Colfax cross country runners have successful D-SC meet at Durand
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THE VIKINGS’ Hannah Peterson earned first team all-conference honors at last Thursday’s Dunn-St. Croix Conference Cross Country meet after she finished fourth with a time of 21:58.50. The meet was held at the Rolling Greens Golf Course in Durand. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
by Marlys Kruger
Sports Correspondent
DURAND — They may have not had enough runners to have a team score this season but it was certainly a quality not quantity year for the Colfax cross country athletes.
Two of the three Viking girls finished in the top seven to claim first team Dunn St. Croix all-conference honors while one of the two boys competing earned a second team all-conference spot by finishing in the 8-14 spot.
The conference meet was held in Durand Thursday, October 12 under cloudy skies with the temperature in the mid-50s.
Junior Kaysen Goodell became a three-time all-conference runner, placing second on the 5,000 meter course in 20:53, finishing behind senior Courtney Stadter of Mondovi who set a course record in 19:45. Hannah Peterson ran her best race of the year, according to Colfax coach Joe Doucette, claiming fourth place in 21:58 and Lauren Becker struggled a bit but persevered for a 27th place finish in 26:11.
There were 37 total competitors in the girls’ competition and just four schools had complete teams with Boyceville winning the conference title, its first since 2005.
Charlie Charbonneau reached his early season goal of making all-conference by placing 13th for the Viking boys, finishing ahead of several runners who had beaten him earlier in the season. Charbonneau came in at 18:55 while Logan Swartz was 32nd at 21:00.
With 43 total runners for the boys, the race was won by Landon Clark of Mondovi in 17:11. There were six schools with full teams and Glenwood City took the top spot.
Several middle school girls in grades 5-8 competed in a field of 53 in the 3200 meter race. Veronica Leavens was sixth, Leah Shearer was eighth, Presley Kittilson finished 15th, Harlow Apel 24th, London Sedivy 25th and Jillian Rose 31st. For the boys, Ben Charbonneau was 15th in a field of 56, also in a 3200 meter contest.
COLFAX sophomore Charlie Charbonneau is shown crossing the finish line at the 2023 Dunn-St. Croix Conference Cross Country meet held at the Rolling Greens Golf Course in Durand October 12. Charbonneau finished the race in 18:55.53 to place 13th and earn second team all-conference honors. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
“All in all it was a very good day,” Doucette said. “All year we were looking to improve and work hard to get some kids to be all-conference and we did that,” he added.
Colfax varsity will compete in the WIAA Division 3 sectional meet that will be held in Cadott at the Whispering Pines Golf Course this Saturday, October 21. Racing begins at 11 a.m.
Varsity girls’ team scores: Boyceville 34, Elk Mound 48, Durand 50, Spring Valley 99.
Varsity boys’ team scores: Glenwood City 37, Mondovi 60, Elk Mound 71, Durand 103, Spring Valley 111, Boyceville 133.