WCA Girls Take First at Home Cross Country Invite
The West Central Area girls’ won the Knights Invite on Friday, scoring 26 points. United North Central was second with 38 points and Breckenridge/Wahpeton came in third with 60 points. Junior Lexi Bright of the Knights won the individual title with a time of 19:27.4, while United North Central eighth-grader Anjalie Aho (19:53.6) was runner-up. Third place went to freshman Taylor Bennett (20:50.6) of WCA. Junior Kaarin Lehto (21:41.5) of UNC was fourth and eighth-grader Macee Grosz (21:45.4) of the Knights was fifth.
The start of the varsity girls' race. PHOTO PROVIDED
"UNC girls and WCA are both quality programs," said Breckenridge-Wahpeton Head Coach Larry Lasch. "Lexi Bright made it look easy. UNC missed going to state last year by a tie breaker at their sectional race. Their whole team is back this year with a goal to get to state. They are a young team. My girls are dropping time, but have a ways to go to run with those two teams."
Here are the individual results by team:
West Central Area
1. Lexi Bright 19:27.4, 3. Taylor Bennett 20:50.6, 5. Macee Grosz 21:45.4, 8. Terina Blasyck 22:15.2, 9. Alexa Blume 22:49.1, 12. Chloe LaRue 23:46.1
United North Central
2. Anjalie Aho 19:53.6, 4. Kaarin Lehto 21:41.5, 7. Kate Hendrickson 22:05.9, 10. Gabby Hrdlicka 23:10.8, 15. Mattea Smith 24:12.9, 17. Kaylee Westberg 24:15.5, 20. Alessandra Matson 24:36.3
Breckenridge-Wahpeton
6. Rachel Gowin 21:59.8, 11. Madi Rabbithead 23:36.5, 13. Gabby Baumgardner 23:46.7, 14. Taylor Bommersbach 24:10.3, 16. Alison Hoerer 24:13.2, 18. Hailee Bruce 24:20.9, 19. Ashlyn Haire 24:30.6, 21. Grace Conzemius 25:35.4
