MSHSL Section Championships
October 25th - 27th, 2005

Featuring Bria Wetsch, Elizebeth Yetzer, & HL#3 Willmar boys, HL#5 Apple Valley girls, and TC Lumbar from HL#8 Edina

Thanks to RaceBerryJam.com - Photos by Ken Anderson


The qualifying for the Minnesota State Cross Country Championships featured two of the Heartland's best in Bria Wetsch (Holy Family Catholic) & Elizebeth Yetzer (Lakeville North). However, they were in different divisions, therefore we will have to wait another week for the big matchup. Here Wetsch cruised to a 14:08 victory over the 4k course in the 4A race. She was said to be "cruising in"; with second place a distant 14:58 (Claire Richardson, 11, Blake School). Richardson's 2nd place, however, was good enough to help her team, Blake School, to the title. Wetsch will be moving on to the State meet as an individual competitor. Meanwhile, Yetzer also had a smooth victory in the 1AA division with a time of 13:49. The closest competitor was frosh-Michelle Volz (Lakeville South) in 14:21. Yetzer's victory helped HL#2 Lakeville North to the team title.

In the team battle of the 2AA Districts, HL#3 Willmar boys showed their strength by placing runners in spots 1, 2, 3, 5, and 9; having an average time of 16:16 for the 5k hilly (and reportedly wet and soggy) course. The spread was 41.3 seconds; a significant improvement from earlier in the year when the spread was over the 1 minute mark with the Cardinals. It was the 2nd meet in a row where Willmar's spread was in the low 40 second range. 2nd place Chaska averaged 17:08. State ranked Abdi Awali edged teammate Kaafi Adeys by .6 of a second for the individual title.

4A RESULTS - 1AA RESULTS - 2AA RESULTS

4AA RESULTS - 6AA RESULTS (see report - with photos - below on these races)

FULL RESULTS OF ALL SECTIONS

4A Team Results:


PLACE  TEAM                  POINTS  PLACES OF FINISHERS              AVG. TIME    SPREAD

  1   Blake School             45    2    4   12   13   14   26   30   15:52      1:33
  2   Providence               52    6    8    9   10   19   36   60   16:01      1:17
  3   Visitation               72    3   11   15   16   27   39   45   16:21      2:04
  4   Watertown-Mayer         132    5   22   28   29   48   55   56   17:04      2:22
  5   Minnehaha Academy Gir   171   23   33   34   37   44   58   59   17:35        48
  6   Holy Family Catholic    189    1   21   31   64   72   73   74   17:20      5:04
  7   Concordia               194   25   32   38   46   53   71        17:44        58
  8   Delano                  236   20   35   47   65   69   70   76   18:05      2:06
  9   Mounds Park Academy     240   17   18   41   80   84   91   98   18:18      3:54
 10   St Paul Academy/Summi   252    7   50   57   61   77             18:06      3:54
 11   Math and Science Acad   260   24   43   49   51   93   95   96   18:31      4:16
 12   Breck                   297   42   52   62   66   75   79   81   18:35      1:43
 13   DeLaSalle               342   40   63   68   82   89   90   94   19:21      3:11
 14   Christ's Household of   393   54   78   83   86   92             20:04      3:08
 15   Trinity School at Riv   424   67   85   87   88   97   99        20:39      3:38

Individuals:

        TEAM
 PLACE SCORE          FINISHER          TIME        TEAM

    1     1  Bria Wetsch, 12             14:08    Holy Family Catholic 
    2     2  Claire Richardson, 11       14:58    Blake School
    3     3  Katie Bono, 12              15:13    Visitation
    4     4  Margaret Chute, 9           15:16    Blake School
    5     5  Jenny Hoese, 12             15:39    Watertown-Mayer
    6     6  Kit Chambers, 9             15:39    Providence
    7     7  Anne Hart, 8                15:46    St Paul Academy/Summi
    8     8  Katie Finley, 10            15:48    Providence
    9     9  Liz Chambers, 9             15:49    Providence
   10    10  Molly Doboszenski, 10       15:52    Providence
   11    11  Gwynne Evans, 9             16:12    Visitation
   12    12  Katharine Chute, 11         16:14    Blake School
   13    13  Sophie Fritz, 8             16:23    Blake School
   14    14  Alyssa Veil, 7              16:30    Blake School
   15    15  Sarah Anderson, 10          16:31    Visitation
   16    16  Molly Degnan, 9             16:32    Visitation
   17    17  Andrea Goldberg, 9          16:38    Mounds Park Academy
   18    18  Christa Kootz, 7            16:46    Mounds Park Academy
   19    19  Marie Conger, 11            16:55    Providence
   20        Lindsey Wales, 8            16:56    St. Croix Lutheran Hi  


