Varsity boys 3rd-place team, girls are 9th; Junior High boys, girls champs again
Cross country runners at yesterday’s (Tuesday, September 26) St. James Invitational Meet competed against each other – as well as a stiff northwest wind and cooler weather (in other words, a day comfortable for running).
The Wolverine Varsity boys finished as the third-place team, led by Nathan Runck’s second-place finish in the 5000-meter contest.
The Varsity girls finished as the ninth-place team, Mercedes Saengosoth the first into the chute in 14th place.
And for the second time in as many meets, both the Junior High boys and girls teams were meet champs.
MLA Varsity boys 5K
In reflecting on the meet, Head Coach Kyle Blomgren noted Runck’s runner-up finish, “Nathan battled hard at the front of the race again.” Blomgren added, “Dalton Piotter had another strong finish to end in the top 10 and Emilio Garcia de la Cruz ran a career PR (personal record).”
The coach looked ahead to the conference and section meets, strategizing that, “We still need to tighten up our pack if we want to compete hard at those meets.”
MLA individual varsity boys results were as follows:
- Nathan Runck – 2nd, 16:56.
- Dalton Piotter – 10th, 17:41.
- Ryan Blomgren – 18th, 18:04.
- Emilio Garcia de la Cruz – 21st, 18:18.
- Josiah Gardiner – 30th, 19:02.
- Emmanuel Fentanez – 39th, 19:43.
- Bubba Xayachak – 62nd, 20:55.
- Logan Pankonin – 77th, 21:56.
- Paxton Morin – 87th, 22:48.
- Dima Hanson – 91st, 23:04.
- Brandon Louangsaphakdy – 94th, 23:28.
Wolverine Varsity girls 5K
“As for the Varsity girls, excellent races were run by Mercedes Saengsoth and Anika Fast,” highlighted Coach Blomgren. “And, Aura Spry and Alina Inthamthirath can career PRs. Our times care continuing to drop, and we hope to see more improvement with a week-and-half to train until the next meet, the Swain Invitational in Duluth on Saturday, October 7.”
MLA individual varsity girls results were as follows:
- Mercedes Saengosoth – 14th, 21:52.
- Anika Fast – 31st, 23:38.
- Sara Quiring – 59th, 26:17.
- Aura Spry – 61st, 26:20.
- Alina Inthamthivath – 67th, 26:51.
- Summer Janzen – 69th, 26:54.
- Jorja Lepp – 76th, 28:58
- Emma Stade – 84th, 31:32.
The next meet for the teams will be the Swain Invitational in Duluth on Saturday, October 7.
Junior High boys, girls teams win 2000-meter runs
Both of the Junior High boys and girls teams ran to team championships for the second time in as many meets – with all five scorers finishing in the top eight in both races.
The finishes for the cadre of Junior High boys runners were as follows:
- Drayton Klassen – 2nd, 7:15.
- Caden Swoboda – 3rd, 7:22.
- Ben Bartsch – 4th, 7:30.
- Thavien Xayachak – 7th, 8:10.
- Landon Boldt – 8th, 8:18.
- Luke Klassen – 14th, 8:39.
- Ian Penner – 15th, 8:52.
- Chad Suderman – 16th, 8:53.
- Mark Quiring – 21st, 9:32.
- Chandler Phoulom – 22nd, 9:37.
- Aiden Penner – 25th, 10:45.
- Landon Morin – 26th, 11:19.
- Andrew Rasavong – 27th, 11:32.
Wolverine Junior High girls running at the invite were:
- Tiegan Meyer – 2nd, 8:18.
- Kate Janzen – 3rd, 8:36.
- Olivia Klassen – 6th, 8:50.
- Riley Schroeder – 7th, 8:52.
- Shyann Ober – 8th, 8:53.
- Cyenna Voshage Hampel – 17th, 9:57.
- Isabella Louangthilath – 21st, 10:39.
- Kaiya Sayavong – 22nd, 10:45.
- Milana Ivashchenko – 27th, 13:51.
