“Joe Arens almost had a first place and passed Nathan Neu of Ortonville with about 600 meters left, but Neu caught him,” reported Border West Head Coach Brittany Erickson.  “Julia Schmidt finished 2nd in the race, but placed 3rd overall.  We ran against Ortonville and it was difficult because there weren't a lot of runners to chase, so we need to get in the mindset that it's not always about chasing people, but going for time when you are out there by yourself. We had some nice pack running done by our boys and girls with some greatly improved times.”

Brooklyn Conrad of Ortonville won the individual girls’ title.  Elly Anderson, the only other Trojan runner, finished in fifth place.

Here are the individual boys’ results by team:
Ortonville
1. Nathan Neu 17:53, 3. Nathan Gustafson 19:02, 5. Jacob Cloos 19:41, 6. Austin Eastman 19:42, 7. Cody Klepel 19:58, 19. Trent Eastman 22:44, 25. Ashton Clark 26:00, 29. Robert Angelo 27:00, 31. Nolan Bendel 27:41, 32. James Conrad 27:52

Border West
1. Joe Arens 18:06, 9. Derek Lupkes 20:17, 10. Cole Sykora 21:15, 14. Andrew Stueve 22:14, 15. Eli Larson 22:15, 16. Conner Goodhart 22:21, 17. Jens Jorgenson 22:27, 23. Jakob Adelman 23:46, 24. Nolan Wilson 24:58, 26. Brady Pederson 26:17, 28. Brayden Hormann 26:30, 30. Andrew Hennessy 27:26, 33. Justin Schmidt 28:43, 34. Noah Adelman 34:10

Here are the individual girls’ results by team:
Border West
3. Julia Schmidt 23:02, 8. Emily Franzese 26:22, 11. Ava Klindworth 27:04, 12. Georgia Gallagher 27:27, 13. Ashlyn McCalip 28:12, 14. Aurora Johnson 29:35, 16. Sadie Vipond 30:02, 17. Ally Stueve 30:03, 22. Mikaelyn Lohnson 34:25

Lakeview
4. Sadie Vlaminck 23:04, 9. Erin Meyer 26:41, 15. Faith Louwagie 29:38, 19. Kaitlynn Box 32:36, 20. Savanna Louwagie 32:37, 21. Lucee Olson 32:41

Ortonville
1. Brooklyn Conrad 20:46, 5. Elly Anderson 23:41

“Our Junior High Squad continues to be a force on the course,” commented Coach Erickson.  “They really got after it and represented us well.  The majority of the team ran PRs for the season.” 

The Yellow Medicine East Invitational scheduled for next week has been cancelled.