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The Breckenridge/Wahpeton Storm participated in the Dale Skallerud Memorial Cross Country Meet in Hawley on Friday afternoon with the Nuggets winning the girls’ competition with 39 points and Kindred scoring 33 points to win the boys’ tournament. The Storm placed third in the girls’ race and tenth in the boys’ event. Lucie Comstock and Kiera Wiertzema paced the Breck/Wahp girls’, finishing fifth and seventh, respectively. Noah Berge was the top boys’ runner in 27th place.
“There are two constants for the Breckenridge/Wahpeton Cross Country team,” stated Head Coach Larry Lasch. “The first is the weather will not give them a break. Secondly, the girls’ team will consistently compete at a high level. Thursday afternoon the team battled rain squalls and gusty winds that blew team tents across the Hawley Golf Course like tumbleweeds. The BW Storm girls were without Addi King, who has been a steady top runner for the Lady Storm, and still placed fifth out of 14 scoring teams and 117 runners. I challenged my girls to step up and Aubrey Bosen and Ashlyn Haire answered the bell, running season best times. The kids ran really good times on a sloppy course. Lucie and Kiera really stepped up their game in the large field of runners, while Gracie Falck and Jasmyn Benedict both broke into the top 40.”
Girls Team Results
1. Hawley 39, 2. West Fargo 85, 3. United North Central 99, 4. FargoNorth 130, 5. Breckenridge-Wahpeton 149, 6. Wadena-Deer Creek 163, 7. West Central Area 201, 8. Kindred 209, 9. Park Rapids Area 215, 10. Moorhead 254, 11. Thief River Falls 257, 12. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 310, 13. Fertile-Beltrami 326, 14. Pelican Rapids 369
Breckenridge-Wahpeton Individual Results
5. Lucie Comstock 20:35.2, 7. Kiera Wiertzema 20:44.2, 32. Gracie Falck 22:13.2, 36. Jasmyn Benedict 22:19.6, 84. Aubrey Boesen 24:41.8, 92. Ashlyn Haire 25:36.6, 99. London Hoffert 26:28.2
“The boys were paced by Noah Berge, but Gabriel George broke the 20-minute barrier for the first time this season,” reported Lasch. “It is good to see Gabriel push up with Troy Berndt and Jack Ekren trying to keep pace with Noah. Harry Ockhardt followed up his solid Fergus Falls effort with another respectable time at Hawley. Our boys’ team is beginning to mesh, they need to continue pushing outside the comfort zone.”
Boys Team Results
1.Kindred 33, 2. Park Rapids Area 97, 3. Hawley 108, 4. West Fargo 110, 5. Fargo North 111, 6. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 135, 7. Moorhead 183, 8. Pelican Rapids 208, 9. West Central Area 266, 10. Breckenridge-Wahpeton 270, 11. Wadena-Deer Creek 286, 12. Frazee 308, 13. Thief River Falls 35, 14. Barnesville 412, 15. Bagley-Fosston 418
Breckenridge-Wahpeton Individual Results
27. Noah Berge 18:28.6, 47. Troy Berndt 19:13.9, 62. Gabriel George 19:38.2, 76. Jack Ekren 20:50.1, 81. Harry Ockhardt 21:10.1, 90. Jaxon Hill 21:43.2, 97. Ethan Lauritsen 22:06.2