By Greg Hoogeveen
The Luverne Cardinals’ cross country meet on Saturday. Sept. 9, involved nine schools plus the host Cardinals.
Other schools invited were Adrian/Ellworth, Dell Rapids, South Dakota, Garretson, South Dakota, Martin County West, Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey, Redwood Valley, Heron Lake-Okabena, Jackson County Central and Southwest Minnesota Christian.
Luverne had three individual champions at the meet.
Junior Owen Janiszeski took the varsity boys’ 5,000-meter event. Senior Jenna DeBates won the varsity girls’ 5,000 meters and seventh-grader Summer Mollberg won the junior varsity girls’ 4,000 meters.
Junior Kalad Hemme took second in the junior varsity boys’ 4,000-meter race.
The Luverne varsity boys’ 5,000-meter team tied Redwood in team points but won the meet with an 11-second less team split.
The Cardinal girls’ junior varsity team won their meet, beating out Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey and Redwood Valley.
In the Boys’ Varsity 5,000 Meter event individual runners and times are as follows:
1st. Junior Owen Janiszeski 15:48.53
7th. Senior Ryan Fick 17:03.55
12th. Junior Sage Viessman 17:36.49
14th. Freshman Marcus Papik 17:50.12
15th. Junior Dylan Ommen 17:50.22
18th. Junior Leif Ingebretsen 18:06.84
22nd. Senior Zach Terrio 18:40.19
In the Girls’ Varsity 5,000 Meter, Luverne had two runners competing.
1st. Senior Jenna DeBates 18:33.70
10th. Freshman Khloe Visker 21:39.75
In the Boys’ Junior Varsity 4,000 Meter, the Cardinals had three runners.
2nd. Junior Kalab Hemme 15:24.04
8th. Junior Eli Lendon 16:27.15
21st. Sophomore Zander Fountain 20:39.28
In the Girls’ Junior Varsity 4,000 Meter event, the Cardinals had five runners.
1st. Seventh-grader Summer Mollberg 17:39.34
4th. Freshman Reinha John 18:47.21
5th. Seventh-grader Sophia Nolz 18:47.72
6th. Eighth-grader Grace Kempema 18:59.85
12th. Freshman Olivia Lund 19:34.57
15th. Freshman Mariah Knorr 19:58.77
18th. Junior Jaelyn Arp 20:39.24
20th. Brynn Boyenga 21:31.79
29th. Junior Andrea Luitjens 23:24.64
37th. Freshman Anna Reisdorfer 27:17.62
40th. Sophomore Maddy Schepel 28:09.27
Luverne travels to Rochester Thursday, Sept. 14, for the Mayo Invitational at the Eastwood Golf Course.
