C/M runners compete with big schools; 2 boys, 2 girls crack top 20 at Willmar
Canby/Minneota competed against much larger schools and fared well on Saturday at Eagle Creek Country Club in Willmar.
Marshall won the boys meet, with Perham, St. Cloud Cathedral, Willmar and Eagan rounding out the top five. Canby/Minneota finished seventh among the 12 teams.
In the girls' race, Hopkins placed first, followed by Perham, Eagan, Luverne and Marshall. Canby/Minneota finished eighth among 10 full squads.
Kolton Duis was 14th and Zach Ourada 15th for the Canby/Minneota boys.
Braelyn Merritt cracked the top 10, finishing 10th in a time of 20:09.
BOYS TEAM SCORING
(1) Marshall 67 (2) Perham 75 (3) St. Cloud Cathedral 93 (4) Willmar 102 (5) Eagan 115 (6) Hopkins 141 (7) Canby/Minneota 177 (8) Luverne 191 (9) Sartell 244 (10) Totino-Grace 301 (11) St. Anthony Village 303 (12) Pipestone 306
BOYS INDIVIDUAL TOP 10
(1) Sully Anez, Wil, 15:56.6 (2) Landon Hering, Hop, 16:05.0 (3) Suhayb Ali, Hop, 16:18.2 (4) Bjorn Anderson, Per, 16:19.8 (5) Alex Bjork, SAV, 16:35.1 (6) Logan Drevlow, Hop, 16:39.7 (7) Owen Janiszeski, Luv, 16:54.3 (8) Micah Thompson, Per, 16:58.1 (9) Matthew Lindgren, TG, 17:00.2 (10) Sam Deutz, Mar, 17:01.1
CANBY/MINNEOTA BOYS
(14) Kolton Duis 17:29.5 (15) Zach Ourada 17:29.7 (26) Blake Giese 17:55.2 (61) Tallen Merritt 19:15.6 (70) Hunter Danielson 19:35.7 (72) Sam Skorczewski 19:42.8 (77) Carson Becker 20:02.1 (78) Brennan Giese 20:02.3 (84) Logan Myhre 20:32.0
GIRLS TEAM SCORING
(1) Hopkins 65 (2) Perham 78 (3) Eagan 105 (4) Luverne 119 (5) Marshall 130 (6) Sartell 145 (7) Willmar 170 (8) Canby/Minneota 173 (9) Totino-Grace 173 (10) St. Anthony Village 220
GIRLS INDIVIDUAL TOP 10
(1) Jenna DeBates, Luv, 19:13.8 (2) Ella Voit, SCC, 19:28.7 (3) Lilah Bartels, Eag, 19:29.9 (4) Gracie Morris, Per, 19:31.0 (5) Norah Sjorven, Eag, 19:34.9 (6) Allyson Sample, Mar, 19:41.0 (7) Daphne Grobstein, Hop, 19:44 (8) Erin Eilers, Wil, 20:01.9 (9) Taleigha Bigler, Mar, 20:02.1 (10) Braelyn Merritt, CM, 20:09.0
CANBY/MINNEOTA GIRLS
(10) Merritt (19) Claire Stoks 20:51.7 (38) Mya Pesek 21:39.3 (60) Jordyn Jostock 22:53.1 (63) Charlotte Brunsvig 23:04.4 (64) Nohemi Diaz 23:15.1 (67) Hannah Fadness 23:25.9 (71) Hannah Vlaminck 23:35.7 (80) Lillie Wollum 24:32.8
(Results Thursday, Sept. 29 at Granite Falls)
The Canby/Minneota boys and girls had the top two runners in each race as the boys finished first among seven teams, while the girls were second among five teams at the Yellow Medicine East Invitational last Thursday at the Granite Falls Golf Course.
"Lots of medals went home, lots of smiles and words of peer joy of pride for the times we ran," said Canby/Minneota coach Allyson Pesek. "It was a good night."
In the boys' race, Kolton Duis placed first in a time of 16:56, while teammate Zach Ourada was second in 16:58. Blake Giese was fifth in 17:26. Also counting toward the team score was Hunter Danielson in 18th in 18:51 and Logan Myhre 21st in 18:59.
The Canby/Minneota boys edged Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd 45 to 48. Montevideo was third with 80 points.
Braelyn Merritt crossed the finish line first in 19:34 in the girls' race. Her teammate, Claire Stoks, was second in 19:54. Hannah Vlaminck came in 12th in 22:14, Nohemi Diaz 15th in 22:41, and Hannah Fadness 18th in 23:01.
Lac qui Parle Vallet/Dawson-Boyd won the girls' race 36-39 over Canby/Minneota. Central Minnesota Christian School was third with 47 points.
BOYS TEAM SCORING
(1) Canby/Minneota 45 (2) Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd 48 (3) Montevideo 80 (4) Benson/KMS 126 (5) Ortonville 168 (6) Lakeview 170 (7) BOLD 190
BOYS INDIVIDUAL TOP 10
(1) Kolton Duis, CM, 16:56 (2) Zach Ourada, CM, 16:58 (3) Gavin Carl, LQPV, 17:06 (4) Ethan Schwankl, Lake, 17:10 (5) Blake Giese, CM, 17:26 (6) Eli Hegland, LQPV, 17:38 (7) Brady Andrews, Mon, 17:48 (8) Ivan Berrera, MRCW, 18:08 (9) Taden Clark, LQPV, 18:08 (10) Timothy Brouwer, CMCS. 18:18
CANBY/MINNEOTA BOYS
(1) Duis (2) Ourada (5) Giese (18) Hunter Danielson 18:51 (21) Logan Myhre 18:59 (22) Sam Skorczewski 19:08 (24) Nicholas Full 19:10 (39) Brandon Danielson 20:24 (40) Carson Becker 20:25 (41) Caleb Danielson 20:27
GIRLS TEAM SCORING
(1) Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd 36 (2) Canby/Minneota 39 (3) Central Minnesota Christian School 47 (4) Lakeview 116 (5) Benson/KMS 118 (6) Border West and Yellow Medicine East, incomplete
GIRLS INDIVIDUAL TOP 10
(1) Braelyn Merritt, CM, 19:34 (2) Claire Stoks, CM, 19:54 (3) Chloe Gloege, LQPV, 21:08 (4) Julia Schmidt, BW, 21:29 (5) Sidney Duininck, CMCS, 21:33 (6) Taylor Shelstad, LQPV, 21:40 (7) Annaliese Wood, CMCS, 21:51 (8) Anika Fernholz, LQPV, 22:05 (9) Sanjana Pullan, YME, 22:08 (10) Taylor Wood, LQPV, 22:12
CANBY/MINNEOTA GIRLS
(1) Merritt (2) Stoks (12) Hannah Vlaminck 22:14 (15) Nohemi Diaz 22:41 (18) Hannah Fadness 23:01 (23) Chevelle Hoffman 23:43 (24) Lillie Wollum 23:55 (30) Jonna Briggs 24:42 (31) Izabelle Hulzebos 25:17 (38) Natalie Stoks 25:7