Cross-country roundup: Willmar Cardinals come home with 2 titles at Rocori Invitational
Sep. 21—COLD SPRING — Willmar swept the top spots at the Rocori Invitational cross-country meet on Thursday.
Sully Anez took the top spot in the boys race and Lauren Eilers claimed first place in the girls race at River Oaks Golf Course.
Anez, ranked third in Class AA, crossed the finish line in 16 minutes, 2.20 seconds. He beat the second-place runner, Dylan Riniker of Stillwater, by over 28 seconds.
The Willmar boys placed third with 39 points, trailing Stillwater (29), Wayzata (71) and Fergus Falls (79).
Fathi Dubet added a fourth-place finish for the Cardinal boys at 16:49.00.
In the girls race, Eilers placed first at 19:04.60. She ranked third in Class AA.
The Cardinal girls finished second with 78 points. Alexandria was the team champion with 30.
Willmar's Sophia Negen also placed in the top 15, placing 11th at 20:47.60.
The Cardinals' next meet is its home invitational on Saturday, Sept. 30 at Eagle Creek Golf Club. The first race is slated for 10 a.m.
Team scoring
(1) Stillwater 29 ... (2) Wayzata 71 ... (3) Fergus Falls 79 ... (4) Willmar 93 ... (5) Alexandria 126 ... (6) Big Lake 156 ... (7) Little Falls 214 ... (8) Foley 215 ... (9) Princeton 219 ... (10) St. Cloud Tech 231
Individual
TOP FIVE — (1) Sully Anez, W, 16:02.20 ... (2) Dylan Riniker, Still, 16:31.10 ... (3) Ethan Foote, Still, 16:36.00 ... (4) Fathi Dubet, W, 16:49.00 ... (5) Tom Wilmesmeier, Alex, 17:02.30
WILLMAR — (1) Anez ... (4) Dubet ... (19) Zach Engstrom 18:08.70 ... (37) Eli Heinen 18:57.50 ... (43) David Lammers 19:12.80
Team scoring
(1) Alexandria 30 ... (2) Willmar 78 ... (3) Rocori 83 ... (4) Wayzata 94 ... (5) Fergus Falls 117 ... (6) Little Falls 157 ... (7) Fargo South 193 ... (8) Sauk Rapids 230 ... (9) Foley 241
Individual
TOP FIVE — (1) Lauren Eilers, W, 19:04.60 ... (2) Citori Halbe, Alex, 19:20.00 ... (3) Cassie Wellman, FF, 19:54.20 ... (4) Jaelyn Miller, Alex, 20:18.30 ... (5) Paige Larsen, Roc, 20:23.00
WILLMAR — (1) L. Eilers ... (11) Sophia Negen 20:47.60 ... (16) Erin Eilers 21:07.10 ... (22) Gabby Martinez 21:34.20 ... (31) Madi Engstrom 22:14.00
The Litchfield boys placed second in the Glencoe-Silver Lake Invitational at GSL High School in Glencoe.
The Dragons came up with 111 points, with Sibley East winning with 108. August Swenson was Litchfield's top runner after placing third at 17 minutes, 45.2 seconds. Judah Allen added a ninth-place finish at 18:37.6. St. James' Levi Miest won at 16:53.6.
The Dragon girls were fourth with 109. They trailed St. Peter (88), Sibley East (89) and Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop (108). Elsa Helstrom paced Litchfield with a sixth-place time of 21:11.1. Lester Prairie's Addison Hoof won the girls' race at 19:31.1.
Litchfield next competes at the Dassel-Cokato Invitational at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Collinwood Park in Cokato.
