“The races tonight felt a bit hectic, part in that there were 23 teams, and also we were racing the weather,” said Head Coach Niki Welde of Fergus Falls.  “The meet managers condensed the races to beat a storm coming in.  Through all of that every Girl on our high school and middle school teams had season bests.”  

Cassie Wellman ran a 50 second best to make the medal stand in 11th place.  “She had amazing competition in that lead group, and finished with a strong press to hold her spot,” reported Welde.  “Sarah Grotberg and Naomi Dummer both again pushed each other to their finishes.  They are great running mates. Violet McConn had a break out race running in our 4th spot.  Julia Anderson set a goal for her race and met it by dropping a minute from her best.   Savanah Lee continues to drop time and leads through her hard work.  Hannah Scharnberg brought her season breakout race.  This group is an amazing, hard-working, close group.  They are so fun to coach.  Alana Johnson and Sonja Lahti each dropped amazing time and raced with confidence.  All of our MS athletes dropped amazing amounts of time, bringing them closer together as a team.” 

The Otters next race is at Rocori next Thursday. 

Team Results
1. Alexandria 78, 2. St. Cloud Cathedral 85, 3. Perham 91, 4. Willmar 120, 5. Rocori 198, 6. Becker 204, 7. Brainerd 220, 8. Fergus Falls 248, 9. Monticello 274, 10. Little Falls 308, 11. Heritage Christian 315, 12. Minnehaha Academy 317, 13. Albany 331, 14. Breckenridge-Wahpeton 334, 15. Pequot Lakes 347, 16. Staples-Motley 364, 17 Elk River 481, 18. Thief River Falls 532, 19. Grand Rapids 539, 20. Sauk Rapids-Rice 542, 21. Foley 586, 22. Detroit Lakes 587, 23. Milaca 615

Alexandria
5. Citori Halbe 18:49.9, 8. Jaelyn Miller 19:16.1, 17. Bobbi Nichols 19:52.6, 20. Kasey Soderholm 19:58.7, 32. Quinn Hills 20:27.7, 33. Madeline Hochhalter 20:29.0, 39. Brynn Cross 20:43.6

Perham
10. Gracie Morris 19:31.4, 18. Avalee Brown 19:53.8, 21. Caidyn Breid 20:05.5, 23. Mia Lung 20:07.9, 24. Cora Grismer 20:08.5, 43. Addison Toedter 20:45.8, 49. Leelou Novotny 21:02.5

Fergus Falls
11. Cassie Wellman 19:33.7, 38.Sarah Grotberg 20:42.7, 40. Naomi Dummer 20:43.9, 85. Violet McConn 22:21.6, 91. Julia Anderson 22:39.4, 102. Savannah Lee 23:05.4, 129. Hannah Scharnberg 24:23.0

Breckenridge-Wahpeton
41. Lucie Comstock 20:44.8, 45. Kiera Wiertzema 20:49.0, 68.Gracie Falck 21:58.8, 94. Jasmyn Benedict 22:47.3, 106. Addi King 23:16.5, 151. Ashlyn Haire 26:26.8, 161. Emiley Lindblad 27:41.4