STRONG START — Fairmont’s trio of Macy Hanson (left), Carys Gudahl (center) and Season Kotewa run to the entrance of the pack through the early levels of the Early Bird Invitational on Friday morning in Fairmont. Hanson went on to win the varsity women’ race. (Photo by Greg Abel)
FAIRMONT — Fairmont’s Macy Hanson beat the sphere, in addition to the warmth and humidity, to win the Early Bird cross nation invitational on Friday in Fairmont.
The meet was a 4K, as a substitute of a 5K, because of the warmth and humidity.
Hanson was comfortably in entrance on the midway mark and cruised to the win, ending with a time of 16:31.9.
Jackson County Central’s Elese Paplow claimed runner-up honors with a time of 17:37.6, whereas Huskies teammate Cora Pauling was third in 17:47.7.
In the crew outcomes, St. Peter gained the ladies race with 39 factors, adopted by Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey with 58, Fairmont with 64, JCC with 92, Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial/Nicollet with 118 and Waterville-Elysian-Morristown/Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton with 127.
“Macy had a big lead at the half and wasn’t pushed,” Fairmont co-head coach Stew Murfield mentioned. “I was a little surprised our girls took third behind St. Peter and Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey. It was a nice meet, but the heat made it tough on the girls.”
Blue Earth Area additionally competed, however solely had three women within the race.
Fairmont’s different scorers have been Carys Gudahl, who was tenth with a time of 18:46; Gwyneth Schultz, who was seventeenth with a time of 19:44.1; Kendra Blomster, who was twentieth with a time of 19:53.5 and Season Kotewa, who was twenty second with a time of 20:06.3.
Rylee Maday, Norah Traetow and Elizabeth Hart additionally ran for Fairmont, putting forty third at 25:33.9, forty fifth at 25:37.2 and forty ninth at 27:39.1, respectively.
For Blue Earth Area, Aubrey Woodwick completed eighth general with a time of 18:27.6, Sidney Eitzmann positioned 18th with a time of 19:44.4 and Leah Becker was thirty seventh with a time of 24:13.5.
“This meet helps the kids get some reps in to start the season,” BEA crew supervisor Lullianna Frank mentioned. “The heat and humidity has made it tougher on the kids.”
Fairmont’s boys positioned second with 68 factors and Blue Earth Area was seventh with 176 factors.
Mountain Lake Area/Comrey gained the boys race with 48 factors, with JCC putting third at 72, Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial/ Nicollet fourth with 79, St. Peter with 108 and Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda with 158.
“I like this running in this meet,” BEA head coach Peter Koenig mentioned. “It gets everyone back in race mode.”
“There are some good runners in the boys meet, but I think the boys did pretty well today,” Murfield mentioned. “The heat made it tougher on them, but I would rather have everyone peak at the end of the season when it’s better to run in the cooler weather.”
Fairmont had three runners end within the prime 10 — Gavin Artner, who was sixth with a time of 14:16.8; Brier Lenort, who was eighth at 14:45.9; and Cooper Gudahl, who was ninth with a time of 15:02.2.
Their different two scorers have been Landon Weber and Isaac Stone, who positioned twenty third and twenty fourth with instances of 15:59.0 and 16:1.2, respectively.
Fairmont’s different runners within the meet have been Will Niestrath, twenty fifth with a time of 16:19.1; Jaydon Putney, twenty sixth with a time of 16:21.3; Ben Moeller, thirtieth at 16:55.6; Braydon Lindsay, thirty third at 17:06.3; Andrew Haugen, thirty fourth at 17:06.8; Sebastian Castro, forty fifth at 18:19.1; and Landen Pederson, 57th at 21:43.6.
BEA’s runners scoring factors within the meet have been Brady Lorenz, twenty first with a time of 15:55.8; Devin Haase, thirty seventh with a time of 17:21.6; Seth Mathews, forty seventh with a time of 19:00.5; Marcus Eckles, 52nd with a time of 20:06.0; and Gibson Haase, 54th with a time of 21:19.3.
Oliver Ankeny, Manav Chaudhari and Julian Rodriguez additionally competed for BEA, ending 58th, 59th and sixty fifth with instances of twenty-two:06.4, 23:14.5 and 27:05.5, respectively.
The subsequent competitors for each Fairmont and Blue Earth Area is the Paul Metcalf Invitational at 10 a.m. subsequent Friday on the Mountain Lake Golf Course.
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2023 Early Bird Invite
Varsity Girls Standings: 1. St. Peter 39 factors, 2. Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey 58, 3. Fairmont 64, 4. Jackson County Central 92, 5. Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial/Nicollet 118, 6. Waterville-Elysian-Morristown/Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton 127.
Varsity Boys Standings: 1. Mountain Lake Area/Comrey 48, 2. Fairmont 68, 3. JCC 72, 4. LCWM/Nicollet 79, 5. St. Peter 108, 6. Heron Lake-Okabena/Fulda 158, 7. Blue Earth Area 170.
