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RIB MOUNTAIN – Auburndale’s Charles Jewell won the boys race and the Eagles finished second in the team standings at the Marathon Cross Country Invitational on Thursday at Nine Mile Recreation Park.
Jewell won the race in 17:59.9, just 1.7 seconds ahead of Jaron Gage of Marathon. Sam Bowden of Pittsville was third in 18:12.
Marathon won the boys team title with 84 points, five better than Auburndale.
Mason White Eagle was 17th in 19:24 and Ian Grosskopf 18th in 19:25 as Auburndale finished with three top-20 finishes.
The Auburndale girls had just three runners and didn’t figure in the team standings, but had a top-five finish from Jordyn Karl, who was fifth in 21:15.1.
Elizabeth Schmidt of Merrill won the girls race in 19:10.4, 43 seconds in front of Assumption’s Ainara Sainz de Rozas.
Tomahawk won the girls team title with 39 points as its top five runners finished in the top 16. Assumption was second with 59 points.
Auburndale will compete at the Phillips Invitational on Tuesday.
Marathon Cross Country Invitational
Sept. 2, at Nine Mile Recreation Park, Rib Mountain
Boys
Team scores: 1. Marathon 84; 2. Auburndale 89; 3. Tomahawk 94; 4. Merrill 110; 5. Athens 127; 6. Pittsville 149; 7. Rib Lake 171; 8. Colby/Abbotsford 172; 9. Wittenberg-Birnamwood 181; 10. Waupaca 224; Nekoosa, Three Lakes and Port Edwards incomplete.
Top five and Auburndale finishers: 1. Charles Jewell (AUB) 17:59.9; 2. Jaron Gage (MAR) 18:01.6; 3. Sam Bowden (PIT) 18:12.4; 4. David Golisch (MER) 18:17.7; 5. Nathan Wolf (ATH) 18:24.5; 17. Mason White Eagle (AUB) 19:24.2; 18. Ian Grosskopf (AUB) 19:25.4; 24. Gavin White Eagle (AUB) 19:50.2; 33. Parker Empey (AUB) 20:22.2; 37. Sawyer Cherney (AUB) 20:29.7; 47. Alex Mikes (AUB) 21:18.8; 48. Adam Kundinger (AUB) 21:21.6; 49. James Binder (AUB) 21:22.7; 54. James Pankratz (AUB) 21:44.5; 83. Keegan Empey (AUB) 24:15.2; 97. Ben Willfert (AUB) 29:45.9.
Girls
Team scores: 1. Tomahawk 39; 2. Assumption 59; 3. Colby 72; 4. Marathon 73; 5. Merrill 136; 6. Rib Lake 179; 7. Wittenberg-Birnamwood 210; 8. Pittsville 211; Auburndale, Nekoosa, Athens, Three Lakes, Waupaca incomplete.
Top five and Auburndale finishers: 1. Elizabeth Schmidt (MER) 19:10.4; 2. Ainara Sainz de Rozas (AS) 19:53.8; 3. Kallie Volk (TL) 21:03.6; 4. Rachael Reilly (TOM) 21:10.3; 5. Jordyn Karl (AUB) 21:15.1; 8. McKenna Zieher (AUB) 21:47.9; 15. Autumn Richardson (AUB) 22:12.4.
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