LHS girls place third at Augustana's Meet of Champions

The Luverne girls’ cross country team placed third at the Augustana College Meet of Champions staged in Sioux Falls Saturday.Luverne and Sioux Falls Lincoln actually finished the varsity race with 102 points each. The Cardinals were awarded third place based on a tie-breaker.Yankton and Rapid City Stevens placed first and second with 22 and 66 points respectively.Lexi Heitkamp placed sixth individually in 16:00 to lead the Cards at the event.Kayla Raddle placed 14th in 16:27, Allison Henke 29th in 17:14, Debbie Schneiderman 35th in 17:25, Katie Schneiderman 43rd in 17:39, Amanda Kannas 58th in 18:10 and Rachel Saum 80th in 19:57.The LHS boys fielded an incomplete varsity team for the meet.Kirk Oldre set the pace for the Cards by placing 74th in 21:29.Devin Richters and Brandon Schultz finished 77th and 90th with respective 21:51 and 23:03 times.Junior varsity resultsLuverne girls: Paige Nath, 10th, 18:09; Katlyn Sawtelle, 12th, 18:10; Tara Muck, 44th, 19:50; Ashlie Hess, 45th, 19:50; Morgan Jacobsma, 53rd, 20:17; Stephanie Schultz, 86th, 23:00; Ashley Kraetsch, 92nd, 23:42; Macy Oldre, 94th, 23:54. Luverne placed fifth as a team.Luverne boys: Nathan Stensland-Bos, 66th, 16:58; Zach Sanderson, 98th, 17:58; Matt Syphokham, 128th, 21:24. Matt Christensen and Davontae Maine ran in the race, but their results were unavailable.