Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Junior High Girls Win at NYA Lions Invitational

The Junior High Girls led the field at yesterdays invitational held at Baylor Park.  Cassie Stolt led the girls with a 4th place finish overall in 6:47, followed by Skylee Schwingler in 6:51 and Thea Iverson 6:59.  Rounding out the scoring for the junior high squad was Hannah Witt 7:03 and Jamie Zahn 7:03.2.  Also competing on the 1600 meter course were:  Kailey Noll 7:21, Vanessa Rosales 7:24, Grace Ludvik 7:30, Jessica Brueggemeier 7:37, Sophie Wright 7:38, Sophie Mewes 7:41, Nicolle Lundsten 8:05, Emma Reed 8:18

The Junior Varsity Boys placed second behind rival Jordan led by Kris Corl's 4th place finish in 19:26.  Tyler Schumacher and Sam Gregory were close behind in 19:46 and 19:48 respectively.  Taylor Witt 20:01, and Derek May 20:11 rounded out the scoring for the tigers.  Also racing the 5000 meter course were:  Kyle Siemon 20:14, Noah Hastings 20:28, Max Hughes 20:30, Nate Loegering 20:50, Stephen LaJeunesse 20:56, Noah Mewes 21:26, Brenden Solheid 21:51, Nick Covington 23:39, Kenny Dvorak 24:01, John Morrison 26:18, and Bryce Nelson 27:25


Elliot Rudd led the Junior High Boys to 3rd place finish running a 5:55 over the 1600 meter course.  Mikkel Schmidt covered the course in 6:09, followed by Brayden Setterquist in 6:24.  Tristan Cruz and Jesse Barringer rounded out the top five for the tigers in 6:28 and 6:31 respectively.  Also running were:  Jaron Funk 6:32, Tyler Bahr 6:46, Luke Hallgren 7:01, Ethan Keohavong 7:05, Noah Stiemke 7:18, Logan Peterson 7:39, and Timothy Pressley 7:43

Trinity Webb led the girls JV to a 3rd place finish running the 4000 meter course in 19:36.  Teammates Kacie Staples 20:03, and Grace Miner 20:19 were close behind.  Courtney Fogarty20:24 and Allison Lundsten 22:28 completed the scores for their squad.  Also running were:  Alexa Lenz 22:29, Tori Schroeder 22:55, Selin Dikmen 23:43, and Kate Haege, 24:17

In the girls varsity race Jannessa Meuleners lead the girls to a 4th place finish completing the 4000 meter course in 15:49.  Alissa Schultz crossed the line next for the tigers in 16:46 followed by teammate Danika Schroeder in 17:44.  BreAnn McDermand 18:09 and Emily Krautkremer 19:12 were the scoring members of the squad.  Hailey Witt 19:12 and Corey Krautkremer 19:26 each improved from last week.


The boys varsity squad led by Zander Stier's 18:00 performance placed 6th.  Dylan Bigaouette ran an 18:44 with Kellen Bergs hot on his heels in 19:06.  Carter Corl turned in a 19:10 followed by Brenden Mackedanz in 19:15.  Carter Olson turned in a solid performance completing the 5000 meter course in 19:24 as did teammate Tony Dvorak 19:57.

In all it was a great day with 64 Belle Plaine runners competing.  There were 13 personal best recorded at the meet ranging from a couple second improvement to several minute improvement.  One of the highlights came near the finish of the boys junior high meet.  Seventh grader Noah Steimke was beginning the final push to the finish and was tripped up and fell to the ground.  He bounced right back up with a look of determination on his face he sprinted by the offending runner and several others.  What a great example of Belle Plaine Tiger Cross-country.

The kids continue to work hard to improve strengthening our team.  Hope to see you in Waconia next week.

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