Stratford girls win team title at Auburndale Cross Country Invitational

The Stratford girls cross country team won the team title at the Auburndale Cross Country Invitational on Tuesday at Frey Field in Spencer. (Submitted photo)

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SPENCER – The Stratford girls and Athens boys won team titles at the Auburndale Cross Country Invitational on Tuesday. The meet was held at Frey Field in Spencer.

Stratford had its top nine runners finish in the top 15 to cruise to the girls team title with 20 points. Auburndale, Marshfield Columbus Catholic and Spencer had incomplete teams.

Kayla Casperson led the way for the Tigers, winning the girls race in 20:57, nine seconds ahead of Rib Lake/Prentice’s Kylie Orysen.

Breleigh Skaya was fourth (21:53), Ella Heidmann took fifth (22:03), Samantha Mielke was sixth (22:27) and Kressa Wenzel finished ninth (23:07) to round out Stratford’s scoring runners.

Hope Schulte took sixth for Auburndale in 22:23, Rachel Nieman was 11th in 24:01 for Spencer, and Jenny Schneider finished 23rd in 26:38 for Marshfield Columbus Catholic to lead their respective teams.

Connor Sheahan won the boys race in 16:37 to lead Athens to the team win.

Marshfield Columbus Catholic’s Isaac Scheer had another runner-up finish, taking second 34 seconds behind Sheahan. Stratford’s Cree DeFoe was third in 17:21.

Stratford finished third, Auburndale fourth and Columbus Catholic sixth in the team standings at the eight-team meet.

Mason White Eagle had a top-10 finish for Auburndale, taking eighth in 17:58.

Spencer’s top runner was Malachai Anderson, who was 34th in 20:58.

Auburndale Cross Country Invitational
Oct. 4, at Frey Field, Spencer
Boys
Team scores:
1. Athens 48; 2. Pittsville 69; 3. Stratford 77; 4. Auburndale 81; 5. Rib Lake/Prentice 95; 6. Marshfield Columbus Catholic 123; 7. Spencer 204; Port Edwards incomplete.
Top 10, and Auburndale, Stratford, Spencer and Marshfield Columbus Catholic finishers: 1. Connor Sheahan (ATH) 16:37; 2. Isaac Scheer (MCC) 17:11; 3. Cree DeFoe (ST) 17:21; 4. Nathan Wolf (ATH) 17:43; 5. Sam Bowden (PIT) 17:45; 6. Andrew Schaer (ATH) 17:53; 7. Derek Grossman (PIT) 17:56; 8. Mason White Eagle (AUB) 17:58; 9. Lance Krieg (ST) 18:13; 10. Kaleb Scott (RLP) 18:19; 12. Andrew Scheer (MCC) 18:30; 13. Ian Grosskopf (AUB) 18:36; 15. Ethan Heeg (ST) 18:38; 16. Charles Jewell (AUB) 18:46; 21. Sawyer Cherney (AUB) 19:12; 22. Mathias Kaiser (ST) 19:16; 23. Alex Mikes (AUB) 19:20; 25. Zack Christensen (MCC) 19:29; 26. James Binder (AUB) 19:37; 28. Derek Wiese (ST) 20:09; 31. Kaden Foster (ST) 20:14; 32. Adam Kundinger (AUB) 20:23; 34. Malachai Anderson (SP) 20:58; 37. Gannon Sweeney (AUB) 21:23; 38. Calvin Rasmussen (ST) 21:23; 42. Brody Braunsky (AUB) 22:07; 43. James Wojcik (MCC) 22:29; 45. Breckin Miller (SP) 23:17; 46. Noah Anderson (SP) 23:38; 47. Andrew Sieracki (SP) 23:39; 54. Jon Hafferman (MCC) 26:22; 57. Henry Glamm (SP) 28:56; 59. Teisen Schifelbine (MCC) 35:12.
Girls
Team scores:
1. Stratford 20; 2. Athens 68; 3. Abbotsford 74; 4. Pittsville 74; Auburndale, Marshfield Columbus Catholic, Port Edwards, Rib Lake/Prentice, Spencer incomplete.
Top 10, and Auburndale, Stratford, Spencer and Marshfield Columbus Catholic finishers: 1. Kayla Casperson (ST) 20:57; 2. Kylie Orysen (RLP) 21:06; 3. Brianna Sheahan (ATH) 21:48; 4. Breleigh Skaya (ST) 21:53; 5. Ella Heidmann (ST) 22:03; 6. Hope Schulte (AUB) 22:23; 7. Samantha Mielke (ST) 22:27; 8. Iris Cruz (ABB) 23:06; 9. Kressa Wenzel (ST) 23:07; 10. Mercedes Kramer (ST) 23:27; 11. Rachel Nieman (SP) 24:01; 12. Kaylie McHugh (ST) 24:04; 13. Lily Drabbert (ST) 24:10; 14. Lexie Christopherson (ST) 24:33; 16. Hailey Fecker (ST) 25:33; 20. Haley Woodford (ST) 25:46; 23. Jenny Schneider (MCC) 26:38; 26. Hayden Fecker (ST) 26:55; 27. Charlotte Schiferl (MCC) 27:03; 28. Zaprina Bulla Ruiz (SP) 27:17; 29. Sam Casperson (MCC) 27:58; 41. Allie Griepentrog (ST) 37:55; 42. Alexzandria Stargardt (ST) 39:27.

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