BOYS & GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

Canby/Minneota competed against big-school competition in the Willmar Cross-country Invitational on Saturday at Eagle Creek Golf Course, with the girls finishing sixth out of nine teams and the boys finishing seventh out of eight teams.
"We got to see some tough competition on a tough course," said Canby/Minneota coach Allyson Pesek. "Another great meet leading us into October. So much more fun to come."
Perham won the boys' race with 42 points, while Luverne was second with 68 and Hopkins third with 99.
Bjorn Anderson of Perham was the boys' individual winner in a time of 16:20.8.
Zach Ourada led the Canby/Minneota point scorers, finishing 13th in 18:23.6 Blake Giese also finished in the top 20, crossing in 18th place in 18:32.8. Kolton Duis finished 26th, Tallen Merritt 41st and Jack Abrahamson 49th.
On the girls' side, Marshall came in first with 45 points, St. Cloud Cathedral second with 63, and Willmar third with 95.
Lauren Eilers of Willmar placed first individually in a time of 19:29.8.
Braelyn Merritt led the Canby/Minneota contingent, placing 11th in 20:53.7. Claire Stoks finished 21st, Mya Pesek 25th, Jordyn Jostock 43rd, and Taylor Ourada 55th.

BOYS TEAM RESULTS
(1) Perham 42 (2) Luverne 68 (3) Hopkins 99 (4 Willmar 101 (5) Sartell 105 (6) Totino-Grace 115 (7) Canby/Minneota 139 (8) St. Paul Academy 255

BOYS TOP 20
(1) Bjorn Anderson, Per, 16:20.8 (2) Sully Anez, Wil, 16:29.7 (3) Owen Janiszeski, Luv, 17:05.0 (4) Isaac Paurus, Per, 17:23.8 (5) Fathi Dubet, Wil. 17:32.1 (6) Eli Hanson, Sar, 17:41.9 (7) Dylan Guck, Per, 17:44.8 (8) Carter Flatau, Per, 17:45.8 (9) Isaac Meyer, TG, 17:51.7 (10) Carter Hering, Hop, 17:55.3 (11) Ryan Fick, Luv, 18:08.0 (12) Jack Lakin, Hop, 18:18.8 (13) Zach Ourada, CM, 18:23.6 (14) Dylan Ommen, Luv, 18:27.3 (15) Tristan Schmanski, Hop, 18:29.8 (16) Jalen Schumann, Sar, 18:3.8 (17) Matthew Misko, TG, 18:32.1 (18) Blake Giese, CM, 18:32.8 (19) Sage Viessman, Luv, 18:33.8 (20) Reid Binsfeld, TG, 18:35.8

C/M BOYS RESULTS
(13) Ourada (18) Giese (26) Kolton Duis 18:53.6 (41) Tallen Merritt 19:22.3 (49) Jack Abrahamson 20:11.7 (50) Hunter Danielson 20:16.7 (53) Brennan Giese 20:55.8 (54) Colton Ruether 21:03.9 (56) Sam Skorczewski 21:07.7 (62) Seth Paluch 21:58.7

GIRLS TEAM RESULTS
(1) Marshall 45 (2) St. Cloud Cathedral 63 (3) Willmar 95 (40 Perham 112 (5) Hopkins 136 (6) Canby/Minneota 144 (7) St. Paul Academy 169 (8) Sartell 197 (9) Luverne 200

GIRLS TOP 20
(1) Lauren Eilers, Wil, 19:29.8 (2) Jenna DeBates, Luv, 19:38.8 (3) Ella Voit, SCC, 19:40.3 (4) Allyson Sample, Mar, 19:50.7 (5) Erin Eilers, Wil, 20:15.8 (6) Clara Schad, SCC, 20:24.9 (7) Taleigha Bigler, Mar, 20:25.0 (8) Oakley Schneekloth, Mar. 20:26.3 (9) Katelyn Liebfried, Mar, 20:27.8 (10) Gracie Morris, Per, 20:43.3 (11) Braelyn Merritt, CM, 20:53.7 (12) Sam Fuller, Hop, 20:56.8 (13) Sophia Negen, Wil, 21:03.3 (14) Taylor Barkwell, SPA, 21:06.8 (15) Enya Scanlon, SCC, 21:09.8 (16) Caidyn Breid, Per, 21:14.5 (17) Cameen McFarquar, Mar, 21:14.8 (18) Anya Schmeichel, Hop, 21:15.9 (19) Katelyn Waldoch, SCC, 21:17.8 (20) Cecilia Jamison, SCC, 21:18.8

