The Luverne Cardinals Cross Country team traveled to Adrian Tuesday, Oct. 12, and brought home a girls’ varsity title and a boys’ varsity fourth place along with some successful individual races.
“We had another good day of racing with some great competition to push us,” said Assistant Coach Jodi Nelson.
“Ella Schmuck and Sage Viessman had big races for us, with Sage getting a PR and Ella racing with a couple of our varsity girls to make a pack of three for our third, fourth and fifth spots.”
The team was headed to the Big South Championship Tuesday at Pipestone.
Those results will be reported next week.
“It is nice to see our younger kids gaining confidence and experience racing,” Nelson said.
Girls’ varsity 5k
Tenley Nelson placed second in the girls’ varsity 5k with a time of 19:02.98. Jenna DeBates recorded a fifth-place finish with a time of 20:08.72.
The LHS varsity girls had six finishing in the top 25. Other varsity girls’ finishes were:
Grace Ingebretson, 9th (21:37.68)
Ella Schmuck, 10th (21:53.05)
Kayla Bloemendaal, 11th (22:00.19)
Khloe Visker, 24th (23:28.14)
Kianna Winter, 45th (25:05.17)
Brynn Boyenga, 50th (25:34.07)
Mariah Knorr, 57th (25:52.28)
Andrea Luitjens, 93rd (28:50.70)
Boys’ varsity 5k
Griffen Jarchow placed 13th as the top scorer for the boys’ varsity with a 5k time of 18:15.76.
Sage Viessman came in 19th with his personal best time of 18:48.22.
Other varsity boys’ finishes were:
Ryan Fick, 23rd (19:11.30)
Leif Ingebretson, 26th (19:28.03)
Camden Hoven, 41st (20:06.36)
Carsen Tofteland, 53rd (20:41.37)
Ethan Rahm, 58th (20:50.88)
Pierce Cunningham, 61st (20:56.59)
Zach Brown, 80th (21:58.46)
Eli McLendon, 81st (22:01.12)
Logan Ommen, 87th (22:32.12)
Junior high girls 2,100 meter: Olivia Lund, 8th (9:49.18) and Maddy Schepel, 33rd (12:22.34)
Junior high boys: Riley Ripka, 31st (10:15.17)