The Minnewaska and West Central Area cross country teams competed in the Marv Meyer Invite in Morris on Monday.
The Lakers girls finished second as a team with 39 points and the boys finished fifth with 96 points. Sauk Centre won the boys meet with 34 points and New London-Spicer won the girls meet with 26 points.
In a race with 60 participants, three of the Minnewaska girls finished in the top 10: Lauryn Ankeny (4th, 21:21), Nori Song (5th, 21:24) and Maia Larson (10th, 22:00). Kyla Vick (NL-S) won the race with a time of 20:38.
Ian Mills (6th, 17:58) was the Lakers’ only top-10 finisher on the boys’ side in a race with 65 competitors. Jacob Drevlow (Sauk Centre) won the race with a time of 16:33.
None of the WCA teams had enough participants to qualify for a team score, but the Knights’ boys were led by Carter Kjesbo, who took second place with a time of 16:58, and the girls were led by Nora Anderson, who took 25th place with a time of 23:38.
Results of the Marv Meyer invitation
BOYS TEAM RESULTS – 1. Sauk Centre, 34; 2. LQPV, 78; 3. New London-Spicer, 87; 4. Melrose, 91; 5. Minnewaska, 96; 6. Paynesville, 134
GIRLS TEAM RESULTS – 1. New London-Spicer, 26; 2. Minnewaska, 39; 3. Sauk Centre, 110; 4. Paynesville, 123; 5. LQPV 128; 6. WCA 138; 7. Melrose, 157; 8. MA-CA 207
MINNEWASKA BOYS – Ian Mills (6th, 17:58); Zachary Palmer (15th, 18:47); Luke Hoffman (22nd, 19:29); Ryan Koehntop (41st, 21:18); Rylan Tank (47th, 21:36); Carter Dinsmore (51st, 21:51); Chase Wacker (63rd, 24:11)
MINNEWASKA GIRLS – Lauryn Ankeny (4th, 21:21); Nori Song (5th, 21:24); Maia Larson (10th, 10 p.m.); Jillian Deutsch (11th, 10:03 p.m.); Piper Citrowske-Lee (14th, 22:15), Sydney Ankeny (18th, 22:26); Sophia Wallin (21st, 23:16); Ella Larson (26th, 23:49); Aubrey Stark (30th, 24:06)
WCA BOYS – Carter Kjesbo (2nd, 16:58); Michael Girard (30th, 20:17); Simon Moritz (55th, 22:07); Tayden Amundson (62nd, 24:09)
WCA GIRLS – Nora Anderson (25th, 23:38); Skylar LaRue (27th, 23:52); Blaire Reuter (29th, 23:59); Brooklyn Strobel (34th, 24:26); Cassidy Reuter (37th, 24:45); Whitney Blume (53rd, 27:19)
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