C/M GIRLS RESULTS
(11) Merritt (21) Claire Stoks 21:22.7 (25) Mya Pesek 21:25.8 (43) Jordyn Jostock 22:32.8 (55) Taylor Ourada 23:30.8 (56) Ava Danielson 23:34.8 (63) Jonna Briggs 24:35.5 (71) Charlotte Brunsvig 27:08.7
(Result Thursday, Sept. 28)
at Granite Falls
Canby/Minneota swept both the boys' and girls' races in the 10-team cross country meet hosted by Yellow Medicine East on Thursday in Granite Falls.
All five of the point scorers for the C/M girls finished in the top 10, including Braelyn Merritt in first place, Claire Stoks in second and Mya Pesek in third. Ava Danielson finished in seventh place and Jordyn Jostock was eighth.
Canby/Minneota's victory with 19 points was well ahead of runner-up Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd with 55. Central Minnesota Christian School was third with 83 points.
Zach Ourada of Canby/Minneota won the boys' race among 73 competitors. He was followed by Kolton Duis in fourth, Blake Giese in fifth, Tallen Merritt in ninth, and Jack Abrahamson in 13th.
The C/M boys finished with 30 points, also well ahead of runner-up Montevideo with 64 and Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd with 72.
BOYS TEAM SCORES
(1) Canby/Minneota 30 (2) Montevideo 64 (3) Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd 72 (4) Lakeview 95 (5) Ortonville 107 (6) Border West, MACCRAY/Renville County West, Yellow Medicine East, BOLD and Central Minnesota Christian School, all incomplete

BOYS TOP 10
(1) Zach Ourada, CM, 17:03 (2) Cadyn Vanderwal, Ort, 17:12 (3) Gavin Carl, LQPV, 17:16 (4) Kolton Duis, CM, 17:39 (5) Blake Giese, CM, 17:42 (6) Cole Remiger, Lake, 17:58 (7) Timothy Brouwer, CMCS, 18:03 (8) Carson Lynner, Mon, 18:11 (9) Tallen Merritt, CM, 18:21 (10) Taden Clark, LQPV, 18:27

C/M BOYS RESULTS
(1) Ourada (4) Duis (5) Giese (9) Merritt (13) Jack Abrahamson 19:14 (14) Colton Ruether 19:19 (15) Hunter Danielson 19:21 (18) Sam Skorczewski 19:44 (22) Brennan Giese 19:58 (23) Seth Paluch 19:58 (28) Carson Becker 20:10 (29) Noah Harms 20:13 (38) Brandon Danielson 20:28 (39) Nicholas Full 20:34 (40) Kendon Knutson 20:41 (50) Brett Stoks 21:13 (61) Cooper Pesek 22:53 (67) Riley Nelson 24:13

GIRLS TEAM SCORES
(1) Canby/Minneota 19 (2) Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd 55 (3) Central Minnesota Christian 83 (4) BOLD 98 (5) Montevideo 129 (6) MACCRAY/Renville County West, Border West, Yellow Medicine East, Montevideo and Lakeview, all incomplete

GIRLS TOP 10
(1) Braelyn Merritt, CM, 19:54.18 (2) Claire Stoks, CM, 20:21.28 (3) Mya Pesek, CM, 20:34.18 (4) Chloe Gloege, LQPV, 21:48.38 (5) Julia Schmidt, BW, 22:05.47 (6) Annaliese Wood, CMCS, 22:09.88 (7) Ava Danielson, CM, 22:17.59 (8) Jordyn Jostock, CM, 22:23.47 (9) Anjeli Pullan, YME, 22:27.15 (10) Emma Timmerman, Lake, 22:34.31

C/M GIRLS RESULTS
(1) Merritt (2) Stoks (3) Pesek (7) Danielson (8) Jostock (11) Taylor Ourada 22:40.91 (14) Jonna Briggs 23:15.97 (17) Lillie Wollum 24:06.31 (18) Hannah Fadness 24:20.69 (27) Natalie Stoks 25:04.18 (33) Izabelle Hulzebos 25:49.25 (35) Kallie Devos 26:02.56 (4) Ella Thovson 27:08.62