1AA Results

PLACE TEAM              POINTS  PLACES OF FINISHERS       AVG. TIME SPREAD

  1 Lakeville North         43   1   4  11  12  15  21  35  14:52   1:34
  2 Dover EyotaSt Charles   77   6   7  10  25  29  41  54  15:19   1:09
  3 Owatonna                80   8  13  14  22  23  28  34  15:24   0:34
 4* Lakeville South        116   2   5  27  40  42  58  70  15:36   2:08
 5* Winona                 116  17  18  19  26  36  59  79  15:44   0:53
  6 Mayo                   136   3   9  16  48  60  77 103  15:42   2:31
  7 Northfield             145  20  24  30  33  38  44  71  15:58   0:50
  8 Century                222  31  32  47  50  62  65  93  16:28   0:57
  9 John Marshall          294  39  51  63  67  74  81  84  16:54   0:52
 10 Red Wing               318  52  53  64  73  76  85 102  17:03   0:38
 11 Hastings               332  43  46  49  94 100 107 108  17:14   1:53
 12 ZumbrotaMazeppaKenyon  375  61  68  69  88  89  91  99  17:22   0:53
 13 Albert Lea             379  37  80  83  87  92  95 104  17:26   1:36
 14 Faribault              385  56  57  86  90  96  97  98  17:28   1:12
 15 Farmington             392  55  72  78  82 105 106      17:34   1:56
 16 Austin                 396  45  66  75 101 109 110      17:49   3:03

Individuals:

       TEAM
 PLACE SCORE          FINISHER           TIME        TEAM

    1     1  Elizabeth Yetzer, 12       13:49    Lakeville North
    2     2  Michelle Volz, 9           14:21    Lakeville South
    3     3  Hilary Noska, 9            14:25    Mayo
    4     4  Solange Miller, 9          14:41    Lakeville North
    5     5  Kayla Uphoff, 8            14:50    Lakeville South
    6     6  Kelly Hurtis, 9            14:51    Dover EyotaSt Charles
    7     7  Jordan Krahn, 10           14:52    Dover EyotaSt Charles
    8     8  Nikki Peterson, 9          15:06    Owatonna
    9     9  Anna Garner, 11            15:06    Mayo
   10    10  Lisa Wegman, 10            15:07    Dover EyotaSt Charles
   11    11  Marie Ferguson, 9          15:12    Lakeville North
   12    12  Brenna Carda, 9            15:15    Lakeville North
   13    13  Breann MacFadyen, 9        15:18    Owatonna
   14    14  Kelli Hall, 10             15:22    Owatonna
   15    15  Laura Roach, 12            15:22    Lakeville North
   16    16  Glenna Noska, 9            15:25    Mayo
   17    17  Claire Guidinger, 8        15:28    Winona
   18    18  Kate Dennehy, 12           15:28    Winona
   19    19  Julia Chapman, 12          15:32    Winona
   20    20  Julia Holm, 11             15:34    Northfield


2AA RESULTS:

