“The Otter Girls came together as a team tonight,” said Head Coach Niki Welde. “They earned their top 3 finish through hard work on a challenging course.  The team came to depend on our 6th runner, Ellia Soydara (25:25.6), for her tie breaking score with Kindred.” 

Emily Nuss (21:33.7) led the Otters with a 12th place finish dropping 45 seconds off her time from last year.  Karolyn Papon (23:24.6) medaled in the top 20, finishing thirteenth.  Ainsley Hansen (23:37.9) dropped over a minute from last year coming in 3rd for the Otters and eighteenth overall. Sierra Hatlewick (24:50.9), Makenna Stenstrom (25:08.9), Ellia Soydara, and Becca Schindler (26:18.5) rounded out the Fergus Falls varsity team. 

“Miah Schmidt had an excellent 5K leading our JV team tonight,” reported Welde.  “Brooklyn Berge had a near 3 minute drop from her previous showing on this course.  Senior Emma Rund showed true sportsmanship by stopping her race to assist a distressed runner on the course. All these girls have been amazing to work with.  Naomi Dummer again led the Otters with a nice time drop from the previous season.”  

Fargo Shanley runner Anna Bernhardt (20:07.6) was the individual champion.

Alexandria
2. Caitlin Bright 20:36.2, 3. Aleah Miller 20:36.2, 4. Emma Ecker 20:50.6, 5. Taelor Dummer 20:55.2, 6. Giselle Jahner 21:05.1, 7. Jaelyn Miller 21:11.8, 8. Bethany Miller 21:16.1

Breckenridge/Wahpeton
37. Em Lisby 26:29.1, 38. Taylor Bommersbach 26:35.1, 41. Allison Hoerer 26:57.0, 42. Grace Conzemius 27:08.3, 44. Kinsey Pedersen 29:13.9, 46. Mercedes Jirak 30:05.7, 47. Margo Mumm 20:07.9

Detroit Lakes
21. Katie McConkey 23:55.1, 23. Molly Tinjum 24:10.7, 26. Kaitlyn Jorgenson 24:33.7, 27. Ava Geffre 24:34.1, 31. Kennedy Hegg 25:19.5, 34. McKenna Mallow 25:51.5, 35. Maria Foltz 26:11.3