Photo by Christine Vreeman
Second place finishes highlighted the Hayfield cross country invite, as it pertained to “Journal-covered” teams GMLOS and Chatfield. On the guys side, McKenzie Bradley’s GM group notched a team second place finish (63) by tying with Pine Island (63) but losing sixth runner tie-breaker. PI’s sixth took 30th, GMLOS’ 35th. Chatfield also competed, taking fifth of eight total teams. GMLOS’ top runner, sophomore Carter Glynn, notched his top varsity finish ever. He took second (17:30.99) to Panther Bo Rosane (17:25.44) ahead of Z-M/K-W’s Jacob Williams (17:31.69). GMLOS’ Erik Shaw (5th place > 17:47.07) and Teague Alden (11th place > 18:27.19) also finished top 15, as did Chatfield’s Maddex Lanning (12th place > 18:28.09). Gophers Grayson Fister (19th place) and Aiden Johnsrud (20th place) made the top 20. Sixty-six runners competed at the 5,000-meter race. PI’s girls (55) topped Austin Pacelli (86) and Chatfield (103) for the girls title of 11 full teams. Kingsland took eighth and GMLOS 11th. Pacelli’s Kya McManus (19:28.26) topped Chatfield’s Levi Kivimagi (20:04.6) and Goodhue’s Mari O’Connor (20:11.37) for the girls individual crown. It was Kivimagi’s second top five finish this year. Chatfield’s Charlotte Oeltjen (7th place > 20:57.17) and Kingsland’s Kaylie Betts (14th place > 22:01.11) made the top 15. Gopher Marianna Miron (20th place) and Knight Kylie Meyer (26th place) made the top 30 of 77 runners at the 5,000-meter race.
Photo by Christine Vreeman