Runners Place Well at Lac Qui Parle Valley Invitational

The Milbank High School cross country teams earned top places at the Lac Qui Parle Valley Invitational on Tuesday, September 19.
The girls team finished third in the team standings while the boys took sixth place. Danica Schulte sparked the girls team with a seventh place finish. Maurina Street finished in 11th place while Taylor Thue was 18th and Amaya Street 22nd.

On the boys side, Nick Batchelor led the Dawgs with a fourth place individual finish. Luke Wold placed 17th overall, and Alex Farrell was 33rd.

The Bulldogs will compete in the highly competitive Roy Griak Invitational meet at the University of Minnesota on Saturday, September 23. They will then travel to Sisseton for an invitational Thursday, September 28, before heading into post-season competition.

Following are the complete results from the LQPV meet:
Girls
Varsity team scores – 1. LQPV, 48; 2. Luverne, 75; 3. Milbank 87; 4. Pipestone Area, 104; 5. Southwest MN Christian, 110; 6. Montevideo, 145; 7. Murray County Central, 151; 8. Redwood Valley, 161; 9. Yellow Medicine East, 241.
Varsity 5K Race – 7. Danica Schulte, 22:12.16; 11. Maurina Street, 22:52.91; 18. Taylor Thue, 23:19.47; 22. Amaya Street, 23:35.77; 34. Savanna Osowski, 24:28.50; 35. Ashlyn O’Farrell, 24:30.42; 37. Allison Leddy, 24:48.48.
Junior Varsity 5K Race – 6. Shea Hooth, 26:04.45; 9. Addie Farrell, 26:31.96; 13. Christina Lusk, 27:18.61; 14. Justine Wiik, 27:38.19; 15. Marion Mischel, 27:50.73.
Junior High 2,800 meter race – 43. Madisen Frerichs, 17:09.62; 45. Mallory Falk, 18:46.97.
Boys
Varsity team scores – 1. LQPV, 33; 2. Montevideo, 90; 3. Redwood Valley, 98; 4. Murray County Central, 102; 5. Luverne, 103; 6. Milbank, 160; 7. Pipestone Area, 175; 8. Lakeview, 202; 9. Ortonville, 248; 10. Southwest MN Christian, 276; 22. MACCRAY/RCW, 279.
Varsity 5K Race – 4. Nick Batchelor, 18:15.09; 17. Luke Wold, 19:20.63; 33. Alex Farrell, 20:29.16; 53. Ben Harstad, 21:30.16; 57. Carter Hartman, 21:49.24; 64. Nathan Loutsch, 22:44.72.
Junior Varsity 5K Race – 13. Jamisen Sperry, 21:45.42; 17. Braden Brandriet, 22:00.51; 22. Noah Garcia, 22:30.79; 28. Kevin Koik, 22:52.99; 57. Riley Przybycien, 26:10.16; 70. Andrew Falk, 29:13.53.
Junior High 2,800 meter race – 26. Dylan Bohn, 12:58.02.

Pictured is Carter Hartman and Allison Leddy.