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STEVENS POINT – Marshfield junior Nolan Redetzke is heading to the state cross country meet.
Redetzke finished fifth in the boys race and earned one of five individual state berths up for grabs at the WIAA Division 1 Sectional at Standing Rock Park on Saturday morning.
The top two teams and top five finishers in both the boys and girls races advance to next Saturday’s WIAA State Cross Country Championships at the Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids.
Redetzke finished fifth in 16:29.28, about 31 seconds behind winner Michael Larson of Stevens Point.
Stevens Point won the boys title, with Wausau East taking second. All five of Point’s runners finished in the top seven. Marshfield was fifth.
The Marshfield girls also finished fifth, with junior Rebecca Voss just missing out on a trip to the state meet.
Voss finished 10th in 15:47.01, 14 seconds behind sixth-place Teagan Monfils of Shawano, who grabbed the fifth and final individual qualifying spot.
“I couldn’t be prouder of the kids who all ran very well today with a number of them getting their best time of the year on this difficult course (Alex
Gunn, Adrian Kaiser, Ethan Voss, Rebecca Voss and Madie Koehn),” Marshfield coach Dan Akin said. “The kids really raced well today and our team scores reflect that as both teams placed fifth out of 12 Division 1 teams.”
Wausau East sophomore Kennidi Knoblock won the girls race in 15:00.92, easily outdistancing Autum Shurbert-Het of Stevens Point, who was 14 seconds behind.
Stevens Point also won the girls sectional team title, with Wausau West taking second and also earning a state berth.
WIAA Division 1 Cross Country Sectional
Oct. 20, 2012, at Standing Rock Park, Stevens Point
*State Meet Qualifiers
Boys
Team standings: *1. Stevens Point 21; *2. Wausau East 62; 3. Wausau West 122; 4. D.C. Everest 133; 5. Marshfield 139; 6. Wisconsin Rapids 169; 7. Shawano 171; 8. Merrill 179; 9. New London 269; 10. Rhinelander 272; 11. Tomah 302; Antigo incomplete.
Top 10 and additional state qualifiers: 1. Michael Larson (SP) 15:57.88; 2. Emmett Stifler (WE) 16:19.28; 3. Sam Anderson (SP) 16:21.49; 4. Evan Hatton (SP) 16:27.59; *5. Nolan Redetzke (MAR) 16:29.28; 6. Sam Sheibley (SP) 16:43.50; 7. Isaiah George (SP) 16:47.68; 8. Andrew Pitney (WE) 16:50.45; *9. Devin Greiner (WR) 16:54.39; *10. Fletcher Arlen (WW) 16:54.75; *12. Cortland Tatro (ANT) 16:57.59; 14. Buck Jones (WR) 17:03.17.
Other Marshfield finishers: 21. Adrian Kaiser 17:16.41; 26. Max Tibbett 17:34.39; 46. Ethan Voss 18:18.23; 47. Mitchell Fisher 18:18.57; 49. Alex Gunn 18:20.54; 67. Kody Hastreiter 19:36.34.
Girls
Team standings: *1. Stevens Point 42; *2. Wausau West 73; 3. Wausau East 92; 4. D.C. Everest 96; 5. Marshfield 120; 6. Shawano 202; 7. Merrill 209; 8. New London 214; 9. Rhinelander 256; 10. Antigo 257; 11. Tomah 291; 12. Wisconsin Rapids 333.
Top 10: *1. Kennidi Knoblock (WE) 15:00.92; 2. Autum Shurbert-Het (SP) 15:14.99; *3. Abby Sann (WE) 15:29.22; *4. Holly Solomon (DC) 15:29.63; *5. Sydney Harris (MER) 15:30.60; *6. Teagan Monfils (SHW) 15:33.86; 7. McKenzie Taggatz (SP) 15:34.62; 8. Abbey Hyland (SP) 15:40.13; 9. Ellie Hrdina (WW) 15:46.31; 10. Rebecca Voss (MAR) 15:47.01.
Other Marshfield finishers: 24. Morgan Redetzke 16:24.75; 26. Madie Koehn 16:31.77; 29. Ashley Holubets 16:41.21; 31. McKayla Scheuer 16:47.73; 34. Melissa Brix 16:58.19.