Staples-Motley and Wadena-Deer Creek were the top two teams at the Section 6A Girls Cross Country meet, hosted by Long Prairie-Grey Eagle on Friday. Those two teams, along with the next five individuals will compete in the Class A State Cross Country Meet on Saturday, November 4 at the Les Bolstad Golf Course on the campus of the University of Minnesota. Individual qualifiers included Norah Froslee of Ottertail Central and Katie Holzner of Hillcrest.
"Julia Schmidt missed state by seven places," reported Border West Head Coach Brittany Erickson. "LPGE is always a tough course and all of our runners ran faster at Sections than they did when they ran it in September. Seeing our seniors cross the finish at sections is always bittersweet. I can’t thank our seniors enough for their time and dedication to the program."
Section 6A Girls Varsity Team Results
1. Staples-Motley 39, 2. Wadena-Deer Creek 84, 3. Minnewaska Area 102, 4. West Central Area 147, 5. Melrose Area 153, 6. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 177, 7. Sauk Centre 188, 8. Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 208, 9. Ottertail Central 237, 10. Pillager 295, 11. Benson/KMS 309, 12. Ashby-Brandon-Evansville 315, 13. Osakis 344, 14. Verndale 357, 15. Alexandria Community 367
Individual State Qualifiers
3. Caroline Kuehne (LPGE) 19:23.08, 4. Victoria Linscheid (Sauk Centre) 20:06.91, 5. Lauryn Ankeny (Minnewaska Area) 20:12.77, 6. Norah Froslee (OTC) 20:13.91, 7. Katie Holzner (HLA) 20:16.76
Border West
18. Julia Schmidt 21:17.36, 65. Elizabeth Franzese 23:48.20, 97. Braylen Schmidt 26:26.62, 110. Wambdiwi Bedonie 36:19.73
Karter Martinek, Braylen Schmidt, Julia Schmidt, Wambdiwi Bedonie, Elizabeth Franzese. PHOTO PROVIDED
Staples-Motley Results
1. Kyanna Burton 19:10.83, 2. Audrey Brownell 19:10.84, 11. Bella Hines 20:44.76, 12. Aleea Holst 20:56.90, 20. Naila Mikhaeil 21:20.19, 35. Suhaila Mikhaeil 22:12.58, 70. Leah Greenwaldt 24:02.77
Wadena-Deer Creek
10. Lydia Oldakowski 20:39.42, 19. Noelle Spicer 21:19.34, 22. Karly Haverkamp 21:25.46, 23. Brielle Kern 21:25.66, 24. Britta Sweeney 21:26.24, 25. Amber Collins 21:30.35, 36. Cambrie Geiger 22:14.15
West Central Area Results
17. Kyra Beyer 21:16.48, 30. Nora Anderson 22:00.02, 37. Blaire Rueter 22:18.60, 41. Taylor Bennett 22:32.94, 42. Terina Blascyk 22:36.04, 47. Alexa Blume 23:03.36, 57. Skylar LaRue 23:26.59
Ottertail Central Results
6. Norah Froslee 20:13.91, 52. Delia Tebrugge 23:20.19, 61. Laney Frost 23:40.87, 71. Tegan Brandon 24:13.29, 74. Quinn Hagemeister 24:16.64, 87. Emily Christensen 25:35.26, 95. Mae Hagemeister 26:22.07
Bertha-Hewitt
8. Kendra Miller 20:22.92, 26. Ella Banister 21:45.22, 68. Eva Blashack 23:56.01
Ashby-Brandon-Evansville
38. Ashley Paulson 22:18.98, 44. Lauren Thoennes 22:44.17, 83. Hope Rovang 25:13.28, 89. Naomi Fournier 25:40.22, 98. Tuyet Vy Bui 26:40.20
Pillager
46. Alainna Dobson 22:54.11, 49. Bellanie Kalis 23:10.33, 67. Rylie Eustice 23:54.15, 72. Elsie Turner 24:13.67, 96. Violette Metz 26:24.77, 102. Paige Christle 27:48.54, 103. Sofia Bartle 27:50.43
Hillcrest
7. Katie Holzner 20:16.76, 58. Isla Frobish 23:30.36
Parkers Prairie
86. Taylor Duberowski 25:28.52, 93. Sarah Toyli 26:15.27
Verndale
21. Mia Arroyo 21:24.87, 85. Nicole Hess 25:23.77, 88. Annie Arroyo 25:40.05, 101. Mia Shaw 27:41.51, 104. Haylee Horn 28:03.97