Glenwood City cross country runs in Osceola
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OSCEOLA — In their only competition last week, the Glenwood City boys’ and girls’ cross country teams had to show a bit of patience when a storm hit the area just as they were about to compete in the Osceola Invitational last Saturday, September 21.
The inclement weather eventually blew through and the race was held.
Featuring several Middle Border Conference schools, and some from the Lakeland and Heart O’ North Conference as well as a couple from Minnesota, the Osceola Invitational provided some stiff competition for the Hilltoppers whose boys’ squad finished fifth out of 13 schools after scoring 157 points. Finishing ahead of Glenwood City were the champs from Park (MN) with a score of 52, followed by Holmen with a 57, Osceola had a 66 and Mahtomedi (MN) tallied 139.
Junior Clayton Hoffman was the first Topper boy to finish Saturday’s race. He ran the 5,000 meter course in 17:58.5 to place 11th. Senior Elliot Springborn took 22nd in 18:53.9, junior Garrett Gross ran a 19:21.1 to finish 29th, sophomore Eli Oberle placed 46th in 19:55.7 and senior Ilan Anderson was the Toppers’ fifth runner to finish line with a time of 20:32.7 which put him in 58th place. Another senior, Zeb Holden, ran a 21:31.1 to take 78th and junior Micah Simmons ran a 21:58.0 which had him finish 89th.
Glenwood City had just three girls compete and therefore did not receive a team score. Kayley Dickmann, a junior, was the first Topper girl to finish the 5K meet taking home 58th place with a run of 25:46.2. Senior Elsja Meijer ran a 26:29.7 to finish 65th and sophomore Erica Bauman came in 82nd with a time of 28:09.9.
Holmen won the girls’ team competition with a score of 20, followed by St. Croix Central at 50 and Osceola copped third with an 88.
Middle School
Glenwood City eight-grader Jaycie Oberle was the winner of the girls’ middle school race in Osceola. Oberle ran the 2-mile race in 13:18.6 to best her nearest competitor by 10 seconds.
Fellow eighth-grader Emilyn Hoffman crossed the finish in 17th place with a time of 15:47.8. Two more eighth-graders, Sadie Rudolph and Bailey Millermon placed 60th and 82nd, respectively, with times of 18:07.2 and 19:20.5. Six-grade runner Jordan Millermon ran a 19:29.8 to finish 85th.
For the middle school boys, eighth-grader Gavin Bacon was the Toppers first runner to finish the 2-mile course. He took sixth in 13:25. Lyle Wagner, seventh grade, was 24th in 14:50.6, George Lorenz ran a 17:13.7 to place 56th, sixth-grader Gavin Lovgren placed 80th with a run of 18:44.4 and Rex Boyles placed 92nd in 21:33.7.
Both middle school teams finished in ninth place.
Glenwood City ran in Barron yesterday (Tuesday, September 24) for its only competition of the week.
Boys’ HS Team Scores: 1. Park (MN) 52, 2. Holmen 57, 3. Osceola 66. 4. Mahtomedi (MN) 139, 5. Glenwood City 157, 6. Frederic/Luck 170,. 7. St. Croix Central 172, 8. Cumberland 221, 9. Prescott 223, 10. Ellsworth 276, 11. Coon Rapids (MN) 310, 12. Somerset 314, 13. Webster 356.
Girls’ HS Team Scores: 1. Holmen 20, 2. St. Croix Central 50. 3. Osceola 88, 4. Somerset 116, 5. Prescott 127, 6. Mahtomedi (MN) 131, 7. Park (MN) 173, 8. Coon Rapids (MN) 276, 9, Webster 294, 10. Siren 294, 11. Cumberland 297.