PLACE TEAM POINTS PLACES OF FINISHERS AVG. TIME SPREAD 1 Willmar 21 1 2 3 6 9 14 21 16:16.7 41.3 2 Chaska 72 8 11 15 18 20 24 30 17:08.1 48.3 3 Hutchinson 98 4 10 25 27 32 41 54 17:11.8 1:24.8 4 Buffalo 146 13 28 29 37 39 48 17:38.8 38.7 5 Waseca 182 7 31 35 50 59 64 65 17:50.2 2:06.4 6 Mound-Westonka 183 16 33 36 45 53 56 58 17:55.3 1:12.3 7 Mankato West 184 12 23 34 42 73 82 85 17:59.3 2:06.9 8 Shakopee 245 17 22 47 79 80 88 97 18:25.1 2:16.1 9 Marshall 252 5 52 61 62 72 76 77 18:22.3 2:52.3 10 Mankato East 261 26 44 60 63 68 84 100 18:28.5 1:30.6 11 New Prague 269 38 40 43 57 91 93 18:33.7 2:15.3 12 Prior Lake 275 19 49 67 69 71 83 102 18:37.6 1:57.9 13 Dassel-Cokato 355 51 55 66 87 96 101 103 19:13.0 1:58.5 14 Waconia 391 46 78 81 92 94 95 99 19:34.1 2:06.3 15 Worthington 394 70 74 75 86 89 90 98 19:35.7 49.0 INDIVIDUALS: TEAM PLACE SCORE FINISHER TIME TEAM 1 1 Abdi Awale, 11 15:57.5 Willmar 2 2 Kaafi Adeys, 11 15:58.1 Willmar 3 3 Mustafa Yusuf, 11 16:17.6 Willmar 4 4 Bryan Kegley, 12 16:20.1 Hutchinson 5 5 Jon Tauer, 12 16:28.4 Marshall 6 6 Mike Switzer, 12 16:31.8 Willmar 7 7 Keagan Marble, 11 16:34.1 Waseca 8 8 Pat Lowder, 12 16:34.4 Chaska 9 9 Mohamed Bedel, 11 16:38.8 Willmar 10 10 Kyle Schmidt, 10 16:44.0 Hutchinson 11 11 Nick Gagnon, 12 17:04.5 Chaska 12 12 David Holmberg, 11 17:14.9 Mankato West 13 13 Max Hanson, 12 17:16.1 Buffalo 14 14 Scott Boros, 11 17:17.6 Willmar 15 15 Pat Bigaouette, 10 17:18.0 Chaska 16 16 Matt Walstrom, 11 17:18.3 Mound-Westonka 17 17 Josh Myers, 11 17:18.8 Shakopee 18 18 Louis Sirota, 12 17:20.9 Chaska 19 19 Carson Smith, 11 17:21.3 Prior Lake 20 20 Zach Kozicky, 12 17:22.7 Chaska 21 21 Paul Kimpling, 12 17:25.2 Willmar 22 22 Luke Sames, 10 17:26.0 Shakopee 23 23 Joe Dykema, 10 17:27.0 Mankato West 24 24 Kyle Larson, 10 17:29.8 Chaska 25 25 Matt McKeever, 10 17:34.6 Hutchinson 26 26 Brandon Reemer, 12 17:35.1 Mankato East 27 27 Eric Schmidt, 8 17:35.5 Hutchinson 28 28 Jon Stanley, 10 17:35.9 Buffalo 29 29 Ben Rodriguez, 10 17:36.9 Buffalo 30 30 Charlie Keller, 12 17:39.7 Chaska 31 31 Joel Francis, 12 17:44.2 Waseca 32 32 Carsen Sorensen, 11 17:44.9 Hutchinson 33 33 Eric Lee, 12 17:46.0 Mound-Westonka 34 34 Aaron Umboefer, 8 17:47.9 Mankato West 35 35 Brandon Kingston, 9 17:48.2 Waseca 36 36 Chad Richards, 11 17:49.7 Mound-Westonka 37 37 Aaron Oie, 9 17:50.3 Buffalo 38 38 Preston Tomlinson, 9 17:54.3 New Prague 39 39 Connor Flynn, 11 17:54.8 Buffalo 40 40 Matt Perkinson, 11 18:02.8 New Prague

Section 6AA @ Gale Woods Park 10/26/05 5k for boys, 4k for girls (all meets)

Apple Valley (57) and Minnetonka (76) advanced to the Minnesota state meet, with strong teams from Hopkins (91), Wayzata (93) and Eden Prairie (97) packed close behind. Sophomore McKenize Melander (Eastview) kicked late to win in 14:44 (4k), edging Emily Schwitzer (Hopkins 14:44), with Sierra McCauley (Apple Valley 14:45) and Daniele Berndt (Kennedy, Bloomington 14:45) right there under the proverbial blanket.

Girls Team Scores - Apple Valley 57, *Minnetonka 76, Hopkins 91, Wayzata 93, Eden Prairie 97, Edina 177, Rosemount 215, Eastview 229, Burnsville 274; Jefferson, Bloomington 276; Academy of Holy Angels 286; Kennedy, Bloomington 323; St. Louis Park 288; Richfield 448

Girls Team Champions - Apple Valley


Girls Top Ten - McKenzie Melander, Eastview 14:44; 2. Emily Schwitzer, Hopkins 14:44; 3, Sierra McCauley, Apple Valley 14:45; Danielle Berndt, Kennedy 14:45; 5. Jen Lang, Apple Valley 14:54; 6. Anna Urdahl, Minnetonka 14:56; 7. Page Ties, Eden Prairie 14:57; 8. Angie Henry, Hopkins 15:05; 9. Jenny Rodgers, Apple Valley, 15:06; 10. Jessica Rodgers, Apple Valley 15:17

Top 10 girls with McKenzie Melander (far right standing)



Eden Prairie boys packed three runners in the top seven and scored 72 points to gap Edina (96), as both qualified for state. Rosemount (106), Eastview (118) and Wayzata (125) were also close. TC Lumbar (Edina) ran 15:44 to win, with the Eden Prairie duo of Ryan Little (15:59) and Devin Cory (16:10) next. Nate Simons (16:11, Minneapolis Southwest) and Mike Mommsen (St. Louis Park, 16:13) rounded out the top five.

