Hanson wins again to lead Elk Mound boys’ harriers to first-place finish
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A MOUNDERS’ CHARGE — Several Elk Mound boys raced to the front of the pack in last Thursday’s St. Crox Central Cross Country Invitational. From left to right are: Andrew Pathos, Lukas Wagner, Seth Hazen and Cade Hanson. All four finished in the top 20 with Hanson winning the meet, Pathos was fourth and Wagner took seventh as the Mounder boys finished first. —photo by Missy Klatt
HAMMOND — The Elk Mound cross country runners were in Hammond last Thursday, September 5, for their second meet of the season. And for the second consecutive race the Mounder boys ran away with the team title besting host St. Croix Central by ten points 54 to 64.
The Elk Mound ladies finished 11th in the 12-team invitational which featured several Division 2 schools.
Cade Hanson has pushed his limits once again this week and improved his time in the Mounders first meet by 11 seconds. Hanson captured first place with a time of 17:14.04.
Shaving nearly a full minute off his time was fourth-place finisher, Andrew Pathos as he crossed the line in 18:00.26 and was followed by Lukas Wagner in seventh place with a time of 18:05.83.
Seth Hazen and Trae Schaefer rounded out the scoring for Elk Mound as they finished in 19th and 23rd place respectively. Hazen finished with a time of 18:50.99 and Schaefer crossed the line at 19:14.53.
Runners Ian Hazen and Walker Banaszak also competed for Elk Mound finishing in 24th and 37th place with times of 19:15.62 and 19:54.96.
RUNNING TOGETHER at the St. Croix Central Cross Country Invite last Thursday were Mounders’ Aleya Hadenfeldt (left) and Kayli Solberg who placed 106th and 107th respectively. —photo by Missy Klatt
Taking the top two spots in the ladies’ competition were first-place Glenwood City with 70 points and Barron was the runner-up with 120. Nel Hanson of Hayward was the ladies top individual finisher with Mya Kizer of St. Croix Central taking second.
The Lady Mounders struggled for the second meet in a row as they finished in eleventh place out of 12 teams with 235 points.
Three runners finished in the top 50 for Elk Mound which included, Kristin Martinson in 23rd place with a time of 23;57.13, Rosie Kaminski in 36th place with a time of 24:54.45, and Olivia Schreiber who crossed the line in 50th place with a time of 25:45.36.
Kyra Hadenfeldt and Taya Schaefer wrapped up the scoring runners for the Mounders as they finished the race separated by one spot. Hadenfeldt finished in 62nd place and a time of 26:33.83 and Schaefer finished in 26:45.45 for 64th place.
Elk Mound will travel to Menomonie this Saturday, September 14, and will race at UW-Barron County in Rice Lake next Tuesday, September 17.
Boys’ Team Results: 1. Elk Mound 54, 2. St. Croix Central 64, 3. Northwestern 77, 4. Ellsworth 106, 5. Spring Valley 131, 6. Glenwood City 158, 7. Prescott 178, 8. Somerset 237, 9. Bloomer 245, 10. Barron 269.
Boys’ Individual Results: Elk Mound 1. Cade Hanson 17:14.04, 4. Andrew Pathos 18:00.26, 7. Lukas Wagner 18:05.83, 19. Seth Hazen 18:50.99, 23. Trae Schaefer 19:14.53, 24. Ian Hazen 19:15.62, 37. Walker Banaszak 19:54.96.
Girls’ Team Results: 1. Glenwood City 70, 2. Barron 120, 3. Northwestern 128, 4. St. Croix Central 128, 5. Somerset 137, 6. Hayward 143, 7. Prescott 160, 8. Baldwin-Woodville 169, 9. Bloomer 190, 10. Spring Valley 190, 11. Elk Mound 235.
Girls’ Individual Results: 23. Kristin Martinson 23:57.13, 36. Rosie Kaminski 24:54.01, 50. Olivia Schreiber 25:45.36, 62. Kyra Hadenfeldt 26:33.83, 64. Taya Schaefer 26:45.45, 68. Laney Moyer 27:15.99, 75. Lilly Tanula 27:58.60, 101. Amber Best 28:27.48, 106. Aleya Hadenfeldt 28:43.61, 107, Kayli Solberg 28:44.34.