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RIB MOUNTAIN – Auburndale junior Danica Harrison continued her strong season with a 23-second victory Tuesday at the Edgar Cross Country Invitational held at Nine Mile Forest Recreation Area.
Harrison won the meet in a time of 15:41.1, 23.3 seconds ahead of Lizzie Pospyhalla of Edgar. Tory Palmer of Pittsville was third.
Sam Karl was ninth for the Apaches in 16:41.3, helping Auburndale to a third-place finish.
The Auburndale boys also placed third behind strong finishes by Luke Haas (fifth, 17:57.1) and David Haas (sixth, 18:09.1).
“Danica started out with the top girls, but she turned it on at the one
mile mark to pull away for the victory,” Auburndale coach Jim Johnson said. “The top four for both the girls and the boys ran really strong.”
Travis Wienke and Tyler Derfus led the Marshfield Columbus Catholic boys, which finished eighth. Wienke took 17th in 19:30.6, 1.1 seconds ahead of Derfus, who was 18th.
Claire Pinter led the Dons girls by taking 10th in 16;51.4. Sarah Brandt was 25th in 18:19.1 as Columbus had only four competitors and didn’t figure in the team standings.
Eau Claire Regis had the second, eighth, ninth and 10th finishers to win the boys team title over Edgar.
The Edgar girls also took second. Mosinee won the girls title with the fourth- through sixth-place finishers, led by Meaghan Bruening in 16:23.7.
Auburndale will compete in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Invitational on Saturday before hosting the Auburndale Invitational on Tuesday at Frey Field in Spencer.
Columbus will be at the Nekoosa Invitational on Saturday and will also compete at the Auburndale Invitational on Oct. 6.
BOYS
Team standings: 1. Eau Claire Regis 45; 2. Edgar 63; 3. Auburndale 68; 4. Neillsville 123; 5. Colby/Abbotsford 131; 6. Mosinee 160; 7. Loyal 188; 8. Marshfield Columbus Catholic 193; 9. Pittsville 215; 10. Granton 226; Owen-Withee incomplete.
Top 10 finishers: 1. Alex Faber (E) 16:55.8; 2. Nick Wagner (ECR) 17:24.8; 3. Andrew Kaiser (CA) 17:36.4; 4. Kody Guden (E) 17:46.2; 5. Luke Haas (AUB) 17:57.1; 6. David Haas (AUB) 18:09.1; 7. Colton Mallek (MOS) 18:10.7; 8. Kevin Mathiowetz (ECR) 18:18.2; 9. Joe Konzen (ECR) 18:19.5; 10. Isaac Schober (ECR) 18:24.8.
Other Auburndale finishers: 11. Aaron Swenson 18:45.0; 14. Jared Snortheim 19:04.8; 32. Aaron Kollross 20:25.8; 46. Jacob Hunsberger 21:15.5; 60. Brad Becker 22:58.9.
Columbus Catholic finishers: 17. Travis Wienke 19:30.6; 18. Tyler Derfus 19:31.7; 41. Patrick Sullivan 20:51.1; 62. Ethan Badzinski 23:49.1; 63. Malcom Pittsley 23:50.9.
GIRLS
Team standings: 1. Mosinee 46; 2. Edgar 59; 3. Auburndale 73; 4. Colby/Abbotsford 74; 5. Pittsville 122; 6. Owen-Withee 147; 7. Eau Claire Regis 159; Marshfield Columbus Catholic, Neillsville, Loyal, Granton incomplete.
Top 10 finishers: 1. Danica Harrison (AUB) 15:41.1; 2. Lizzie Pospyhalla (E) 16:04.4; 3. Tory Palmer (PIT) 16:09.9; 4. Meaghan Bruening (MOS) 16:23.7; 5. Ty Filipiak (MOS) 16:26.0; 6. Sarah Vils (MOS) 16:28.6; 7. Casey Sprotte (CA) 16:32.1; 8. Amanda Kaiser (CA) 16:34.2; 9. Sam Karl (AUB) 16:41.3; 10. Claire Pinter (MCC) 16:51.4.
Other Auburndale finishers: 16. Emma Steines 17:26.1; 21. Heather Nigh 17:53.1; 37. Tracey Bredl 19:01.7; 39. Stafani Karl 19:09.4; 47. Skyler DeBoer 19:39.1; 54. Melanie Brandl 21:57.3.
Other Columbus Catholic finishers: 25. Sarah Brandt 18:19.1; 31. Tori Schlagenhaft 18:39.4; 49. Rachel Albrecht 19:58.1.
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