C/M boys, girls third at LPQV meet
On a hot and humid day, the Canby/Minneota boys and girls cross country teams both finished third at the Lac qui Parle Valley Invitational last Tuesday, Sept. 20 in Madison.
Both teams had two of the top 10 individual finishers.
"There are so many good things happening for the Canby/Minneota cross country teams," said coach Allyson Pesek. "I met with the boys and girls' teams last week and told them just that. Depth is great."
Pesek feels by utilizing the depth, the teams will be stronger as the season progresses.
"We saw some new competition today," she said. "We know we will meet them again. We may not have been where we want to be. However, we don't need to be there right now. It will come; we have no doubt."
Murray County Central won the 10-team boys' meet with 68 points. Milbank was second with 77 points and Canby/Minneota just one point behind in third with 78 points.
Payton Brown of Milbank was the individual winner in a time of 17:19.15. Kolton Duis of Canby/Minneota finished second in 17:26.32. Zach Ourada of C/M was third in 17:28.46.
The other three scoring C/M boys' runners were Blake Giese in 11th place, Hunter Danielson 30th and Logan Myhre 32nd.
The same three teams finished in the top three in the girls' race. Murray County Central was first with 34 points, Milbank second with 62 and Canby/Minneota a point behind in third with 63.
Defending Class A state champion Amanda Overgaauw of Murray County Central in 18:01.25. Ashley Overgaauw of Murray County Central was second in 19:20.72. Ashlynn Batchelor of Milbank came in third in a time of 20:01.02.
C/M's top five runners were: Braelyn Merritt, fourth in 20:19.35; Claire Stokes, eighth in 21:29.91; Mya Pesek, 12th in 22:20.08; Charolette Brunsvig, 17th in 22:52.33; and Jordyn Jostock, 22nd in 23:04.44.
The C/M boys and girls compete again on Thursday in Granite Falls.
BOYS TEAM SCORING
(1) Murray County Central 68 (2) Milbank 77 (3) Canby/Minneota 78 (4) Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd 95 (5) Redwood Valley 101 (6) Montevideo 148 (7) Pipestone Area 192 (8) Lakeview 208 (9) Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 225 (10) Ortonville 234
BOYS TOP 10
(1) Payton Brown, Mil, 17:19.15 (2) Kolton Duis, CM, 17:26.32 (3) Zach Ourada, CM, 17:28.46 (4) Kilen Cilek, RV, 17:32.59 (5) Ethan Schwankl, Lake, 17:38.79 (6) Gavin Carl, LQPV, 17:39.53 (7) Evan Baumgardner, MCC, 17:44.89 (8) Caden Strasser, Pipe, 17:45.45 (9) James Batchelor, Mil, 17:57.56 (10) Camden Cilek, RV, 18:22.31
C/M BOYS RESULTS
(2) Duis (3) Ourada (11) Blake Giese 18:27.59 (30) Hunter Danielson 19:45.77 (32) Logan Myhre 19:54.91 (33) Sam Skorczewski 19:57.58 (43) Tallen Merritt 20:35.69
GIRLS TEAM SCORING
(1) Murray County Central 34 (2) Milbank 62 (3) Canby/Minneota 63 (4) Redwood Valley 105 (5) Pipestone Area 121 (6) Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd 126 (7) Lakeview 224 (8) Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 226 (9) Southwest Minnesota Christian 232
GIRLS TOP 10
(1) Amanda Overgaauw, MCC, 18:01.25 (2) Ashley Overgaauw, MCC, 19:20.72 (3) Ashlynn Batchelor, MIl, 20:01.02 (4) Braelynn Merritt, CM, 20:19.35 (5) Brylei Schreier, MCC, 20:30.25 (6) Addie Thomes, RV, 20:34.64 (7) Lola Luze, RV, 21:18.18 (8) Claire Stoks, CM, 21:29.91 (9) Leah Meyer, Mil, 21:56.52 (10) Sophia Nelson, MCC, 22:07.19
CM GIRLS RESULTS
(4) Merritt (8) Stoks (12) Mya Pesek 22:20.08 (12) Charolette Brunsvig 22:52.33 (22) Jordyn Jostock 23:03.44