By John RittenhouseCross country runners from Luverne and Adrian tested the competition at the Marshall Invitational Monday.Both Luverne teams managed to place fourth in their respective 10-team fields.The Adrian boys placed seventh in the team standings, while the Dragon girls competed as an incomplete team.Luverne’s Lexi Heitkamp won her third straight individual championship of the season to lead the Cardinal girls to their fourth-place finish.Heitkamp covered the course in 15:26.Amanda Saum (12th in 16:59), Kristy Heikes (25th in 18:03), Victoria Arends (29th in 18:10) and Justine Heintzman (64th in 20:56) made contributions to Luverne’s effort as a team.Morgan Lynn picked up a medal by placing eighth in 16:30 to lead the Dragon girls at the meet.Kelly Banck (31st in 18:16), Megan Henning (49th in 19:56) and Sarah Kruger (65th in 20:57) also ran in the varsity race for AHS.Tom Ward set the pace for Luverne’s boys by running a 17:56 to finish 13th in the varsity field.Nick Otten (17th in 18:01), Ruston Aaker (24th in 18:20), Jesson Vogt (25th in 18:21) and Dusty Antoine (31st in 19:13) padded Luverne’s team tally.Travis Halfmann and Brent DeGroot placed 45th and 65th in 19:46 and 20:40 without influencing the scoring.Brandon Bullerman produced the best finish for the Adrian boys by placing 20th in 18:07.Lee Stover (31st in 18:37), Paul Honermann (35th in 18:56), Chad Janssen (54th in 19:50) and Ethan Wieneke (59th in 20:08) figured into the scoring for the Dragons.David Brake (62nd in 20:25) and Aaron Mormann (63rd in 20:30) ran without impacting the team performance.Here is a look at the team standings and other individual results from the Marshall Invitational.Boys’ standings: Marshall 20, Redwood Valley 91, Southwest Christian 91, Luverne 107, Canby-Minneota-Lincoln HI 137, Windom 167, Adrian 177, Worthington 185, Springfield-Cedar Mountain-Comfrey 206, Yellow Medicine East 215.Girls’ standings: C-M-LH 48, Marshall 57, Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 118, Luverne 124, S-CM-C 130, Windom 144, YME 175, Murray County Central 203, RWV 212, Worthington 230.Boys junior high Adrian: Ross Wieneke, 11th, 7:52; Jarod Boltjes, 17th, 8:06; Kyle Henning, 19th, 8:14; Collin Lynn, 23rd, 8:26; Zach Runia, 28th, 8:40; Jared Altman, 39th, 9:47.Junior varsity boysAdrian: Kyle Knips, 15th, 16:25; Kelly Seeman, 21st, 16:42; Dustin Lonneman, 37th, 17:43; Eldon Vaselaar, 57th, 20:08; Michal Berrie, 58th, 20:09; Trent Lutmer, 63rd, 22:13.Luverne: Thomas Pinkel, fifth, 16:15; Grant Oldre, 24th, 16:47; Michael Nelson, 30th, 17:09; Craig Oeding, 33rd, 17:19; David Nelson, 34th, 17:30; Eric Kraetsch, 35th, 17:37; Trevor Maine, 38th, 17:45; Jerome Willers, 53rd, 19:46.Junior high girlsAdrian: Anna Sauer, 36th, 11:21.Luverne: Kayla Raddle, fourth, 8:13.
