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SPENCER – Auburndale’s Danica Harrison rules the Marawood Conference again.
Harrison, a senior, won her third straight Marawood Conference Cross Country Meet title on Thursday at Frey Field, besting Pittsville’s Tory Palmer by 17.2 seconds in helping Auburndale to a second-place finish in the team standings behind Edgar. The Wildcats won its 15th straight girls team championship.
Chequamegon won its third straight boys team title.
Harrison won last year’s meet by 15 seconds over Edgar’s Lizzie Pospyhalla, who took seventh this year. Harrison ran in 15:32.2, three seconds better than the mark she set last year.
Abby Bauer was fifth for the Apaches in 16:40.4. Edgar had four of the top 11 runners to easily take the team title with 42 points. Auburndale had 74.
Stratford finished eighth. Danielle Leffel was the Tigers’ top runner, taking 43rd in 19:01.5.
The Auburndale boys took fourth and Stratford ran only four runners to finish with an incomplete team.
Luke Haas and David Hass led the Apaches, as they have all season, placing fourth and eighth, respectively.
Marathon’s Andrew Studinski, who took third last year, won the meet in 17:12.9, 16.4 seconds ahead of Chequamegon’s Charles Corbett. Steven Studinski of Marathon was third in 17:32.1, with Luke Haas fourth in 17:44.9 David Hass finished eighth in 18:03.1.
Mark Wenzel topped Stratford, taking 49th in 20:58.0.
Auburndale and Stratford will compete at the WIAA Division 3 sectional on Friday, Oct. 21, at Nine Mile Forest in Rib Mountain. The girls race begins at 4 p.m., with the boys to follow at 4:45 p.m.
Marawood Conference Cross Country Meet
Thursday, Oct. 13
Frey Field, Spencer
Girls
Team standings: 1. Edgar 42; 2. Auburndale 74; 3. Pittsville 95; 4. Phillips 96; 5. Wisconsin Rapids Assumption 113; 6. Marathon 122; 7. Chequamegon 156; 8. Stratford 233; Athens and Prentice/Rib Lake incomplete.
Top 15 (all-conference): 1. Danica Harrison (AUB) 15:32.2; 2. Tory Palmer (PIT) 15:49.4; 3. Jessi Krause (ED) 15:57.4; 4. Kira Dittman (ED) 16:37.8; 5. Abby Bauer (AUB) 16:40.4; 6. Kari Beckman (PIT) 16:50.4; 7. Lizzie Pospyhalla (ED) 16:54.2; 8. Elizabeth Studinski (MAR) 16:57.1; 9. Tessa Veverka (WRA) 17:08.0; 10. Annika Neerdaels (PH) 17:08.8; 11. Katie Skrzypcak (ED) 17:09.8; 12. Tessa Otto (PH) 17:11.9; 13. Cara Viviano (WRA) 17:12.3; 14. Emily Heil (MAR) 17:14.2; 15. Martha Hokamp (WRA) 17:14.3.
Other Auburndale finishers: 20. Emma Steines 17:39.0; 22. Stafani Karl 17:53.0; 26. Heather Nigh 17:58.0; 28. Sam Karl 18:05.9; 52. Kayla Krone 19:49.6; 53. Becky Willfahrt 19:56.7.
Stratford finishers: 43. Danielle Leffel 19:01.5; 47. Rachel Adank 19:25.1; 50. Julia Boushon 19:42.3; 55. Jennah Kaiser 20:12.8; 56. Andrea Wenzel 20:12.9; 61. Josie Kolbeck 21:39.8; 62. Jessica Lake 21:42.3.
Boys
Team standings: 1. Chequamegon 43; 2. Marathon 39; 3. Phillips 71; 4. Auburndale 91; 5. Wisconsin Rapids Assumption 132; 6. Edgar 156; 7. Athens 199; 8. Pittsville 206; Stratford and Prentice/Rib Lake incomplete.
Top 15 (all-conference): 1. Andrew Studinski (MAR) 17:12.9; 2. Charles Corbett (CHQ) 17:25.3; 3. Steven Studinski (MAR) 17:32.1; 4. Luke Haas (AUB) 17:44.9; 5. Kody Guden (ED) 17:49.0; 6. Max Butalla (MAR) 18:00.4; 7. Quentin Edelberg (PRL) 18:01.6; 8. David Haas (AUB) 18:03.1; 9. Jordan Koski (CHQ) 18:04.4; 10. Cameron Pearson (CHQ) 18:13.4; 11. John Simurdiak (PH) 18:20.4; 12. Dustin Bay (CHQ) 18:24.9; 13. Kyle Lochner (PH) 18:29.5; 14. Cade Strehlow (CHQ) 18:39.1; 15. Steven Kerner (PH) 18:46.3.
Other Auburndale finishers: 27. Jacob Hunsberger 19:36.7; 29. Tom Sabel 19:55.4; 34. Lane Schuld 20:12.5; 36. Aaron Kollross 20:15.1; 42. Brad Becker 20:34.4; 54. Cody Steines 21:10.3.
Stratford finishers: 49. Mark Wenzel 20:58.0; 56. Matt Krall 21:22.6; 62. Henry Uthmeier 22:58.4; 63. Brandon Foley 23:01.6.
Complete results available at performancetiming.com