The Ottertail Central Cross Country team hosted Parkers Prairie and New York Mills on Thursday. In the boys’ race, Parkers Prairie claimed first place with 26 points. OTC was a close second with 29 points. OTC was the only girls’ team to field a full squad.
Johnathan Suchy (17:13.22) and James Suchy (17:57.99) of Parkers Prairie finished first and second, respectively. Other Panther finishers were Jason Koehn (19:26.88) in sixth place, Cole Steele (19:56.12) in seventh place, and Justin Koehn (21:11.49) in tenth place. Rounding out the Parkers Prairie runners were Evan Washburn (22:48.93) in sixteenth place, Isaac Grabow (24:29.00) in eighteenth place, Andrew Sansness (24:40.18) in nineteenth place and John O’Brien (25:12.60) in twentieth place.
OTC runners Isaac Scherfenber (18:33.28), Blake Alonzo (18:58.91) and Nick Carter (19:18.53) finished 3-4-5, while Noah Mansker (20:19.95) came in eighth and Joseph Froslee (20:53.39) was ninth. August Wicklund (21:28.32) was twelfth, Drew Durbin (21:51.16) thirteenth, Norman Hoff (22:51.11) seventeenth and Buddy Kohlmeier (30:20.99) 21st.
Aiden Tumberg (21:26.11) was the first New York Mills runner to cross the finish line, taking eleventh place. Cale Rudolph (22:34.16) was fourteenth, Breck Hensch (22:37.40) fifteenth, Chase Keskitalo (32:18.00) 22nd and Jeron Witt (36:14.28) 23rd.
The top two finishers on the girls’ side were New York Mills runners Bella Bauck (21:49.37) and Jada Goeson (21:53.08).
OTC runners finished in the next six spots, led by Faith Fisher (22:21.15) and Jorja Gabrielson (22:31.45). They were followed by Ady Tysdahl (21:41.13), Grace VanErp (22:49.94), Becca Johnson (23:13.48) and Laney Frost (23:26.60). Liz Lukken (23:57.51) was tenth and led a string of nine straight Bulldogs to cross the finish line. The others were Reese Richards (24:11.70), Kyleigh Shebeck (24:14.32), Raeanne Frost (24:38.13), Ezrah Baker (24:52.04), Erika Heibel (24:59.91), Becca Frederick (25:59.74), Brooke Hovland (26:00.23) and Elizabeth Radermacher (26:18.75).
Kad Wehking (23:45.39). was the first Parkers Prairie runner to cross the finish line, taking ninth place. Two other Panthers, Ashley Olson (27:31.52) and Hannah Shircliff (28:57.34) came in nineteenth and twenty-first, respectively.