Chloe Haven finished seventh in the race for Wabasso with a time of 22:52.3, while Lindsey Bernardy finished eighth overall with a time of 23:14.4. Candace Jenniges finished 10th for Wabasso with a time of 23:21.6.

The Minnesota Valley Lutheran girls took second with 64 points, while Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop finished third (71), Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s/Sleepy Eye/New Ulm Cathedral finished fourth (73) and Springfield/Cedar Mountain/Comfrey finished fifth (84).

On the boys’ side, GFW won with a team score of 25, followed by MVL (71), S/CM/C (77), SM/SE/NUC (84) and Wabasso (114).

MVL’s Abby Nelson finished fourth overall with a time of 22:18.6, while Noelle Olson finished sixth with a time of 22:30.5.

Grace Feder finished the race with a first place time of 20:46.2 for GFW. She was happy with her performance after the race despite the warmer day.

“It was a really good race,” Feder said. “It was a lot warmer than I thought it was going to be today, so that didn’t help — I don’t usually run good in hot weather.

“It’s been a great season and our team has done so good this year,” Feder said. “Everyone’s gotten a lot better through the season and it’s just really fun.”

Morgan Aylsworth finished 11th for GFW with a time of 24:03.7.

SM/SE/NUC’s top runners finished second and third overall. Brianna Polesky finished second with a time of 21:31.2, while Abby Hagen finished third with a time of 22:00.3.

Lily McCone finished fifth overall with a time of 22:22.7 for S/CM/C, while Miranda Groebner finished ninth with a time of 23:18.3.

For the boys, Ryan Albrecht finished first in the race for GFW at 17:31.3, while Javier Victorino finished third with a time of 18:01.5. GFW also had four other runners finish in the top 10.

Jacob Bohl finished sixth for GFW with a time of 18:47.8, Will Pioske finished seventh at 18:48.2, Quinn Bleick finished eighth at 19:05.8 and Jordan Halstead finished ninth at 19:29.9.

“We had an overall great team performance and are where we want to be towards the end of the season,” Albrecht said. “We want to peak towards the end — so hopefully we peak next week at sections where we do our best.”

MVL’s Jakin Anderson finished fourth with a time of 18:08.5, while Dylan Holtmeier finished 13th with a time of 20:46.8.

S/CM/C’s Mitchell Buerkle finished second in the race at 17:42.7, while Elijah Kirchstein finished fifth with a time of 18:10.6.

“I thought I ran a really good race,” Kirchstein said. “It was a beautiful day out to run. great course — wonderful course. The hills really help you out a lot. The downhills really help take your momentum down. Those gradual hills really do suck a lot of energy out of you, but it’s all about how you finish. Long strides and get those arms moving.”

SM/SE/NUC’s Isaac Nelson finished 10th overall with a time of 19:33.4, while freshman Josh Hagen finished 14th with a time of 20:49.5.

Wabasso was led by Vander Mathiowetz, who finished 11th with time of 20:19.4, and Jonathan Donner, who finished 24th with a time of 22:28.4.

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