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WOLVERINES WIN 2A MEET
NORWOOD YOUNG AMERICA - The Sibley East boys cross-country team placed first in the Section 2A Boys Cross-Country Meet on Thursday, qualifying as a team to advance to the Class A State Cross-Country Meet.
Gage Horstman led the Wolverines, placing first in the meet with a time of 15:30.3. Julio Alejandro placed third (16:32.9), while Aiden Christenson placed sixth (16:47.7). Jackson Pomplun placed eighth (16:49.5), and Jesse Ballalatak (17:09.2) and Elliott Allen (17:12.7) took 15th and 16th, respectively.
Also in the boys race advancing as individuals to state, Minnesota Valley Lutheran’s Titus Kohls placed fourth (16:40.1), and Madelia’s Caleb DeCann placed ninth (16:49.7). Missing state qualification but leading Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial/Nicollet was Weston Levy, who placed 18th (17:18.9), while Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s/Sleepy Eye/New Ulm Cathedral’s Levi Hagen placed 21st (17:30.9). Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop’s Juan Sunus-Perez placed 22nd (17:34.6).
No area runners qualified for state in the girls meet, but MVL’s Faith Peters placed 18th with a time of 20:58.6. SM/SE/NUC’s Emma Hagen followed in 19th (21:12.9), and LCWM/N’s Evie Jones placed 22nd (21:23.4). GFW’s Lucy Dvorak placed 32nd (22:16.8).
The Class A State Cross-Country Meet will be held on Nov. 7 at Majestic Oaks Golf Club in Ham Lake. The boys race begins at 1 p.m.
LEOPOLD REPEATS AS 3A CHAMP
LUVERNE - Wabasso’s Elsie Leopold won her second consecutive section championship Thursday, completing the Section 3A Girls Cross-Country Meet in 19:53.6 to place first.
Also in the meet, Springfield/Cedar Mountain’s Farrah Dauer missed state qualification by one spot, finishing 13th with a time of 20:51.9.
Photo by Eric Viccaro/Pipestone County Star
Springfield/Cedar Mountain’s Farrah Dauer, right, runs in the Section 3A Cross-Country Championship girls race in Luverne on Thursday.
No area runners qualified for state in the boys meet, but Springfield/Cedar Mountain’s Alexander Bigelow placed 76th (20:34.9) and Wabasso’s Joey Krause placed 94th (21:37.3).
The Class A State Cross-Country Meet will be held on Nov. 7 at Majestic Oaks Golf Club in Ham Lake. The girls race begins at 12:15 p.m.