W-K Gallup (Girls: Chatfield 4th, Kingsland/LARP Inc. (of 9 full team). Tessa McMahon (15th), Isabelle Berg (19th), Katelyn Dornack (26th), Kaylee Maker (28th), Abbi Gillespie (29th), and Stephanie Bradt (33rd) finished top 35 (of 100) for Gophers. LARP’s Emily Didier took 30th. Boys: LARP 8th, Chatfield 9th, Kingsland Inc. (of 9 full). LARP frosh Luke O’Hare took 17th) … [Read more...]
Cross Country teams team up to ring bells
On Saturday night, December 17, 2016, the LFC Cross Country girls got together with the Stewartville Cross Country girls, braved the weather, and met up at the new Hy-Vee in Rochester to ring bells for Salvation Army and sing Christmas carols together. This was a great show of sportsmanship and friendship among the two teams that tied for second place to go to state this … [Read more...]
Repeat LFC Squad Runs at State
Getting to state is always good. How you fare there can be just an anecdote. A season ago, LFC’s girls, in their first ever state cross country meet, finished ninth. This season, they dropped down a bit, to 11th (of 16). They were a bit faster as a team (1:44:20.7 from the top five, versus 1:44:53.7 a year ago). The Burros two seniors, who’ve put together excellent running … [Read more...]
Cross Country
Section 1A Meet (LFC girls results above. Kingsland’s girls took 12th, Chatfield’s 14th, and LARP’s 15th (of 21 complete). LARP’s Emily Didier took 23rd overall. Amelia Staat (38th) paced Kingsland. La Crescent and Lake City went 1-2 for the boys. LARP finished 11th, Chatfield 14th, LFC 19th, and Kingsland 21st (of 22). LARP senior Dylan Linder took 22nd (didn’t re-qualify for … [Read more...]
Tiebreak, LFC Girls Back to State
It was dicey for the defending Section 1A girls cross country champs. Third-ranked L/FC came into the Section meet the favorites. Fifth-ranked Stewartville, a team LFC twice beat in the regular season, appeared their biggest adversary. But then they ran the race. In a sport that scores five runners, it came down to a sixth to decide Section 1A’s second state bid. Last year’s … [Read more...]
Olson, LFC Girls TRC Champions
It was a big week of LFC’s Kiera Olson. First off, the senior led her cross country gals to the TRC Conference championship, pacing the field for first place (21:07.1). The field, at least spots two and three, are also known as Olson’s teammates. Sisters Leah (21:23.5) and Bailey Ruen (21:24.1) took second and third. Sophomore Emily Snyder took fifth and 8th grader Kaylee Arndt … [Read more...]
Cross Country (10/11)
PEM ‘Jodi Rahman’ Invite (LFC’s girls took first (36) over RAHS (70). Kingsland finished 7th, LARP 10th (of 11). LFC’s L. Ruen (20:45.7) took second to Cannon Falls’ Sophie Epps (20:41.6). K.Arndt (20:56.2) was third, K. Olson sixth, Emily Snyder 11th, Bailey Ruen 14th, Maddie Smith 19th and Ashley Miner 22nd. Amelia Staat took 13th to pace the Knights. Emily Didier took 20th … [Read more...]
Non Cross Country, Cross-Country
Everyone still ran 5000-meter courses overland. Some just didn’t have to travel cross country to do so, as the meets were closer to home. The week of Monday October 3 saw two county cross country programs host home events two days apart. Chatfield held their annual boys/girls combined score meet at Chosen Valley Golf Course. Rochester Area Home School (205:21.8), behind their … [Read more...]
Cross Country
Crestwood Invite (Kingsland’s girls finished 5th (of 6), the boys were incomplete. Amelia Staat finished 6th) … [Read more...]
Take a Break, Take First
It’s been an interesting year for LFC cross country. Two events have been cancelled or postponed due to flooding. Currently headed by their 4th-ranked girls group, the Burros, after a 16-day break, returned to action where they left off. At the St. Charles Invite, LFC notably downed 6th-ranked Stewartville 34 to 60 for first place. The Burros’ top five girls were all in the top … [Read more...]