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The Luverne girls’ and boys’ varsity cross country runners placed first as teams at the Bruce Gluf Classic cross country meet Saturday, Sept. 10, in Luverne.
Junior Jenna DeBates led the way with a first-place individual finish, running the 5k in 18:54.40.
The next-fastest Luverne girls’ runner was Ella Schmuck with a fourth-place finish of 21:09.80.
“I thought we had another great meet with some outstanding and PR performances,” coach Pete Janiszeski said.
“The teams combined for 20 Top-15 finishes, and of the three complete teams that we had, each won their division at the meet.”
Other varsity girls’ 5k finishers were Khloe Visker eighth in 21:45.80, Kayla Bloemendaal 13th in 22:37.10, Grace Ingebretson 15th in 22:48.40 and Tiana Lais 16th in 23:07.80.
The varsity boys’ top finisher was Owen Janiszeski at 17:04.38, earning second place. Closely behind for Luverne was fourth-place finisher Camden Janiszeski with a time of 17:10.33.
In other varsity boys’ 5k results, Ryan Fick was eighth with a time of 17:49.19, Sage Viessman was 14th in 18:32.80, Leif Ingebretson 17th in 19:15.14 and Kaleb Hemme 26th, 19:48.96
Redwood Valley finished second as a team for both girls’ and boys’ varsity team scores.
Janiszeski had high praise for his runners.
“The kids are growing and gaining confidence,” he said. “I’m very proud of them for all of their hard work and their attention to improving and striving to become the best runners that they can be.”
Junior Varsity girls’ 4k: Olivia Lund was first with a time of 18:40. 20, Makena Nelson third in 19:09, Andrea Luitjens 23rd in 24:46.60 and Maddy Schepel 29th in 26:26.90.
Junior Varsity boys’ 4k: Logan Ommen was first with a time of 15:56.40, Dylan Ommen was second in 16:03, Zach Terrio third in 16:07, Camden Hoven sixth in 16:33.30, Eli McLendon 12th in 17:06.20, Isaac DeBates 16th in 17:19.50 and Riley Ripka 22nd in 18:24.50.
In the junior high boys’ 3200-meter, Marcus Papik was first with a time of 13:34.82 and Zander Fountain was 27th in 17:59.04.
In the junior high girls’ 3200-meter, Reinha John was first in 14:49.77, Grace Kempema third in 14:55.12, and Mariah Knorr 12th in 15:54.35.