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Cross country starts strong at first meet

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Sara Schmuck for the Star Herald

The Luverne Cardinals boys’ and girls’ cross country teams traveled to Beresford, South Dakota, Friday to win the team championship with their overall team score at their first meet of the season.
Coach Pete Janiszeski said he was pleased with the performance of his Luverne runners.
“I thought overall we had an outstanding day for the first outing of the season,” he said.
“We had a lot of PRs and kids that had outstanding performances for their first meet ever. We are definitely right up there with where we’ve been and, in many instances, better.”
The Luverne girls had five varsity runners in the Top 25, with Jenna DeBates and Tenley Nelson turning in standout performances to place in the top three.
DeBates ran the 5k in 19:29.77 and Nelson ran it in 19:50.30. The only runner besting Luverne was Ellie Maddox from Sioux Falls Christian with a time of 19:08.56.
Grace Ingebretson was 13th with a time of 21:19.39, Kayla Bloemendaal was 16th with a time of 21:43.40, and Tiana Lais placed 22nd with a time of 22:21.70.
The Luverne varsity boys earned an overall fourth place at the meet, with Sioux Falls Christian, Dakota Valley and Vermillion coming in ahead of them in team totals.
Griffen Jarchow had the best 5K time for Luverne, placing 12th with a time of 17:41.04. Owen Janiszeski placed 19th with a time of 18:08.54.
Camden Janiszeski was set to place in the Top 2 to 4 but was pulled due to Achilles tendon pain causing difficulty.
“He has been having pain for the last several weeks,” Coach Janiszeski said. “Unfortunately, it happened on race day this time. I decided to pull him out of the race to not risk further injury, which he was definitely disappointed about.”
Other rankings for boys’ varsity were Sage Viessman in 36th with a time of 19:00.34, Ryan Fick in 57th with a time of 20:25.44, Pierce Cunningham, 63rd with a time of 20:47.90 and Camden Hoven, 75th with a time of 21:39.45
Here’s a look at the rest of the results from the Beresford Cross Country Invite at Bridges Golf Course.
Junior varsity girls 4k run:  Makena Nelson, 8th (18:30.37); Brynn Boyenga, 34th (20:31.76); Andrea Luitjens 70th (25:21.56).
Junior high girls’ 3k run, fifth place overall: Ella Schmuck, 12th (12:48.46); Kianna Woods 13th (12:50.85); Khloe Visker, 38th (13:27.87); Mariah Knorr, 53rd (14:37.17); Maddy Schapel, 99th (18:53.97).
Junior varsity boys’ 4k run, fourth place overall: Leif Ingebretson, 8th (15:44.17); Kaleb Hemme, 23rd (16:24.66); Ethan Rahm, 33rd (16:51.09); Eli McLendon, 44th (17:28.01).
Junior high boys 3k run: Riley Ripka, 105th (15:42.11).

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