“A-B-E had another solid day for a cross country meet,” commented Head Coach Robert Bosma.  “The weather was terrific and the runners were amped for a new course. The Junior High runners started the meet with fantastic finishes. Both Colton Breitkreutz and Kaleb Fuglseth had close finishes against other runners. When our junior high runners compete by sprinting at the finish to hold off other runners, our varsity takes note and it gets them excited for the competition.” 

Bosma continued, “In the varsity races, we continue to see our times drop and about half the runners had PRs for the night. Hannah Korkowski ran a great race with her eyes on Lucea Wales the majority of the race. For only being a seventh grader, her competitiveness really makes a difference in how she runs. Lucea also ran great as she was pushed for most of the race. She fell into a pack with some other girls, which really pushed her to run great.” 

Here are the individual varsity girls’ results by team:
Wadena-Deer Creek
1. Amber Collins 21:40, 2. Johanna Brunsberg 21:41, 3. Emma Mehl 23:16, 4. Emma Ries 23:20, 7. Mace Goeden 24:59.00, 9. Hailey Peterson 25:56.00, 12. Emma Bushinger 27:07.00

Ashby-Brandon-Evansville
5. Lucea Wales 23:34, 6. Hannah Korkowski 24:17, 8. Gretchen Bredberg 25:02, 10. Courtney Brethorst 26:26, 11. Cailey Schlosser 26:44, 13. Catherine Koefod 28:03, 14. Katlyn Pattrin 29:40

Bertha-Hewitt
Hailey Hudalla 22:55, Miranda Line 25:22

“In the boys’ varsity race, Hunter Norby found himself for the second time this year chasing guys from another team,” reported Coach Bosma. “Right now, it’s a good time for him to be chasing someone. With Conference being next week and Sections coming after that, it is good to give him a chip on his shoulder to push through. Micah Fossell and Logan Froemming have both had goals of breaking the 19-minute mark this season. Micah succeeded and Logan was very close. We should see them continue to improve the next couple weeks. With the season getting close to the end, it’s good to see how the team is still improving and haven’t peaked yet.”

Here are the individual varsity boys’ results by team: 
Ashby-Brandon-Evansville
3. Hunter Norby 18:45, 4. Micah Fossell 18:51, 6. Wes Siira 19:08, 9. Logan Froemming 19:12, 10. Jayden Hoidahl 19:40, 11. Matson Hoff 19:42, 12. Jaden Norby 20:00, 17. Jacob Cook 21:13

Wadena-Deer Creek
1. Bjorn Brunsberg 18:06, 6. Lane Hoefs 18:56, 14. Phillip Ross 20:14, 15. Simon Snyder 20:37, 16. Eric Malone 20:56

Bertha-Hewitt
2. Brady Rach 18:12, 7, Preston Miller 19:10, 8. Aden Rach 19:11, 13. Isaac Blashack 20:05, 18. Zach Baumgartner 21:15, 19. Chris Blashack 22:55, 20. Ryan Knoll 22:57

Ashby-Brandon-Evansville will run on Thursday at Pine Ridge in Evansville.