MELROSE — The Minnewaska girls won the first-place trophy at the Melrose Invitational, which took place at Meadowlark Golf Course on Tuesday.
Minnewaska, ranked 10th in the state in Class A, finished with 39 points to beat second-place New London-Spicer, which had 47. Litchfield took third place with 72 points.
Morris/Chokio-Alberta junior Hailey Werk won the 5,000 meter course with a time of 20 minutes, 8.29 seconds. Lauren Ankeny of Minnewaska was second with a time of 20:36.08 and Madison Wendlandt of Paynesville was third in 20:53.26.
On the boys’ side, Sauk Center won with 55 points, followed by Pequot Lakes with 85 and New London-Spicer with 94.
Brandon Kampsen won the boys race in 16:14.68. Minnewaska’s Maeson Tank was fourth in 17:50.08. Kampsen is ranked second in the state in Class A.
Team Score
(1) Sauk Center 55 … (2) Pequot Lakes 85 … (3) New London-Spicer 94 … (4) West Central Area 125 … (5) Litchfield 137 … (6) Minnewaska 173 … (7) Breckenridge/Wahpeton 183 … (8) Melrose 195 … (9) Wadena-Deer Creek 213 … (10) Morris/Choko-Alberta 224 … (11) Paynesville/Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 274 … (12) Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 292 … (13) ) ) Brandon-Evansville 302
Individual
TOP FIVE – (1) Brandon Kampsen, SC, 16:14.68 … (2) Eli Hall, Pequot Lakes, 16:24.79 … 93) Jacob Drevlow, SC, 17:45.86 … (4) Maeson Tank, Minne, 17:50.08 … ( 5) Jack Barney, NLS, 17:54.02
LITCHFIELD — (9) Ole Rogness, 18:13.43 … (19) Owen Carlson 19:16.10 … (20) August Swenson,1 9:16.36 … (40) Matthias Bruning, 20:18.12 … (49) Ethan Knudsen, 20:38.35
MINNEWASKA— (4) Tank, 17:50.08 … (23) Nick Ankeny, 19:24.00 … (44) Zach Palmer, 20:25.79 … (48) James Ward, 20:37.48 … (54) Ian Mills 20:52.86
MORRIS/CA — (17) Gavin Stallman, 19:04.57 … (43) Matthew Giese, 20:23.80 … (47) Truett Richards 20:30.08 … (52) Jacob Buhl, 20:42.76 … (65) Grady Stallman 21:30.01
SNL— (5) Barney, 17:54.02 … (13) Jett Kubesh, 18:44.51 … (21) Walker Greeley 19:19.45 … (26) Carson Sampson, 19:29.88 … (29) Paul Skretvedt, 19:33.31
PAYNESVILLE/BBE — (31) Kaden Pieper 19:36.80 … (32) Brady Schwinghammer, 19:38.46 … (58) Brandon Hess, 21:01.75 … (76) Carson Suchy, 22:15.62 … (77) Matt Walz, 22:22.05
Team score
(1) Minnewaska 39 … (2) New London-Spicer 47 … (3) Litchfield 72 … (4) Morris/Chokio-Alberta 94 … (5) Paynesville/Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 114
Individual
TOP FIVE – (1) Hailey Werk, M/CA, 20:08.29 … (2) Lauryn Ankeny, 20:36.08 … (3) Madison Wendlandt, Pay, 20:53.26 … (4) Peyton Dahl, 21:19.46 … (5) Kiearra Wilmes, Minne, 21:55.84
LITCHFIELD — (7) Kimberlyn Case, 22:41.95 … (11) Abby Thoma, 23:10.42 … (15) Shelby Dengerud, 23:50.23 … (19) Kala Ziegler, 23:58.43 … (20) Raina Kaping, 24:15.56
MINNEWASKA— (2) Ankeny, 20:36.08 … (5) Wilmes, 21:55.84 … (6) Elsey Hagen, 22:31.82 … (10) Piper Citrowske, 22:55.12 … (16) Teagan Stark, 23:54.02
MORRIS/CA — (13) Kendal Fischer, 23:35.93 … (25) Hana Schutz, 25:41.28 … (27) Avery Waterworth, 26:27.34 … (28) Kassidy Vlominck, 26:32.31 … (30) Johanna Baez Sanchez 27:03.83
SNL— (4) Dahl, 21:19.46 … (8) Maren Munsch, 22:45.56 … (9) Kayla Reus, 22:49.53 … (12) Emily Gratton, 23:26.62 … (14) Emersyn Hagen, 23:46.08
PAYNESVILLE/BBE — (4) Wendlandt, 20:53.26 … (17) Paige Frenchick, 23:57.59 … (29) Lauren Ellefson, 26:57.36 … (32) Tressa Lieser, 3 0:38.04 … (33) Kylie Hoekstra, 31:47.02
Murray County Central swept the Boys’ and Girls’ Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd Invitational divisions at Madison Golf Course.