Boys team Scores - Eden Prairie 72; *Edina 96; Rosemount 106; Eastview 118; Wayzata 125; Hopkins 129; Minneapolis Southwest 171; Minnetonka 220; Apple Valley 270; Richfield 281; St. Louis Park 289; Burnsville 313; Academy of Holy Angels 329; Jefferson, Bloomington 220; Orono 491; Kennedy, Bloomington 494

Boys Team Champions - Eden Prairie


Boys Top Ten - 1. TC Lumbar, Edina 15:44, 2. Ryan Little, Eden Prairie 15:59; 3. Devin Cory, Eden Prairie 16:10; 4. Nate Simons, Minn. SW 16:11; 5. Mike Mommsen, St. Louis Park 16:13; 6. Zach McGill, Hopkins 16:17; 7. Jackson Wiley, Eden Prairie 16:26; 8. Tom Burke; Edina 16:29; 9. Brad Russell, Minn. SW 16:29; 10. Jordan Carlson, Rosemount 16:29

Top 10 boys with TC Lumbar (far right)



Section 4AA @ Goodrich Golf Course

Stillwater packed four runners into the top ten to win the boy's team title with 47 points, shading second place Roseville (58). Mounds View was a close third with 78. Tim Branigan of Roseville cruised through the race, winning in 15:45. Ben Blakenship (Stillwater 16:10) edged Suedi Murekezi (Coon Rapids 16:13) for second. with Ian Bauer (Roseville) running 16:25 to take fourth from Theo Hoerr (Mounds View 16:26).

Katie Dyson blasted a 14:20 4k to win, and led Roseville to the team title with 39 points with a 14:59 average. Stillwater was second with 65 to qualify for state. White Bear Lake (81) and Mounds View (122) followed. The Stillwater duo of Carolyn Baird (14:30) and Caitlin Olson (14:33) were teamed in second and third, with Katie Moraczewski (14:40, White Bear Lake) and Holly Reiland (SLP/SA 14:41) in a tense duel for fourth. Toni Salvatore (Roseville 14:47) was also under 15:00.

Boys Team Scores - Stillwater 47; *Roseville 58; Mounds View 78; North 157; Forest Lake 166; Coon Rapids 186; Andover 225; White Bear Lake 239; Spring Lake Park/ St. Anthony 249; Blaine 262; Centennial 282; Irondale 298; Mahtomedi 313; Anoka 412; Champlin Park 446

Boys Top Ten - 1. Tim Branigan, Roseville 1542; 2. Ben Blakenship, Stillwater 16:10; 3. Suedi Murekezi, Coon Rapids 16:13; 4. Ian Bauer, Roseville 16:25; 5. Theo Hoerr, Mounds View 16:26; 6. Andrew Stevens, Stillwater 16:28; 7. Kyle Coughlan, Stillwater 16:29; 8. Jeremy Seeman, Stillwater 16:36; 9. Ellis Richardson, Roseville 16:37; 10. Eric Nancekivell, Mounds View 16:38

Girls Team Scores - Roseville 39; *Stillwater 65; White Bear Lake 81; Mounds View 122; Coon Rapids 185; Centennial 194; Forest Lake 220; Mahtomedi 228; Andover 240; Spring Lake Park/ St. Anthony 294; Anoka 301; Irondale 308; Champlin Park 331; North 377; Hill-Murray 410; Blaine 431

Girls Top Ten - 1. Katie Dyson, Roseville 14:20; 2. Carolyn Baird, Stillwater 14:30; 3. Caitlin Olson, Stillwater 14:33; 4. Katie Moraczewski, White Bear Lake 14:40; 5. Holly Reiland, SprLkPrk/St Anthony 14:41; 6. Toni Salvatore, Roseville 14:47; 7. Abby Tracy, White Bear Lake 15:05; 8. Margot Branigan, Roseville 15:07; 9. Kate Sly, Stillwater 15:11; 10. Marissa Dahlquist, Coon Rapids 15:12

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