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MARSHFIELD – Columbus Catholic senior Isaac Scheer placed second and Marshfield’s Owen Hoerneman was fifth in the boys race at the annual Marshfield Columbus Catholic Cross Country Invitational on Saturday at Wildwood Park.
Dylan Riniker of Stillwater (Minn.) won the boys race in 16:09.3 in a mad dash for the finish line as Scheer came across just 2/10th of a second behind. Hoerneman ran the 5-kilometer race in 17:18.3.
Stillwater had five of the top eight finishers and won the Large School team title with 18 points. Marshfield was third with 71.
Chippewa Falls McDonell took first in the Small Schools division with 38 points, with Columbus Catholic a distant second with 65.
Nathan Scheer added a 15th-place finish for the Dons in 17:59.4.
Marshfield’s Lincoln Berger was 17th in 18:28.4, and Roman Ostermann, Alex Parker, Roman Drach and Marshall Neve grouped together to place 27th through 30th.
Natalie Scharenbroch led the Marshfield girls, taking fourth in 21:18.5, 54 seconds off the winning pace set by Ella Kukuk of Whitefish Bay, the Large School division team champ. Marshfield was second as Natalie Schmitt added a seventh-place finish (21:51.4), Kassidy Christopher was 14th (23:12.5), Taiya Lang took 15th (23:12.7) and Miriam McKee was 16th (23:19.7).
Columbus Catholic did not figure in the team standings with only three runners, but had a top-10 finsih as Abby Wojcik placed sixth in 21:35.7.
Marshfield will compete at the Marathon Invitational at Nine Mile Park in Rib Mountain on Thursday, while Columbus Catholic will be back in action next Saturday, Sept. 7, at the Loyal Invitational.
Marshfield Columbus Cross Country Invitational
Aug. 31, at Wildwood Park, Marshfield
Boys
Large Schools team scores: 1. Stillwater (Minn.) 18; 2. Whitefish Bay 52; 3. Marshfield 71.
Small Schools team scores: 1. Chippewa Falls McDonell 38; 2. Marshfield Columbus Catholic 65; 3. Cadott 78; 4. Chequamegon 80; 5. Edgar 102; 6. Augusta 166; Loyal/Greenwood, Neillsville, Owen-Withee incomplete.
Top 10, and Marshfield and Marshfield Columbus Catholic finishers: 1. Dylan Riniker (ST) 16:09.3; 2. Isaac Scheer (MCC) 16:09.5; 3. Andrew Walsh (ST) 16:42.0; 4. Evan Goddard (ST) 17:12; 5. Owen Hoerneman (MAR) 17:18.3; 6. George Nelson (ST) 17:22.4; 7. Oliver Sedivy (WB) 17:28.5; 8. Porter Shockey (ST) 17:30.5; 9. Colton Paczkowski (OW) 17:33.7; 10. Carson Fellows (ST) 17:38.6; 15. Nathan Scheer (MCC) 17:59.4; 17. Lincoln Berger (MAR) 18:28.4; 27. Roman Ostermann (MCC) 19:43.8; 28. Alex Parker (MAR) 19:54.8; 29. Roman Drach (MAR) 20:03.8; 30. Marshall Neve (MAR) 20:04.6; 32. Connor Reisner (MAR) 20:09.3; 34. Paxton Tippen (MAR) 20:11.5; 49. Zack Christensen (MCC) 22:02.3; 50. Landon Schneider (MCC) 22:02.9; 54. Jackson Bernitt (MCC) 22:28.0; 55. Davion Curtis (MCC) 22:38.0.
Girls
Large Schools team scores: 1. Whitefish Bay 19; 2. Marshfield 36.
Small Schools team scores: 1. Chequamegon 27; 2. Chippewa Falls McDonell 66; 3. Edgar 77; 4. Augusta 80; 5. Cadott 96; Marshfield Columbus Catholic, Loyal/Greenwood, Neillsville, Owen-Withee incomplete.
Top 10, and Marshfield and Marshfield Columbus Catholic finishers: 1. Ella Kukuk (WB) 20:24.6; 2. Paige Haglund (WB) 21:00.4; 3. Kate Nicolet (WB) 21:06.9; 4. Natalie Scharenbroch (MAR) 21:18.5; 5. Laney O’Brien (AUG) 21:29.2; 6. Abby Wojcik (MCC) 21:35.7; 7. Natalie Schmitt (MAR) 21:51.4; 8. Selin Gurses (WB) 21:53.5; 9. Clare Yunk (CHQ) 22:10.4; 10. Summer Smith (LG) 22:40.1; 14. Kassidy Christopher (MAR) 23:12.5; 15. Taiya Lang (MAR) 23:12.7; 16. Miriam McKee (MAR) 23:19.7; 19. Abigail Schlud (MCC) 23:55.4; 26. Logann Boon (MAR) 24:59.4; 31. Madison Bauer (MAR) 25:48.3; 34. Jenny Schneider (MCC) 26:12.8.
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