Marinette Girls/Coleman Boys Take Silver at Border Battle

Marquette dominated the Marinette Border Battle Cross Country Invite on Saturday.

Marinette hosted a number of teams from around northeastern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, with the furthest north team finding themselves highest in the standings as well.

Marquette’s girls occupied four of the top nine spots, while the boys were even more dominant, taking home the top four spots in the race, along with seven of the top 10 finishes.

Marinette’s girls were second of six teams. The Coleman girls were third and Suring was fourth behind a first-place finish from Olivia Noack.

Noack paced the field of 47 runners with a time of 21:33. Also for Suring, Georgia Gerndt was 23rd (24:46.9), Hailey Thomson took 25th (25:20.9), Chantelle Vandenelzen was 32nd (26:31.2) and Samantha Seibert was 40th (28:53.3).

“I think they did well. I always think they always do well. I think they were a little disappointed, times weren’t as fast, you’ve got the hills in there, but I think they’re working hard,” Suring coach Amanda Seibert said of her team. “Shawano last week, we’re in Bonduel on Tuesday, so we’re pushing it here.”

For Marinette, Hadley Reines was the top finisher, taking sixth (22:22.6). Ava Dahlman was 10th (23:17), Molly Knutson took 12th (23:31.8), Madison Kunick took 15th (23:42.6), Addison Lacy took 21st (24:29.5) and Karissa Valitchka came in 24th (25:15.9).

“Ava had a great finish. All of our girls really did. They wanted to go into our home meet really just being in good position, which they did, but wouldn’t be enough to tackle Marquette,” Marinette coach Jenni Campbell said. “It’s a great course for the athletes, especially being able to go back into the woods for about half the race and then just some wide open spaces, really. It is good for their training to have a little bit more technicality and some hill work, but just as much area is flat.”

Coleman’s girls took third. Desiree Nowak took 11th (23:26.1), Corrin Liptak was 13th (23:37.4), Kiersten Jensen was 17th (23:54.3), Sara Seefeldt placed 33rd (26:59.1), Paige Nowak took 37th (28:00) and Sylvia Fochesato came in 44th (30:09.1).

Coleman’s boys took second of seven teams, led by ninth-place Karson Casper, who finished in 18 minutes, 43.8 seconds.

Alex Rennie was 11th of 48 runners (18:54.4), Isaiah Nowak took 18th (19:45.4), John Nowak was 19th (19:59.2), Tyler Rennie placed 21st (20:04), Pete Bruette took 25th (20:50.5) and Ray Lemieux was 38th (22:03.8).

“The kids ran a great race on a tough course,” Coleman coach Becky Chaltry said. “I was exceptionally proud, as this meet was close to home and lots of families were able to attend. All of our runners are doing great this season. I can’t wait to see where we are come mid-October.”

Menominee’s boys took seventh as a team. Brock Murphy was 31st (21:10.4), Daniel Birch took 34th (21:12), Aden Short was 39th (22:07.8), Ethan Howarth was 43rd (24:16.6) and Evan Casey was 44th (25:02.6).

The Menominee girls did not qualify for a full team score. Hayden Buck took fourth in the individual field (22:16.3), Attica Brandt was fifth (22:20.9) and Mikakah Mead took 27th (26:00.4).

Other schools with runners in the races included Escanaba,  Munising, Wrightstown, Stephenson and Holy Name Catholic.

 

Bulldogs Compete at

Smiley Invite in Wausau

The Peshtigo Bulldogs took on more than 30 teams from around the state at the Smiley Invite in Wausau over the weekend.

Of 135 Division 2 and 3 runners, Peshtigo’s Logan Smith was 13th to pace the Bulldog boys (17:44.6). Andrew Nelson finished 18th (17:51.8) and Cole Grabian took 90th (20:14.5).

West Salem and Little Chute paced the Division 2 teams. Peshtigo did not qualify for a team score.

Of 131 runners, Holly Pesch took 11th with a time of 20:55.8. Sydney Lund came in 16th (21:04), Arikka Carroll came in 66th (23:29.2) and Alaina Archambault was 87th (24:48.8).

Carroll and Archambault improved their times by two and four minutes, respectively, Peshtigo coach Derek Smith said.

“It was amazing to see the huge improvement by these girls, both first-year cross country runners,” Smith said. “Everyone improved this week. We had a great week of preparation for this hilly course.”

 

Alex Peterson 

Leads Gillett

At Angel Invitational

The competition doesn’t get much better than what the Gillett Tigers faced Saturday at the Angel Invite, hosted at UW-Parkside.

Racing against mostly Milwaukee-area schools, Gillett’s Alex Peterson was not only Gillett’s top runner, but one of the best of 227 runners at the event. Peterson finished seventh of 227 competitors with a time of 16 minutes, 38 seconds. He was within 20 seconds of second place, while Waukesha North’s Patrick Wills blew away the competition with a blazing 15-minute, 25.8-second finish for first place.

