Welcome to cross country season 2019! Use this article as your one-stop home for our coverage of meets this week! Check back as we will post videos, recaps and results as they come in from across the state.
EVENTS THIS WEEK:
8/22
Lester Park Invitational
BOYS RECAP: Farmington's perfect score was broken up by Duluth Denfield's Isaac Fink (17:19.7, 3rd). Farmington's Noah Revels opened his 2019 season with a 16:52.3 for the individual win. Noteworthy performance for eighth grader Mason Sullivan who clocked a 17:59.5 in his first varsity race for Farmington in their fifth man position.
SCORES: Farmington (17), Denfield (63), Hibbing (72)
BOYS VARSITY 5K RESULTS
GIRLS RECAP: Farmington also cruised to the win in the girls race with a perfect 15 points and going taking the top six spots and seven of the top ten. Anna Fenske started out her season with an 18:59.4, more than two minutes ahead of her sister Mariah who was second in 21:03.2. Hibbing's Lily Hess (21:50.7) was seventh to break up the Tigers run.
SCORES: Farmington (15), Duluth East (62), Hibbing (64)
GIRLS VARSITY 5K RESULTS
8/23
Rebels Northwoods Invitational
NICK OAK, Buffalo- Varsity Boys 2 mi Champ
BOYS RECAP: Nick Oak of Buffalo lead nearly from the gun to the finish in a winning time of 10:07.1 topping a pack of Edina and Hopkins boys that made up the rest of the top five. In the team scores Hopkins put four in the top ten to edge Edina by a point. The finish was exciting as spots 2 through 6 came through in a flurry of six seconds that ultimately gave Hopkins the final decision.
SCORES: Hopkins (37), Edina (38), Buffalo (59)
MORGAN RICHTER, Edina- Varsity Girls 2 mi Champ
RECAP: Edina put five runners across the line in 36 seconds including individual winner Morgan Richter (11:34.4) who was 16 seconds ahead of second place finisher and teammate, Lauren Cossack. The Hornets put four in the top five and five in the top eight (despite not having several of their regular varsity in uniform). Laci Provenzano (Hopkins, Maddie Kelly (Providence Academy) and Elise Yeager (Monticello) finished third, sixth and seventh to break up Edina's perfect score bid.
SCORES: Edina (20), Hopkins (84), Monticello (85)
RESULTS
8/24
BOYS RECAP: As expected the depth and talent of Wayzata showed through as the Spartans cruised to the team win with four of the top five spots. Apollo junior Sam Brewer broke up the Wayzata run to finish third overall. Senior Drake Young took the individual title for Wayzata in 17:21.62 with teammate Shuayb Hussein second in 17:26.5. Sartell-Saint Stephen was ninth to lead his team as the first runner across not from Wayzata or Apollo.
SCORES: Wayzata (20), St. Cloud Apollo (50), Sartell St. Stephen (80)
GIRLS RECAP: Sartell-Saint Stephens took the girls win with a perfect score in what proved to be a dual meet with St. Cloud Tech. Sartell junior Ingrid Buiceag-Arama won the race in a time of 20:49, over 30 seconds ahead of teammate and second place finisher Ashley Nelson (21:20.28). Autumn Tenvoorde led a reduced Apollo team in sixth place (22:48.53) and St. Cloud Tech's top finisher was eighth grader Stella Rusch in seventh with a time of 23:02.94.
SCORES: Sartell-St. Stephen (15), St Cloud Tech (44).
Perham "Brave Like Gabe" Early Bird
BRANDON O'HARA, Perham- Boys Varsity 5k Champ
RECAP: In an exciting team race Bemidji pulled off a three point win over host Perham. Brandon O'Hara started off strong for Perham with the individual title in a solid 15:58.1. Bemidji's 1-2 punch of Gage Mostad and Nicholas Youso came in ahead of Perham's second man, Bailey Evenson and that proved to be the difference in the team standings. All four of those athletes went under 17 minutes in the season opener. Both the Lumberjacks and Willmar put five in front of the Yellowjackets fifth man on the day.
SCORES: Bemidji (40), Perham (43), Willmar (67)
JEFF MORRIS, HEAD COACH PERHAM
BOYS RESULTS
CALIA CHANEY, Pequot Lakes- Girls Varsity 5k Champ
RECAP: The story of the day on the girls side was Pequot Lakes eighth grader Calia Chaney taking the individual victory in a new PR time of 19:36.2 in just her second season of cross country. Willmar took the team title by placing four in the top ten and all five in the top fifteen. Melton Taylor of Moorhead was second in 19:45.2. Kira Sweeney (Wadena-Dear Creek) and Gwen Youso (Bemidji) went third and fourth over all and going under 20 mintues as well.
TEAM SCORES: Willmar (44), Bemidji (74), Perham (78)