Chatfield Invite (RACE (97:45.8) nipped Chatfield (97.46.3) for the boys’ team title. Kingsland took sixth (of 7). Gopher freshman T. Lanning (18:57) took first (first career varsity win). Chatfield’s Alex Wright (5th, 19:22.2), Brady Woltz (7th, 19:37.2) and Evan Wright (10th, 19:46.9) also finished top ten (of 77), while Logan Thompson (15th, 20:03) was top 20. Stewartville (110:38.6) beat RACE (113.46.5) for the girls’ team title. Chatfield was third (of five complete). Tiger Kailee Malone (20:52.3) took first over Chatfield’s A. Strande (21:24). Tessa McMahon (6th, 22:02.4) also finished top 10 for the Gophers. Abbi Gillespie (14th, 23:46.6), Bea Martin (15th, 23.55.8), Belle Carr (16th, 24:05.9), Katelyn Dornack (18th, 24:12.6), and Kaylee Maker (19th, 24:23.5) gave Chatfield seven in the top 20. Kingsland’s Susan Mettler (17th, 24:06) also finished top 20 (of 52). Combining team scores, Stewartville (209:23.1), RACE (211:32.3), and Chatfield (213:01) went 1-2-3)
Lewiston “Ole Olmstead” Invite (Winona (39) beat Lourdes (53) for girls’ team title. LFC took sixth (of 9 complete), LARP incomplete. Eagle Lauryn Renier (19:42.6) took first. Burro Brielle Ruen (10th, 21:35.5) was the top county runner.
LARP’s Hannah Linder (23rd, 22:51.9) and Grace Buchanon (25th, 22:56.7) and LFC’s Morgan Pickett (24th, 22:53.3) finished also finished top 25 (of 88 total). Winona (34) beat La Crescent (71) for the boys’ title. LARP (78) took third, LFC 8th, and Kingsland 9th (of 12 complete). Winhawks Carter Briggs (16:50.2) and Cody Peterson (17:03.4) went 1-2 with LARP’s L. O’Hare (17:12.4) taking third. LARP’s Andrew Hoiness (12th, 18:03.6), Ricky Buchanon (16th, 18:19.6), and Mitchell Ledebuhr (21st, 18:55.8), LFC’s Carson Ruen (18th, 18:42.3) finished top 25 (of 148))