The final week of the cross country season had Chatfield and LARP hosting home meets, with GMLOS involved in the later. Each squad notched a team win and the three squads combined for four individual firsts. In Chatfield, the Gophers hosted their third meet of the season. They’d tip-toed around sweeping both firsts for individuals and teams the previous two meets. With PEM … [Read more...]
Cross Country
Cross Country (10/6 & 10/8) St. Charles Invite (La Crescent/Hokah’s boys (27) beat St. Charles (37) and LFC (59). Saint Andrew O’Hara (17:57) took first with Burro Carson Ruen (18:29) taking second. No other LFC runners made the top 10. The Lancers had five of the top eight runners. LC/H’s girls (19) beat LFC (42) and an incomplete St. Charles squad. Lancer Lydia … [Read more...]
Cross Country (9/29 & 10/1)
Chatfield Invite #3 (The host Gopher girls (23) beat La Crescent/Hokah (33) and W-K (80). LCH had the top runner, Lydia Rosendahl (21:24). Chatfield had runners 2-3-4-5; Tessa McMahon (21:53), Aletta Strande (22:22), Belle Carr (22:42), and Abbi Gillespie (22:50). Katelyn Dornack (9th, 23:43) was their fifth scoring runner. LC/H’s boys (22) took first over Chatfield (38) … [Read more...]
LFC, LARP and GMLOS Host C-C Meets
he week of Monday, September 21 featured area cross country teams taking part in four total meets. Three were hosted by Journal-covered squads. LFC hosted Monday, LARP Tuesday, and GMLOS Friday. The Burros triangular in Preston (LFC’s third of the year) also included Chatfield and W-K. It was the second time in less than a week that LFC and the Gophers competed in the same … [Read more...]
Cross Country (9/24)
La Crescent/Hokah Invite (On the boys’ side, LC/H (34) nipped St. Charles (37) for first with Kingsland (57) taking third. Saint Andrew O’Hara (17:35) took first, Knight Garrison Hubka (17:45) second, and Lancer Cody Kowalski (18:07) third. Knight Cole Kruegel (19:01) took sixth. Twenty-nine runners competed. On the girls’ side, LC/H (15) was the only complete team. St. … [Read more...]
O’Hare Nearly Breaks 17:00 in Win
He will probably get there this season. He won last year’s 1A Meet in a time of 16:48.7. LARP runner Luke O’Hare did finally tear up yardage he’s yet to blaze a trail on, the Ferndale Golf Course. Matt Kingsbury’s group hosted its first of two meets at Rushford’s estate for golf and the boys squad had no problem winning its third race in as many tries. LARP (21) easily … [Read more...]
Gophers Host First C-C Meet of the Season
In their first cross country event of the year, Chatfield went to Lake City and ran a triangular with the Tigers and Dover-Eyota. On the girls side, the Tigers were the defending Section 1A Champs. Jayna Harstad’s Lady Gophers made a big impression, narrowly winning that triangular 27 to 29. In hosting their first triple of the year with PEM and LFC, Chatfield’s girls again … [Read more...]
Cross Country (9/15)
(B) GMLOS 48, La Crescent/Hokah 23, Cotter 67 (Christian Hjelmen (18:14.2) took third behind LC/H runners Cody Kowalski (17:12.4) and Jack Redman (18:04.7). Cohen Wiste (18:56.7) took sixth for GMLOS. Twenty-three guys competed); (G) GMLOS 58, LC/H 38, Cotter 25 (Rambler 8th grader Sonja Semling (19:38.4) took first, LC/H’s Lydia Rosendahl (19:44.5) second. Cotter had … [Read more...]
Knight Runner Stands Out at LFC’s Meet
A year ago at the Section 1A Meet, Kingsland freshman Garrison Hubka was his team’s top runner. He finished 78th in a time of 19:19.1. In his first 5,000-meter run of the year, that time flew by the wayside. The sophomore won his second race in as many tries (17:40), finishing nearly a minute ahead of his nearest competitor. It was a notably quick run for Hubka. Just a … [Read more...]
A Decade’s Worth of Sports Part X
The All-Decade Top 18 for cross country. Due to time constraints, coaches weren’t contacted for comment. Rankings are based off team and individual conference, sectional, and state performances (places and times). Said rankings are subject to debate! Any time comparisons and ‘bests’ refer to TRC, Section 1A, and State meets collectively only. They are denoted by (*). … [Read more...]