Elk Mound boys fifth, girls eighth at Fall Creek Invite

FALL CREEK — Caleb Kruger placed sixth for the Mounder boys to lead his team to a fifth place among 12 teams at the Fall Creek Invitational Cross Country meet Saturday, Sept. 13.

Kruger ran a time of 18:50 which was more than a minute behind conference rival Aidan Manley of Spring Valley who finished at 17:45. With 85 individuals in the competition, Lucas Winter was the second Mounder to cross the finish line for 17th place in 19:50, followed by Grant Kjellberg (35th, 20:56), Hayden Kohls (41st, 21:24), Nate Kruger (42nd, 21:25), Jared Strand (53rd, 21:42) and Ryan Mohr (63rd, 22:15).

Although Elizabeth Fasbender placed ninth individually for the Elk Mound girls, the team was last out of the eight in the field. Fasbender ran a time of 23:05 while teammate Hannah Cedarblade was 26th in 24:27. Next in line was Elayna Gutsch (42nd, 27:42) close behind her came Nevada LaPointe (43rd, 27:43), Hannah Carlson was next (47th, 29:22) and Kaitlyn Baier (50th, 30:34) The contest was won by Dani Whiting of Tomahawk in 20:12.

BOYS VARSITY TEAM SCORES: Tomahawk 76, Liberty Christian 82, Colfax 106, Immanuel Lutheran 132, Elk Mound 141, Spring Valley 142, Glenwood City 154, Boyceville 157, Bloomer 178, Eau Claire Regis 244, Mondovi 252, Fall Creek 301

GIRLS VARSITY TEAM SCORES: Tomahawk 47, Eau Claire Regis 79, Fall Creek 85, Glenwood City 92, Bloomer 132, Spring Valley 147, Cornell-Lake Holcombe 150, Elk Mound 167