Hazen finishes as runner-up in SCC Invite as boys place third; Mounder girls take seventh
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ELK MOUND freshman Ellie Schiszek was the team’s top runner placing fifth in the St. Croix Central Cross Country Invitational held September 2. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
HAMMOND — Juniors Ian Hazen and Aiden Schiferl finished in the top nine to propel the Elk Mound boys to a third-place showing in the annual St. Croix Central Cross Country Invitational held Thursday, September 2.
Freshman Ellie Schiszek was the only Elk Mound girl to place in the top ten as she grabbed fifth in a time of 21:16.2. The Lady Mounders finished in seventh out of 11 complete teams with 202 points.
Under much cooler conditions and overcast skies, Hazen ran the 5,000-meter course that rings around SCC High School on the outskirts of Hammond in 17:05 to earn second place in the boys’ race that featured 139 runners. Fellow classmate and teammate Aiden Schiferl came in ninth in a time of 17:52.8.
Those two efforts were joined by scoring runs from another junior Trae Schaefer, and sophomores Caleb Beskow and Tyler Ganger that gave the Elk Mound boys a score of 110 which it shared with conference rival Glenwood City. The Mounders, however, earned third when it won the tie-breaking criteria which had its sixth-place finisher senior Cason Pederson, placing three spots ahead of the Hilltoppers’ number six runner.
Schaefer ran a 18:47.2 to place 23rs, Beskow was 37th in a time of 19:45.3 and Ganger, just two spot back in 39th, turned in a time of 19:53.7.
Pederson’s all-important finish at 47th in 20:15.6 gave the Mounder boys the bronze-medal finish as Glenwood City’s sixth-place boy, freshman Zeb Holden, crossed the finish line at the 20:32.2 mark in 50th place.
Others competing for the Elk Mound boys were senior Carter Sundeen (51st, 20:26.4), sophomores Bodie Folczyk (59th, 21:00.6), Jesse Moyer (64th, 21:16.8), Evan Lauer (83rd, 22:45.5), senior Walker Banaszak (98th, 22:45.5) and junior Toby Westcott (105th, 23:58.6).
New Richmond won the boys meet with 57 points followed by Prescott with 103 points. There were ten complete teams in the boys’ race with Glenwood City junior JJ Williams took top honors winning in a time of 16:58.5.
In the girls’ team competition, New Richmond again dominated, taking the team title with 38 points followed by host SCC with 50 and Prescott was third with 98 points.
Besides Schiszek’s team-leading run, four other contributed to the Lady Mounders scoring. Sophomores Marley King and Madisyn Mohr placed 30th and 46th, respectively, following times of 24:43.9 and 25:36.8. The ladies fourth- and fifth-place runners were junior Aleya Hadenfeldt (63rd) with a time of 26:41.3 and senior Lilly Tanula (67th) in 27:04.3.
Elk Mound’s other runners included sophomore Carly Mohr (75th, 27:27.1), seniors Olivia Schreiber (85th, 28:16) and Kyra Hadenfeldt (86th, 28:20.1) and freshman Kaelyn Zais (105th, 33:58.9).
There were 107 runners in the girls’ competition.
The Mounders next race is September 11 in Menomonie.