Team scoring
(1) Sibley East 108 ... (2) Litchfield 111 ... (3) Holy Family Catholic 114 ... (4) St. James 141 ... (5) Minnesota Valley Lutheran 143 ... (6) Glencoe-Silver Lake 144 ... (7) Springfield 167 ... (8) St. Peter 181 ... (9) Lester Prairie 192 ... (10) Hutchinson 204 ... (11) Le Sueur-Henderson 213 ... (12) Norwood-Young America 219 ... (13) Watertown-Mayer 401
Individual
TOP FIVE — (1) Levi Miest, SJ, 16:53.6 ... (2) Alex Bur, SP, 17:38.2 ... (3) August Swenson, Litch, 17:45.2 ... (4) Julio Alejandro, SE, 18:10.2 ... (5) Gavin Pomplun, SE, 18:20.2
LITCHFIELD — (3) Swenson ... (9) Judah Allen 18:37.6 ... (26) Lincoln Dille 19:46.2 ... (34) Xander Chvatal 19:58.5 ... (39) Ethan Knudsen 20:05.2
Team scoring
(1) St. Peter 88 ... (2) Sibley East 89 ... (3) Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 108 ... (4) Litchfield 109 ... (5) Springfield 135 ... (6) St. James 160 ... (7) Lester Prairie 197 ... (8) Le Sueur-Henderson 203 ... (9) Glencoe-Silver Lake 206 ... (10) Hutchinson 218 ... (11) Watertown-Mayer 237 ... (12) Norwood-Young America 263 ... (13) Minnesota Valley Lutheran 309
Individual
TOP FIVE — (1) Addison Hoof, LP, 19:31.1 ... (2) Mady Steele, GFW, 20:34.1 ... (3) Emma Augustyn, Holy Family Catholic, 20:49.2 ... (4) Lucia Penner, SP, 20:56.7 ... (5) Ruby Ballalatak, SE, 21:06.2
LITCHFIELD — (6) Elsa Helstrom 21:11.1 ... (23) Kimberlyn Case 23:11.2 ... (25) Abby Thoma 23:40.9 ... (32) Shelby Dengerud 24:07.1 ... (35) Camryn Iverson 24:21.5
Madi Wendlandt paced the Paynesville/Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa girls to a first-place finish at the Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball Invitational at the Kimball Golf Club.
The Bulldogs finished with 36 points, beating host EV-W/Kimball's 54. Wendlandt had the top time in 20 minutes, 53.2 seconds. Teammate Lauren Ellefson placed fourth at 23:02.9.
The Paynesville/BBE boys were sixth with 125 points. Taylor Nelson was the team's top runner with an 11th-place time of 19:33.2. Holdingford won with 23 points and EV-W/Kimball's Henry Lemke won at 16:41.2.
Paynesville/BBE hosts an invitational at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Koronis Hills Golf Club.
Team scoring
(1) Holdingford 23 ... (2) Royalton 75 ... (3) Maple Lake 98 ... (4) Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball 116 ... (5) Legacy Christian Academy 120 ... (6) Paynesville/Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 125
Individual
TOP FIVE — (1) Henry Lemke, EVWK, 16:41.2 ... (2) Dawson Hofer, H, 17:43.6 ... (3) Joe Guthrie, H, 17:48.2 ... (4) Nick Lind, ML, 17:50.2 ... (5) Quinn Guthrie, H, 18:22.1
PAYNESVILLE/BBE — (11) Taylor Nelson 19:33.2 ... (20) Alex Blonigan 21:22.9 ... (27) Carson Suchy 22:02.1 ... (33) Sawyer Holtberg 22:57.2 ... (34) Brighton Frenchick 23:01.3
Team scoring
(1) Paynesville/Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 36 ... (2) Eden Valley-Watkins/Kimball 54 ... (3) Maple Lake 78 ... (4) Holdingford 84 ... (5) Royalton 95
Individual
TOP FIVE — (1) Madi Wendlandt, P/BBE, 20:53.2 ... (2) Chloe Reedy, R, 22:23.2 ... (3) Loretta Mrosla, H, 22:30.1 ... (4) Lauren Ellefson, P/BBE, 23:02.9 ... (5) Carmyn Anderson, ML, 23:28.8
PAYNESVILLE/BBE — (1) Wendlandt ... (4) Ellefson ... (6) Paige Frenchick 23:34.2 ... (11) Verena Schlangen 24:35.2 ... (18) Hayden Welle 25:47.2
