G-E-T boys third at Holte Invite

In their final chance for a competitive tuneup before the October postseason push, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau seniors Carson Mayer and Cavin Spitzmacher each ran their way into the top 10 to lead a strong effort from the Red Hawks.

Mayer and Spitzmacher posted times of 19:36.6 and 19:40.9 to place sixth and seventh, respectively, in the boys’ 5K race at last Saturday’s Gerald Holte Invitational in Arcadia.

That senior duo set the pace for the Red Hawk boys, who accrued 72 points to place third in the team standings behind only Aquinas (45) in first and Melrose-Mindoro (69) in second. They were followed by Loyal/Greenwood (99) in fourth, Alma Center Lincoln (100) in fifth, Blair-Taylor (156) in sixth and Arcadia (175) in seventh.

In addition to Mayer and Spitzmacher, G-E-T had freshman Brennen Rotering (20:02.5) in 11th, freshman Reid Ledebuhr (21:50.6) in 27th and sophomore Will Roessler (22:16.4) in 34th.

B-T’s finishers were sophomore Caiden Lien (21:13.0) in 22nd, sophomore Robbie Brandt (22:08.5) in 30th, freshman Aaron Pabst (22:49.7) in 42nd, freshman Jeremiah Oestreich (24:13.7) in 49th and senior Wyatt Schrock (26:00.6) in 58th.

The Raiders’ slate of runners featured senior Luque Emiliano (21:30.2) in 24th, senior Reese Kujak (22:12.4) in 32nd, senior Christian Ortiz (25:30.3) in 55th and sophomore Brenden Weaver (28:08.4) in 61st. 

Mel-Min senior Caleb Arneson beat the rest of the field of 65 competitors, crossing the finish line first in a time of 18:39.4.

In the girls’ race, B-T senior Jadrean Borreson finished in 20th out of 55 runners with her mark of 24:57.5. Senior Alexandria Jorgens (28:49.5) and freshman Aleah Polege (34:47.7) wound up in 31st and 47th, respectively, as well for the Wildcats.

G-E-T senior Claire Breidenbach (27:23.0) led the way for her team with a 27th-place finish, followed by freshman Caitlin Schank (30:25.5) in 36th, freshman Claire Wilber (34:10.3) in 44th and senior Lylah Pederson (35:25.7) in 49th.

The host Raiders had runners packed together throughout much of the race, with senior Ashly Sandoval (27:43.1) taking 28th and sophomore Ellie Tempski (28:14.1) behind her in 29th. They were followed by senior Malanie Moreno (29:26.6) in 32nd, sophomore Marleni Blas (29:28.0) in 33rd and junior Shaylah Rodriguez (29:38.9) in 34th.

Mel-Min freshman Taylor Laufenberg put up a time of 20:12.8 to win the race. The girls’ team standings saw Aquinas (24) in first, Cochrane-Fountain City (50) in second and Arcadia (65) in third.

The Coulee Conference Championship Meet is all set to take place Thursday starting at 4 p.m. at Ettrick Golf Club. The Dairyland Conference Championship Meet is scheduled for that same day starting at 4:45 p.m. at C-FC High School.

B-T boys fifth, Whitehall teams sixth at Luther meet

The Blair-Taylor boys cross country team finished fifth, while both Whitehall teams were sixth in their respective team standings at the Luther Knights Invitational at Maple Grove Venues in West Salem on Oct. 5.

The top overall runner from the Times area was B-T’s Jadrean Borreson, who was 15th  out of 50 runners in the girls’ race with a time of 23:41. B-T did not have enough runners to qualify for a team score as Alexandria Jorgenson finished 37th (28:06) and Aleah Polege was 49th (34:35).

The B-T boys were led by Landen Kidd who finished 20th overall with a time of 19:43. The Wildcats scored 133 points, ahead of Whitehall’s 151 and behind North Crawford’s 115. Viroqua won the team competition with 35 points as it had seven runners crack the top 20. 

Caiden Lien was second on B-T and 27th overall with a time of 20:27. He was followed by Aaron Pabst (32nd, 21:13), Robbie Brandt (35th, 21:26), Jeremiah Oestreich (49th, 22:37), Wyatt Schrock (52nd, 22:58), and Owen Sims (54th, 23:31). 

Chris Mann led Whitehall and finished 28th overall with a time of 21:00. He was followed by Alam Sandoval (30th, 21:01), Gage Gabers (45th, 22:21), Colby Santos (46th, 22:26), Finn Anderson (57th, 24:55), Weston Stenulsen (61st, 28:39), and Eli Moats (62nd, 29:30). 

Lexi Kurth led the Whitehall girls and finished 17th overall with a time of 24:30. Anna Kurth was second on the team and 30th overall (26:59) and was followed by Natalie Herber (40th, 28:40), Marisol Guzman (47th, 33:37) and Symphony Hass (48th, 34:24).