Proctor Boys and Superior Girls Win Lake Superior Conference Titles

Boys Results

With three runners finishing in the top 10, Proctor was able to secure the conference championship by 4 points over Ashland.  Ashland's Bryce Miller took the individual title in 15:46.7, followed by Proctor's two top runners - Romeo Benish (15:53.4) and Matt Welch (16:03.8), and Ashland's Jsoh Smith (16:06.7) in 4th.  But it was Proctor's next two runners that cemented the championship for them with Zach Smith and Jacob Welch both finishing ahead of Ashland's 3rd runner.

Top 15 Finishers, earning All-Conference honors:

1 Bryce Miller, 11 Ashland 15:46.7
2 Romeo Benish, 12 Proctor 15:53.4
3 Matt Welch, 11 Proctor 16:03.8
4 Josh Smith, 12 Ashland 16:06.7
5 Evan Walpole, 11 Superior 16:48.4
6 Erik Swanson, 11 Cloquet 17:11.7
7 Matt Lepisto, 11 Duluth Denfeld 17:17.4
8 Nate Lafond, 12 Duluth Denfeld 17:27.8
9 Ryan Kero, 9 Hermantown 17:27.8
10 Zach Smith, 10 Proctor 17:34.5
11 Jacob Welch, 9 Proctor 17:40.5
12 Chris Carey, 10 Superior 17:42.5
13 Sjan Bystrom, 12 Ashland 17:43.1
14 Dylan Marvel, 10 Cloquet 17:47.6
15 Brandon Channell, 11 Marshall 17:50.1

 

Girls Results

Leah Holmes (Superior) has had a very good October, taking 1st in the competitive Swain Invite in Duluth, followed by a 1st place finish in the Hibbing Rotary Invite, and now a conference title with a time of 15:10.6.  Leah paced her team to a first place team finish as well, topping Hermantown by 10 points with all 7 Superior runners finishing in the top 15 and earning all-conference honors.  Hermantown runners Natalie Stauber (15:14.6) and Nikki Roach (16:10.0) took 2nd and 3rd place.

Top 15 Finishers, earning All-Conference honors:

1 Leah Holmes, 11 Superior 15:10.6
2 Natalie Stauber, 11 Hermantown 15:14.6
3 Nikki Roach, 12 Hermantown 16:10.0
4 Malley O'Brien, 9 Superior 16:12.1
5 Jessica Kero, 10 Duluth Denfeld 16:22.1
6 Diana Hanka, 9 Duluth Denfeld 16:25.6
7 Ann Kleinschmidt, 9 Marshall 16:27.5
8 Veronica Witikko, 10 Hermantown 16:33.0
9 Natalie Kintop, 11 Superior 16:36.4
10 Rachel Dixon, 9 Superior 16:38.2
11 Kelsey Lagergren, 12 Hermantown 16:40.7
12 Anja Maijala, 7 Cloquet 16:53.0
13 Catie Albrecht, 12 Superior 16:59.5
14 Kali Krivinchuk, 10 Superior 17:00.1
15 Giselle Sziron, 9 Superior 17:03.0