“The Otter boys put it all on the course,” said Coach Derek Meyer. “Each one of these guys had their best effort against the toughest competition they have had all season. I am proud of how the boys competed. Joe Eberle (18:18.1) put an excellent cap on his senior season leading the Otter boys. Luke Schroeder (18:30.9) ran a tactical race on a familiar course. Conrad Lobb (19:02.9) had a gutsy race, good to see him race at the end of the season since he missed last year. Kolsen Papon (19:22.4) held his own on the course and posted a solid finish. Aiden Lindgren (20:23.7) ran his way into the varsity scoring with his fastest finish of the season.

Alexandria qualified Jacob Kleven (16:43.6) for state with a seventh place finish and senior Dane Galloway (16:55.7) with a tenth place finish.  Other Alexandria finishers were Brian Denke (17:13.6) 38th, Joey Carlson (17:26.3) 62nd, and Bennett Wirth (17:30.7) 97th.

Here are the times from the state qualifying teams:

Willmar
1. Fuad Bashir 16:24.8, 6. Mason Wendt 16:42.1, 8. Aden Aden 16:49.1, 17. Fathi Dubet 17:07.9, 18. Colin O’Farell 17:09.0, 19. Sully Anez 17:09.4, 32. Mowlid Mohammed 17:29.1

Bemidji
3. Gage Mostad 16:35.0, 5. Nichola Youso 16:39.6, 9. Nathan Alto 16:53.1, 13. Ethan Maish 17:02.4, 27. Josef Lalli 17:28.4, 28. Isaak Mcdonald 17:28.5, 41. Seth Lindgren 17:39.9

Other state qualifiers are runner-up Liban Mohamed (16:28.8) of St. Cloud Apollo, fourth place finisher Granton Schneider (16:38.2) of Moorhead and Peyton Nordby (16:56.3) of Detroit Lakes who placed eleventh.