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STRATFORD – Auburndale’s Luke Haas finished third to lead three Apaches who finished in the top seven and give them a third-place finish at the Stratford Cross Country Invitational on Tuesday.
Haas finished third in 18:20.6, nearly a full minute behind second-place Steven Studinski of Marathon (17:21.8) and 1:10 behind winner Andrew Studinski, also of Marathon (17:10.7).
Jacob Hunsberger finished fifth in 19:24.3 and Lane Schuld was seventh in 19:39.0 as the Apaches finshed third behind Marathon and Colby. Stratford finished fifth and Spencer was sixth in the boys standings.
Spencer’s Rudy Nieman finished ninth in 19:45.6 and Mark Wenzel topped Stratford with an 18th-place finish in 20:30.6.
Colby won the girls meet, with Mosinee second, Stratford fifth and Auburndale sixth. Spencer only had four runners and didn’t complete a team score.
Haley Joosten of Wisconsin Rapids Assumption won the girls race in 16:21, 10 seconds ahead of Colby’s Amanda Kaiser.
Abby Bauer of Auburndale was fourth in 17:11.2, edging Stratford’s Nadia King (17:21.4).
Stratford’s Dani Bender also had a strong finish, taking 11th in 17:30.1.
Paige Lawrence topped Spencer, taking 28th in 19:05.6.
All three local teams will be competing at the Smiley Invitational at the American Legion Golf Course in Wausau on Saturday.
Complete results can be found at performancetiming.com.
Stratford Cross Country Invitational
Sept. 11, 2012
Boys
Team standings: 1. Marathon 27; 2. Colby 67; 3. Auburndale 68; 4. Mosinee 116; 5. Stratford 149; 6. Spencer 157; 7. Athens 175; 8. Wisconsin Rapids Assumption 192.
Top 10: 1. Andrew Studinski (MAR) 17:10.7; 2. Steven Studinski (MAR) 17:21.8; 3. Luke Haas (AUB) 18:20.6; 4. Sam Bach (COL) 19:11.0; 5. Jacob Hunsberger (AUB) 19:24.3; 6. Trevor Bielen (MAR) 19:33.2; 7. Lane Schuld (AUB) 19:39.0; 8. Xavier Lechleitner (MAR) 19:39.3; 9. Rudy Nieman (SP) 19:45.6; 10. Satchel Beranek (MAR) 19:46.0.
Other Auburndale finishers: 25. Tom Sabel 21:01.8; 31. Brad Becker 21:39.0; 36. Aaron Kollross 21:55.0; 41. Cody Gerhke 22:21.3; 48. Cody Steines 22:55.9.
Other Spencer finishers: 19. Donovan Fox 20:38.3; 35. Austin Mueller 21:53.3; 69. Steven Hebert 26:17.6; 78. Trevor Ackman 27:03.3.
Stratford finishers: 18. Mark Wenzel 20:30.6; 27. Phil Sersch 21:15.1; 28. Henry Uthmeier 21:28.6; 45. John Geissinger 22:40.5; 47. Nathan Koller 22:55.3; 49. Sam Guyer 22:56.6; 56. Karl Strickland 23:58.2; 58. Brandon Foley 24:15.5; 59. Andrew Schreiner 24:25.2; 60. David Snortheim 24:26.6; 77. Grayson Cole 26:52.0; 81. Colin Cole 29:39.7; 82. Joey Carey 29:52.5; 83. R.J. Schiller 30:31.5.
Girls
Team standings: 1. Colby 53; 2. Mosinee 72; 3. Wisconsin Rapids Assumption 83; 4. Marathon 92; 5. Stratford 94; 6. Auburndale 120; 7. Athens 161; Spencer incomplete.
Top 10: 1. Haley Joosten (WRA) 16:21.0; 2. Amanda Kaiser (COL) 16:31.0; 3. Jenny Meacham (COL) 17:01.1; 4. Abby Bauer (AUB) 17:11.2; 5. Nadia King (STR) 17:12.4; 6. Casey Sprotte (COL) 17:16.0; 7. Emily Heil (MAR) 17:16.6; 8. Tessa Veverka (WRA) 17:17.1; 9. Becky Sondelski (MOS) 17:23.5; 10. Ty Filipiak (MOS) 17:25.3.
Other Stratford finishers: 11. Dani Bender 17:30.1; 15. Johnelle Minor 17:56.8; 30. Mariah Guyer 19:11.5; 36. Jennah Kaiser 20:08.1; 37. Andrea Wenzel 20:13.5; 41. Haley Wellner 20:35.0; 42. Rachel Stoiber 20:36.6; 48. Brianne Lasee 21:08.5; 50. Courtney Krall 21:09.1; 55. Stacy Hartl 21:35.1; 59. Kyndra Ortner 22:10.3; 63. Stephanie Greenberg 23:32.0; 67. Pia Hensing 24:18.2; 72. Erica Leonhardt 26:52.8; 73. Tanna Wirkus 27:16.4.
Other Auburndale finishers: 14. Emma Steines 17:55.8; 29. Stafani Karl 19:11.0; 38. Cassie Mitchell 20:16.5; 40. Hailey Hilgart 20:26.4; 43. Heather Nigh 20:42.8; 53. Becky Willfahrt 21:33.4; 61. Jordyn DeBoer 22:43.3; 62. Melanie Brandl 23:04.8; 74. Katie Patyk 28:17.2; 77. Chyann Haffenbredl 29:55.0.
Spencer finishers: 28. Paige Lawrence 19:05.6; 46. Cora Beyreis 20:54.3; 47. Jordyn Wichlacz 20:54.8; 51. Brittany Fitzgerald 21:09.6.