C/M boys, girls claim conference titles
Canby/Minneota captured two conference titles on Tuesday in Granite Falls with the boys winning by five points and the girls winning by 22 points.
"We are beyond proud of each and every one of our runners," said CM coach Allyson Pesek. "This time of the year is always bittersweet. The excitement of preparing for section, and yet, the end of the season for over half of our kids. This season has been amazing."
Zach Ourada finished second in the boys' race to Lakeview's Ethan Schwankl. Kolton Duis was third, Blake Giese sixth, Tallen Merritt 16th and Hunter Danielson 19th. Although their scores did not count for the top five, C/M's Sam Skorcewski was right behind in 20th and Logan Myhre 22nd. Ourada, Duis and Giese earned all-conference honors.
C/M finished the boys' race with 39 points, while Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd had 44 points and Lakeview 103.
Braelyn Merritt of Canby/Minneots won the girls' race. Teammate Claire Stoks finished second, Mya Pesek fourth, Jordyn Jostock sixth and Nohemi Diaz 10th. Those five runners earned all-conference status.
Canby/Minneota captured the conference title with an impressive 22 points (15 is a perfect score). Charolette Brunsvig came in 15th and Hannah Vlaminck 17th.
"They worked for this and earned it," said Pesek about her two squads. "We hope to take this momentum with us into next week."
The Section 3A meet will be held Thursday, Oct. 27 in Luverne.
BOYS TEAM SCORES
(1) Canby/Minneota 39 (2) Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd 44 (3) Lakeview 103 (4) Ortonville 111 (5) Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 123 (6) MACCRAY/Renville County West 129 (7) Community Christian School 151 (8) Central Minnesota Christian, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton, Border West, all incomplete
BOYS INDIVIDUAL TOP 20
(1) Ethan Schwankl, Lake, 16:43 (2) Zach Ourada, CM, 16:51 (3) Kolton Duis, CM, 16:54 (4) Gavin Carl, LQPV, 17:04 (5) Blake Giese, CM, 17:16 (6) Eli Hegland, LQPV, 17:42 (7) Logan Roelofs, RTR, 17:49 (8) Timothy Brouwer, CMCS, 17:57 (9) Taden Clark, LQPV, 17:59 (10) Carter Sweetman, TMB, 18:00 (11) Ivan Berrera, MRCW, 18:01 (12) Jacob Cloos, Ort, 18:23 (13) Tygan Allpress, LQPV, 18:35 (14) Joe Arens, BW, 18:37 (15) Cole Remiger, Lake, 18:38 (16) Tallen Merritt, CM, 18:50 (17) Cody Klepel, Ort, 18:55 (18) Justin Perkins, LQPV, 18:56 (19) Hunter Danielson, CM, 18:58 (20) Sam Skorczewski, CM, 19:01
CANBY/MINNEOTA BOYS
(2) Ourada (3) Duis (5) Giese (16) Merritt (19) Danielson (20) Skorczewski (22) Logan Myhre 19:24
GIRLS TEAM SCORES
(1) Canby/Minneota 22 (2) Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd 44 (3) Central Minnesota Christian 79 (4) Yellow Medicine East 123 (5) Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 126 (6) Lakeview 130 (7) Border West and Tracy-Milroy-Balaton, each incomplete
GIRLS INDIVIDUAL TOP 20
(1) Braelyn Merritt, CM, 19:27 (2) Claire Stoks, CM, 20:10 (3) Chloe Gloege, LQPV, 20:16 (4) Mya Pesek, CM, 20:50 (5) Annaliese Wood, CMCS, 21:05 (6) Jordyn Jostock, CM, 21:06 (7) Taylor Shelstad, LQPV, 21:10 (8) Sidney Duininck, CMCS, 21:12 (9) Julia Schmidt, BW, 21:14 (10) Nohemi Diaz, CM, 21:20 (11) Anika Fernholz, LQPV, 21:28 (12) Taylor Wood. LQPV, 21:41 (13) Sanjana Pullan, YME, 21:52 (14) Shay Bothun, LQPV, 21:55 (15) Charolette Brunsvig, CM, 22:05 (16) Autumn LaBrune, RTR, 22:06 (17) Hannah Vlaminck, CM, 22:19 (18) Anjelin, YME, 22:20 (19) Marin Knott, TMB, 22:21 (20) Abby Timmer. CMCS, 22:41
CANBY/MINNEOTA GIRLS
(1) Merritt (2) Stoks (4) Pesek (6) Jostock (10) Diaz (15) Brunsvig (17) Vlaminck