CROSSCOUNTRY

Adrian wins sixth straight

Dragons claim girls’ conference crown; Christensen wins individual title
For the sixth consecutive season, Adrian High School won the girls’ team championship at the Red Rock Conference cross country meet, as the Dragons had four of the top six finishers Monday and impressively won the title with a low score of 28 points.

By Les Knutson , October 14, 2008

Dragons display dominance

Reyne, Pater lead Adrian boys to fourth consecutive conference title
Running on the challenging hills of the Slayton Country Club on Monday, the Adrian Dragons — in dominating fashion — won their fourth consecutive Red Rock Conference boys’ cross country championship.

By Les Knutson , October 14, 2008

Adrian girls seek sixth straight conference title today at Slayton

WORTHINGTON — While the team championships at today’s Red Rock Conference cross country meet will likely easily be won by a pair of state-ranked squads from Adrian, the individual races and the battles for conference team runner-up honors may be closely-contested.

By Les Knutson , October 13, 2008

Reyne leads impressive AHS boys’ victory

ADRIAN — Amazingly putting all five of their scoring runners among the top 12 finishers Tuesday afternoon, the Adrian Dragons impressively won the team title of the 31st-annual Adrian Invitational cross country meet at the community’s golf course on the south edge of town.

By Les Knutson , October 08, 2008

Dragon girls showcase state’s top-ranking at home course

ADRIAN — Murray County Central senior Laura Christensen won her fifth race of the season Tuesday afternoon, breaking away from a lead pack of six top-notch girls’ cross country runners at the 31st annual Adrian Invitational.

By Les Knutson , October 08, 2008

SFL edges Adrian boys

LUVERNE — Tracy-Milroy-Balaton’s Ryan Tholen won the boys’ race Thursday afternoon, and Pipestone Area’s Amanda Schoonhoven captured the girls’ individual title at the Luverne Invitational cross country meet. Sioux Falls Lincoln won both the boys’ and girls’ team titles, scoring a low 35 and 34 points, respectively.

October 03, 2008

JCC boys finish second at Fairmont

FAIRMONT — Jackson County Central’s boys finished second at the I-90 cross country meet Thursday, while Mountain Lake/Butterfield-Odin’s girls placed third. Mankato East and JCC each finished with 53 points in the boys’ race, but the Cougars captured the title on the sixth-runner tiebreaker.

October 03, 2008

H-BC/E edges T-M-B, Worthington third

SLAYTON — As expected Tracy-Milroy-Balaton senior Ryan Tholen won his sixth consecutive individual title of the season — remaining undefeated — with a 31-second victory at the eight-team Rebel Invitational at the Slayton Country Club Tuesday afternoon.

By Les Knutson , September 24, 2008

Christensen, Gleis, Drealan pace Rebels to home-course victory

SLAYTON — Murray County Central distance-running ace Laura Christensen celebrated her 18th birthday Tuesday in grand fashion, as the senior cross country runner won her fourth consecutive race of the season — and led her teammates to the girls’ championship of the Rebel Invitational at the always-challenging Slayton Country Club.

By Les Knutson , September 24, 2008

T-M-B’s Tholen has won all five races this season

TRACY — Five years ago, Ryan Tholen made an unpopular decision.

By Aaron Hagen , September 23, 2008

Dragons win tough meet

MILACA — The Adrian cross country team continues to roll along. Facing tough opponents Saturday at the Milaca Mega Meet, both the Adrian boys and girls finished with team victories.

September 22, 2008

JCC boys claim team title; Ojullu races to individual victory

LOON LAKE — Jackson County Central took three of the top four places, four of the first nine and five of the top 18 Thursday, as the Huskies dominated the team segment (by 42 points) of their own meet — the KKOJ/KRAQ/Subway Invitational at the Loon Lake Golf Course with 36 points. While the Huskies were impressively winning their second consecutive meet title (JCC had won last week’s Worthington Turkey Trot), the race for individual honors narrowed from a three-person battle to a duel between JCC’s Matt Kocak and Worthington’s O.J. Ojullu for much of the 5,000-meter distance.

By Les Knutson , September 19, 2008

Eagles run well, finish second at Loon Lake behind Blue Earth

LOON LAKE — Getting a well-balanced performance from all five scoring runners — especially from its lead duo of Meredith Hentges and Emily Turner — the Windom/Southwestern United girls’ cross country team finished a solid second in the KKOJ/KRAQ/Subway Invitational Thursday, hosted by Jackson County Central at the Loon Lake Golf Course.

By Les Knutson , September 19, 2008

Huskies run away from field

WORTHINGTON — Putting all five of its scoring runners among the top 15 overall finishers, the Jackson County Central Huskies dominated the team segment of the Turkey Trot cross country meet Thursday afternoon at Prairie View Golf Links.

By Les Knutson , September 12, 2008

Christensen repeats; Wolverine girls defend title

WORTHINGTON — As expected, Murray County Central senior Laura Christensen defended her individual championship Thursday afternoon at Prairie View Golf Links, gradually pulling away from the front pack of four and claiming her second consecutive Turkey Trot cross country first-place trophy.

By Les Knutson , September 12, 2008