34) Jessica Mooberry 18:11 (39) Leah Tessem 18:24 (46) Haley Moseng 18:34 (57) Emily Holm 20:14

BOLD -- (50) Mariah Lundstrum 18:48 (64) Misty Brooks 21:36

LITCHFIELD -- (11) Savannah Ramirez 17:03 (36) Jenna Aller 18:15 (41) Macie Manning 18:29 (43) Erika Gartner 18:31 (51) Kasey Penk 18:49

LQPV/DB -- (10) Whitney Hermanson 16:58 (16) Jennifer Kack 17:31 (23) Kate Seivert 23

MACCRAY/RCW -- (26) Bailee Hauser 17:47 (28) Kathryn Stainaker 17:54 (32) Nicole Hoberg 18:08 (61) Jenna Feifarek 21:02

MINNEWASKA -- (3) Madi Sachs 15:48 (27) Halle Christianson 17:49 (49) Britta Lundblad 18:44 (55) Hayley Sachs 19:41 (58) Madison Phillips 20:42

NEW LONDON-SPICER -- (5) Spencer Erickson 16:07 (7) Lydia Kieft 16:21 (13) Gracie Waugh 17:14 (15) Hillary Brink 17:23 (33) Codie Bennetts 18:10

PAYNESVILLE -- (6) Erica Schlangen 16:14 (12) Brittney Hemmesch 17:10 (22) Kathryn Weidner 17:42 (30) Allie Stanger 17:56 (56) Jackie Keller 19:53

REDWOOD VALLEY -- (4) Gabi Swoboda 16:04

YME -- (29) Kendal Borning 17:55 (48) Lauren Trudel 18:42

1/2: Alex Liebsch, left, of Long Prairie-Grey Eagle is pressured by MACCRAY/RCW's Taylor Bodin and Benson/KMS' Ben Murphy during the boys 5,000-meter race. Tribune photo by Rand Middleton

2/2: Paynesville's Brittney Hemmesch, left, and Erica Schlangen run in the top 10 after one mile along with Larissa Anthofer of Eden Valley-Watkins on Thursday at the New London-Spicer Invitational. Tribune photo by Rand Middleton