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The Luverne Cardinals cross country varsity girls won their home meet Thursday, and LHS varsity boys earned a third-place team finish despite running without two of their top varsity scorers.
“Our boys did a great job of stepping up and filling in where it was needed,” said assistant coach Jodi Nelson.
The girls’ junior high team also placed first along with the girls’ varsity team.
“We got out and competed hard on Thursday,” Nelson said.
“We had a beautiful day for running and it was fun to compete at home. It is always a good day when we have kids getting PRs and season best times.”
The Luverne Invitational ended with a junior Cardinal cross country team race.
“Courtney DeBoer did an amazing job coaching the elementary kids over the last couple of months,” Nelson said.
“Our high school athletes really enjoyed being able to go out and encourage these young runners and to be able to share their passion for running with them.”
In girls’ varsity competition, Tenley Nelson placed first in the varsity 5k with a time of 18:56.66.
Jenna DeBates recorded a third-place finish with a time of 20:01.35.
Other varsity girls’ finishes were:
Kayla Bloemendaal, 6th (21:07.03)
Grace Ingebretson, 7th (21:10.85)
Tiana Lais, 11th (22:53.92)
Brynn Boyenga, 26th (25:05.13)
Andrea Luitjens, 48th (29:10.06)
In boys’ varsity competition, Griffen Jarchow placed fifth as the top scorer with a time of 18:02.21 for the 5k.
Other boys’ varsity finishes were:
Sage Viessman, 12th place (19:02.02)
Ryan Fick, 16th (19:13.77)
Leif Ingebretson, 19th (19:23.06)
Camden Hoven, 24th (19:58.03)
Kaleb Hemme, 28th (20:02.85)
Carsen Tofteland, 33rd (20:37.67)
Zach Brown, 38th (21:46.24)
Logan Ommen, 39th (21:50.78)
Eli McLendon, 40th (21:51.08)
Ethan Rahm, 45th (22:45.33)
Other results from the Luverne Invitational are as follows:
Junior high girls 3,200 meters:
Ella Schmuck, 1st (13:49.47); Khloe Visker, 2nd (14:14.11); Kianna Winter, 3rd (14:31.42); Mariah Knorr, 6th (15:19.63); Olivia Lund, 8th (15:43.77); Maddy Schepel 22nd (20:16.74)
Junior high boys 3,200 meters:
Marcus Papik, 3rd (13:12.43); Riley Ripka, 22nd (17:14.52)