Hayfield Invite (Chatfield’s girls (66) took second to WEM/JWP (40). Kingsland was incomplete. Z-M’s Natasha Sortland (18:45.4) beat PEMs Madilyn Simon (20:31.2) to win the girl’s race. Gophers A. Strande (21:55.9) and Tessa McMahon (22:28.1) finished 6th and 10th. Belle Carr, Abbi Gillespie, and Bea Martin took 16th, 18th, and 19th respectively. Katelyn Dornack and Kaylee Maker took 24th and 25th. Knight Susan Mettler took 15th. Chatfield’s boys (82) took third behind PI (54) and PEM (56). Kingsland took 8th (of 10 complete). PEM’s Samson Hagen (17:38.1) beat PI’s Tanner Horton (18:14.1) to win the boys race. Gopher’s T. Lanning (18:43.7) and B. Woltz (18:57.5) took fourth and fifth (of 113 runners))
La Crescent “Crazy Buffalo” Invite (Lake City (39) beat La Crescent (44) and LARP (52) for boys’ title. R-P’s L. O’Hare was race champion (16:27) over LC’s Reese Anderson (16:41). LARP’s T. Rislov (17:05) took third. Ricky Buchanon (14th), Mitchell Ledebuhr (15th), Andrew Hoiness (19th), Hunter Mart (20th) and Grady Hengel (21st) also finished top 25 (of 72). Lake City (24), LC (48), and Cotter (55) were the only three complete girls teams. Lake City’s Jacey Majerus (16:04) topped D-E’s Malia Nelson (16:45) for first. LARP’s Grace Buchanon and Hannah Linder took 17th and 20th)