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Bright and Blascyk Among State Qualifers in Section 6A Girls Cross Country

By Craig Olson, 10/31/21, 2:15PM CDT

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Lexi Bright (20:32.9) and Terina Blascyk (20:38.9) of the West Central Area girls’ cross country team have both qualified for state.  Bright was eighth and Blascyk tenth at the Section 6A meet hosted by Minnewaska Area High School in Glenwood on Friday. Caroline Kuehne (18:59.9) of Long Prairie-Grey Eagle was the individual champion.  Other state qualifiers include Amber Collins (20:24.9) of Wadena-Deer Creek, Kendra Miller (20:32.9) of Bertha-Hewitt and Brooklyn Conrad (20:42.8) of Ortonville.  They will all compete at St. Olaf College in Northfield on Saturday, November 6, along with Staples-Motley (44) and Minnewaska Area (65), the top two teams in the Section.

Wadena-Deer Creek was third with 94 points.  They were followed by West Central Area (115), Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta (134), Breckenridge-Wahpeton (167), Long Prairie-Grey Eagle (179), Ottertail Central (197), Benson/KMS (222), Pillager (234), Sauk Centre (312), Osakis (352) and Border West (355).

Ashby-Brandon-Evansville sophomore Ashley Paulson (21:43.6) placed 23rd, while 8th grader Lacey Siira (25:23.2) was 80th and 7th grader Hope Rovang (28:53.5) came in 96th.

“Ashley ran strong and finished with one of her best races of the year,” reported Ashby-Brandn-Evansville Head Coach Robert Bosma. “We knew she had an opportunity to be in the top 25 runners and she came in 23rd.”

Complete results can be found at: https://results.wayzatatiming.com/meets/11545 

Girls Individual Results by team:
West Central Area
8. Lexi Bright 20:32.9, 10. Terina Blascyk 20:38.9, 16. Kyra Beyer 21:14.1, 37. Victoria Junker 22:34.8, 53. Kennedy Porter 23:47.3, 62. Whitney Blume 24:11.6, 86. Alexa Blume 25:56.6

Ottertail Central
26. Kyleigh Shebeck 21:50.2, 34. Norah Froslee 22:27.1, 39. Erika Heibel 22:41.5, 54. Allyson Goodman 23:48.9, 59. Laney Frost 24:00.8, 65. Raennae Frost 24:23.3, 67. Delia Tebrugge 24:39.2

Breckenridge-Wahpeton
21. Rachel Gowin 21:32.4, 24. Kierra Wiertzema 21:44.0, 44. Aubrey Boesen 23:05.1, 45. Adi Dodge 23:07.3, 47. Jasmyn Benedict 23:14.4, 70. Hailey Bruce 24:46.8, 75. Anika Birkelo 25:07.8

"Highlighting the day for the girls were Rachel Gowin and Kiera Wiertzema placing in the top 25 of the 101 runner field," commented Head Coach Larry Lasch of Breckenridge-Wahpeton.   "Rachel placed 21st in 21:32 while Kiera finished 24th in 21:44.  Both the girls ran a great race. They knew to get to state they would need to place near the top 15 and they both went after it.   Hats off to Rachel Gowin, her race capped off a brilliant 6 year varsity career.  She’s been a team leader and past state qualifier.  To have someone of Rachel’s caliber on the team for the past 6 years has been a treat.  We wish her all the best.  Weirtzema gave Rachel high praise after the race stating, “I give Rachel credit for pushing me to a good season, and I would not have run as fast without Rachel as a teammate.  Our top five runner all placed in the top half of the field, which is very good.   Looking ahead we have a big lose in Rachel Gowin to graduation, but on the bright side our next four top runners are in 7th or 8th grade and we have other good upper classmen in the mix.” 

Wadena-Deer Creek
6. Amber Collins 20:24.9, 18. Johanna Brunsberg 21:17.6, 19. Lydia Oldakowski 21:20.6, 22. Britta Sweeney 21:41.8, 38. Karly Haverkamp 22:39.5, 46. Emma Ries 23:08.4, 50. Ally Pavek 23:44.3

Pillager
20. Emma Reader 21:31.3, 25. Lindy Cordes 21:48.2, 63. Allie Watson 24:16.9, 66. Juliana Ewald 24:35.5, 76. Elsie Turner 25:13.0, 79. Hunter Woidyla 25:19.1, 87. Sienna Swanberg 26:24.8

Border West
30. Julia Schmidt 22:12.8, 84. Ava Klindworth 25:43.9, 91. Braylen Schmidt 27:54.1, 93. Sadie Vipond 28:16.1, 94. Aurora Johnson 28:25.5, 99. Elizabeth Franzese 30:50.2

"On the girls' side, our seniors really shined," said Border West Head Coach Brittany Erickson.  "Both Ava Klindworth and Aurora Johnson had personal bests for the season.  When you are a senior, that is the perfect way to end your career and all three of our seniors did that.  Sadie Vipond also ran a personal best. She had been struggling lately, so it was great to see her run a smooth race." 

Verndale
77. Olivia Stanley 25:13.4, 78. Mia Arroyo 25:13.7

Parkers Prairie
72. Sarah Toyli 24:54.29, 92. Taylor Duberowski 28:04.0

Bertha-Hewitt
9. Kendra Miller 20:32.9

Ortonville
11. Brooklyn Conrad 20:42.8