In the boys’ race, MCC had 68 points to beat Milbank, SD, which had 77, and Canby/Minneota, which had 78. LQPV/DB was fourth with 95 points. Montevideo finished sixth with a 148.
Payton Brown of Milbank took first place with a time of 17 minutes, 19.15 seconds.
In the girls’ race, MCC had 34 points, beating Milbank, who had 62, and Canby/Minneota, who scored 63. LQPV/DB finished sixth with 126.
The women’s champion was MCC’s Amanda Overgaauw, who clocked 18:01.25. Ashley Overgaauw, her sister, was second in 19:20.72.
Team Score
(1) Murray County Central 68 … (2) Milbank (SD) 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) MACCRAY/Renville County West and Yellow Medicine East incomplete
Individual
TOP FIVE – (1) Payton Brown, Milbank, 17:19.15 … (2) Kolton Duis, C/M, 17:26.32 … (3) Zach Ourada, C/M, 17:28.46 … (4) Kilen Cilek, RV, 17 :32.59 … (5) Ethan Schwankl, Lakeville, 17:38.79
LQPV/DB — (6) Gavin Carl, 17:39.53 … (13) Eli Hegland, 18:30.86 … (20) Tygan Allpress, 19:11.08 … (25) Taden Clark, 19:31.63 … (31) James Weber, 19:48.76
MACCRAY/RCW — (61) Thomas Gerke, 22:20.49 … (64) Ryan Schrupp, 22:34.76 … (65) Daniel Seehusen, 22:53.47
MONTEVIDEO — (15) Brady Andrews, 18:34.54 … (26) Carson Lynner, 19:31.89 … (29) Blake Andrews, 19:43.36 … (38) Nelson Velasquez, 20:16.37 … (4) Jose Cardona, 20:25.91
YME— (57) Dylan Castillo, 22:01.84 … (67) Connor Olson 23:08.10
Team Score
(1) Murray County Central 34 … (2) Milbank (SD) 62 … (3) Canby/Minneota 63 … (4) Redwood Valley 105 … (5) Pipestone 121 … (6) Lac qui Parle Valley/Dawson-Boyd 126 … (7) Lakeview 224 … (8) Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 226 … (9) Southwest Minnesota Christian/Edgerton 232
Individual
TOP FIVE – (1) Amanda Overgaauw, MCC, 18:01.25 … (2) Ashley Overgaauw, MCC, 19:20.72 … (3) Ashlynn Batchelor, Milbank, 20:01.02 … (4) Braelyn Merritt, C/M, 20:19.35 … (5) Brylei Schreier, MCC, 20:30.25.
LQPV/DB — (18) Taylor Shelstad, 22:52.73 … (20) Anika Fernholz, 23:01.59 … (21) “Chloe Gloege, 23:01.82 … (34) Mya Conroy, 24;15.78 … (35) Taylor Wood, 24:36.79
MONTEVIDEO — (55) Brenna Winters, 28:41.02 … (56) Brooke DeJong 29:14.64 … (57) Meg Wanke, 29:16.57
YME— (31) Anjali Pullan, 24:04.90 … (37) Sanjana Pullan, 24:50.43 … (61) Evelyn Martin, 30:48.30