As a boys team, Gillett was 20th of 34 teams. Wisconsin Lutheran, Kenosha Indian Trail and Waukesha North were the top three teams in the standings, respectively.

Rounding out the rest of the Gillett team, Evan Peterson took 35th (17:37.6), Connor Hanson was 99th (19:00.5), Scott Herroux placed 196th (21:29.6), Zander Davis took 223rd (24:07.6) and Virgil Herzog came in 227th (27:14.1).

Gillett’s girls took 12th of 21 teams. Brookfield Central, New Berlin Eisenhower and Kenosha Indian Trail topped the field.

Carleigh Kaczmarek was 24th of 160 runners (21:05.7), Angela Mosconi took 32nd (21:29.5), Kasey Hansen took 88th (23:30.1), Cheyenne Krueger took 91st (23:38.4), Laney DeBauch placed 106th (24:07.3) and Lily Hansen took 128th (25:13.6).

 

Cougars Race at 

Bay Port Invitational

The Coleman Cougars cross country team raced at the Bay Port Invite on Thursday.

The Coleman boys were eighth of eight complete teams in the race. The Cougar girls did not have a complete team.

There were 60 runners in the boys race. Coleman’s top finisher was Alex Rennie, who took 41st with a time of 19 minutes, 39.4 seconds. 

John Nowak was 45th (19:59.5), Isaiah Nowak took 50th (20:29.4), Tyler Rennie was 52nd (20:35), Ray Lemieux came in 54th (20:36.3) and Pete Bruette took 55th (21:23.6). Ramiro Cortez took 60th (23:35.2).

Bay Port won the boys’ team event, followed by Appleton North and Fond du Lac.

Kimberly, Appleton North and Two Rivers were the top three teams on the girls side, in that order.

Coleman’s top runner of 51 in the race was Kiersten Jensen, who took 44th (24:40). Sara Seefeldt was 49th (27:13.3) and Paige Nowak took 51st (29:26.9).

 

Oconto Boys Win 

Eagle Invite; Suring’s 

Noack Grabs Gold Again

The Oconto Blue Devils boys cross country team emerged victorious from the Menominee Indian Eagle Invite on Tuesday.

Oconto topped the seven complete teams in the field, including Lena/St. Thomas Aquinas Academy, who took fifth.

Manawa, Menominee Indian and Wittenberg-Birnamwood were second, third and fourth, respectively. Bonduel and Oneida Nation took sixth and seventh.

Oconto’s top finisher was Kadin Baxter, who finished third in the 50-runner field. Josh Maynard was right behind him in fourth place (19:26.7).

Jackson Martin took 15th (21:08.6), Daniel Alwin was 26th (22:38.6), Braden Shallow placed 28th (22:54.5), Tyler Beekman took 30th (23:08.8), Owen Bryzozowski was 34th (23:29.9), Christian Koch came in 40th (24:39.1) and Kyle McFadden rounded out the Blue Devil finishers in 44th (25:53.8).

For Lena/STAA’s boys, Max Beyer took 13th (20:41.7) and Reed Hosking was 14th (21:06.3). Mason Belongia took 20th (22:00.9), Norman Aguilar was 22nd (22:16.5) and Drake Dionne took 27th (22:41.2).

Casey Nutt and Mikeal Shedlock-Davis ran for Wausaukee, taking 35th (23:34) and 46th (26:50.4), respectively.

There were five full girls teams. Suring was third, behind Bonduel and Manawa.

Suring had the fastest runner in the race, with Olivia Noack’s 21-minute, 20.5-second time besting the field of 45.

Georgie Gerndt was 12th (24:41.3), Chantelle Vandenelzen placed 13th (24:56.8), Hailey Thomson was 17th (25:33.3) and Samantha Seibert was 29th (28:54.5).

Oconto took fourth and Lena/STAA was fifth.

For Oconto, Addisyn Viestenz took second (21:36.1), Elizabeth Finger took 14th (25:03.4), Josie Mireles took 20th (26:03.7), Juliana Sieber was 21st (26:28.9) and Eleanor Finger was 22nd (26:40.7).

It was a busy day for the Oconto coaches, as the Blue Devils brought 14 runners for the girls race to go with the nine from the boys race.

Brooklyn Rasmussen was 26th (27:13.9), Hannah Thomson was 27th (27:21.1), Maggie Sohrweide took 28th (27:56.5), Alyse Viestenz was 32nd (29:39.2), Gracie Simon placed 34th (30:05.5), Hayden Beekman took 38th (30:42.9), Kadynn Bostwick was 39th (31:07), Maddelyn Olive took 44th (32:32.8) and Kyleigh Beekman came in 44th (32:42.1).

For Lena/STAA, Della Kostreva took 18th (25:54.8), Megan Shallow took 31st (29:17.2), Haley Vanark took 35th (30:07.3), Chaela Rabas came in 36th (30:18.6) and Samara Vanark placed 40th (31:30.4).