John Marshall's Abi Tri claims Section 1, Class 3A title; Mayo's Ryan Gwaltney places second
Oct. 26—OWATONNA — John Marshall freshman Abigail Tri captured the Section 1, Class 3A girls cross country championship on Thursday at Brooktree Golf Course.
With a time of 18 minutes, 48.7 seconds, Tri earned a trip to her second state meet. She made it to the Class 2A state meet as a seventh-grader.
This one means a lot for Tri, who didn't run the same race last year as she battled through performance anxiety.
Century junior Sophia Comfere finished third (19:26.6), her teammate and senior Addy Crow finished sixth (19:46.2), and John Marshall senior Ryana Mathis finished ninth (20:32.2) to become state-meet qualifiers as well.
Farmington won the team title 40 points, followed by Owatonna with 80 points, Lakeville South (84), Century (87) and New Prague (126).
John Marshall finished sixth with 149 points. Mayo finished eighth with 165. Senior Willemijn Leiner finished 12th to lead the Spartans.
The top two teams qualify for team state, while the top six individuals not on the state-qualifying also qualify for state, which is set for Saturday, Nov. 4, at Les Bolstad Golf Course on the University of Minnesota campus.
On the boys side, Mayo's Ryan Gwaltney finished as the section runner-up with a time of 16:26.0. Lakeville North senior Chase Altergott won the meet (16:17.6).
It is the second straight year Gwaltney finished second and it's the third year in a row he has qualified for state. He will be joined by teammate Lucas Olson. The Spartans' senior placed sixth (16:52.1) to earn his first trip to the state meet.
The Spartans finished third as a team with 97 points. Lakeville North won the team title with 54 points, just beating rival South, which had 55 points.
John Marshall finished sixth with 114 points and Century finished eighth with 214 points.
Link to full results
Section 1, Class 3A cross country championships
BOYS
Team scores
Lakeville North 54, Lakeville South 55, Mayo 94, Farmington 104, Owatonna 106, John Marshall 114, New Prague 150, Century 214.
Individual results
1. Chase Altergott (Lakeville North) 16:17.6; 2. Ryan Gwaltney (Mayo) 16:26; 3. Aiden Jakubic (South) 16:40.9; 4. Owen Johnson (South) 16:44.7; 5. Jack Sorenson (Owatonna) 16:51.3; 6. Lucas Olson (Mayo) 16:52.1; 7. Andrew Crisp (Farmington) 16:55.1; 8. Mason Sullivan (Farmington) 16:58.4; 9. Charles Sery (North) 16:58.9; 10. Leyton Williams (Owatonna) 17:02.6; 11. Eli Olson (South) 17:13.6; 12. Nikola Petrov (South) 17:13.6; 13. Zeke Russo (New Prague) 17:16.9; 14. Aiden Linden (Mayo) 17:18.4; 15. Darby Griffin (North) 17:19.2; 16. Aidan Feda (John Marshall) 17:22.2; 17. Elisha Cairney (South) 17:24.7; 18. Aiden Jensen (North) 17:27.6; 19. Bryce Edwards (South) 17:26.2; 20. Jaden Anderson (North) 17:28.5
GIRLS
Team scores
Farmington 40, Owatonna 80, Lakeville South 84, Century 87, New Prague 126, John Marshall 149, Lakeville North 161, Mayo 165
Individual results
1. Abi Tri (JM) 18:48.7; 2. Claire Vukovics (South) 19:15.2; 3. Sophia Comfere (Century) 19:26.6; 4. Lauren Lansing (Farmington) 19:30.2; 5. Mariah Fenske (Farmington) 19:39.7; 6. Addy Crow (Century) 19:46.2; 7. Sophia Venning (Farmington) 19:57.8; 8. Mackenzy Lippold (Farmington) 20:09.2; 10. Amber Haukoos (South) 20:24; 11. Carsyn Brady (Owatonna) 20:34.3; 12. Willemijn Leiner (Mayo) 20:41.5; 13. Paige Swanepoel (New Prague) 20:43.9; 14. Ellyn Engels (North) 20:45.2; 15. Leah Leckner (Owatonna) 20:47.9; 16. Brylee Cavanaugh (Farmington) 20:48.4; 17. Clara Sennott (Owatonna) 20:49.1; 18. Kendra Melby (Owatonna) 20:53.8; 19. Clara Meier (Owatonna) 20:56.1; 20. Kai Emerson (South) 20:56.6.
