Bjorn Anderson of Perham won the boys’ varsity race, breaking Joe Klecker’s course record in the process.  The Perham JV boys also won the team title led by JV Champion Brodey Evenson (17:59).  “Bjorn continued his undefeated season, returning 15 seconds in the last mile to win over Eli Hall and leading the boys’ to a team title against some of the top ranked teams in the state,” commented Perham Head Coach Jeff Morris.

“The meet started with many time changes to the schedule to accommodate upcoming weather events,” stated Fergus Falls Head Coach Derek Meyer. “In the end it worked out well, we missed the rain and got all the races in. As a coach I was confident going into the meet that our kids were going to have a great day. My feeling came to truth, we had so many personal bests, season best that most everyone ended feeling good about what they accomplished. I also feel like we are in a good position as a varsity team headed into the championship season. We still have a lot of work to do but will do everything we need to do to prepare for that time. 

Jaden Miller had the Otters top time of 16:24.0 and found the podium placing 6th overall. Henry Greenagel placed 25th with a personal best time of 17:04. Next in for the Otters placing 36th was Matthew Tuel, running a season best time of 17:23.5. Logan Bredenberg placed 48th overall with a season best 17:43.7 and Tommy Erickson placed 83rd overall scoring 5th for the team and dropping a huge time of 1:21 for a season best 18:25.5

“Our JV boys rocked the day as well placing 4th as a team and having an overall time spread of 30 seconds,” added Coach Meyer. “They ran well and as a team pack.”

We will compete next Thursday September 21st in Cold Spring, hosted by Rocori High School.

Boys Team Results
1. Perham 65, 2. Heritage Christian 68, 3. Monticello 133, 4. Willmar 185, 5. Becker 190, 6. Fergus Falls 193, 7. St. Cloud Cathedral 252, 8. Pequot Lakes 253, 9. Brainerd 272, 10. Alexandria 272, 11. Minnehaha Academy 273, 12. Rocori 273, 13. GNK 288, 14. Staples-Motley 386, 15. Grand Rapids 392, 16. St. Cloud Apollo 394, 17. St. Cloud Tech 412, 18. Foley 430, 19. Thief River Falls 555, 20. Little Falls 571, 21. Sauk Rapids-Rice 575, 22. Elk River 592, 23. Breckenridge-Wahpeton 621, 24. Milaca 625, 25. Detroit Lakes 672

Perham
1. Bjorn Anderson 15:17.9, 10. Dylan Guck 16:35.4, 16. Isaac Paurus 16:42.5, 17. Carter Flatau 16:44.1, 24. Caden Doll 17:03.7, 29. Brayden Glorvigen 17:12.7, 80. Blake Swenson 18:20.5

Fergus Falls
6. Jaden Miller 16:24.0, 25. Henry Greenagel 17:04.2, 36. Matthew Tuel 17:23.5, 48. Logan Bredenberg 17:43.7, 83. Tommy Erickson 18:25.5, 91. Micah Mouser 18:30.5, 118. Samuel Rasmussen 19:42.5

Alexandria
7. Thomas Wilmesmeier 16:27.5, 45. Throck Lehmann 17:42.6, 59. Landon Runge 17:56.6, 78. Nick Meyers 18:15.7, 88. Karl Franson 18:28.5, 101. Kyle Jahner 18:42.8, 117. Micah Walswick 19:16.3

Breckenridge-Wahpeton
66. Noah Berge 18:00.1, 104. Troy Berndt 18:49.5, 150. Jack Ekren 20:41.7, 157. Jaxon Hill 21:09.6, 160. Wyatt Stav 21:43.4, 162. Ethan Lauritsen 21:54.9, 163. Ethan Shur 21:56.5