Tiger runners advance to state

Northwestern High School made a clean sweep Friday afternoon as both the boys and girls cross country teams won their races at the Division 2 sectional meet in Barron.

The Tiger boys, with a team score of 38, finished 65 points ahead of second place Ashland. Bryce Miller, of Ashland, had the fastest time in the boys field, followed by Northwestern's Ryan Lind.

Jordan Johnson won the girls race in a time of 14:56.9 to help the Tiger girls edge out Rice Lake 57-61. She was the only runner in the girls race to finish in less than 15 minutes.

Both the Tiger boys and girls teams now advance to the WIAA Division 2 state meet in Wisconsin Rapids on Oct. 27. This marks the fourth straight trip to state for the boys team and the third trip in four years for the girls.

Division 2 Sectional Meet

at Barron High School

Friday, Oct. 19

Boys

Team results

1. Maple-Northwestern, 38; 2. Ashland, 103; 3. Unity/Luck, 118; 4. St. Croix Central, 152; 5. Amery, 155; 6. Hayward, 170; 7. St. Croix Falls, 207; 8. Somerset, 215; 9. Baldwin-Woodville, 243; 10. Rice Lake, 244; 11. Barron, 244; 12. Osceola, 279; 13. Bloomer, 286; 14. Spooner, 352.

Individual Results

(field of 100)

1. Bryce Miller, Ashland, 15:53.5; 2. Ryan Lind, Northwestern, 16:22.0; 3. Nathan Tripp, Rice Lake, 16:29.0; 4. Daniel Pederson, Spooner, 16:31.8; 5. Henry Klein, St. Croix Falls, 16:49.9; 6. Mason Lombard, Northwestern, 17:04.2; 7. Clint Heinze, Bloomer, 17:11.4; 8. Travis Sznaider, Northwestern, 17:19.5; 9. Martin Coulondre, Hayward, 17:19.9; 10. Kyle Rautio, Northwestern, 17:30.6; 12. Ty Rankin, Northwestern 17:35.7; 14. Josiah Vik, Northwestern 17:42.5; 50. Bret Little, Northwestern 18:46.0.

Girls

Team results

1. Northwestern, 57; 2. Rice Lake, 61; 3. Amery, 116; 4. Osceola, 124; 5. Bloomer, 148; 6. Ashland, 150; 7. Hayward, 184; 8. Baldwin-Woodville, 190; 9. St. Croix Falls, 224; 10. St. Croix Central, 276; 11. Barron, 300; 12. Somerset, 306; 13. Spooner, 354; 14. Cumberland, 384; 15. Unity/Luck, 387.

Individual results

(field of 98)

1. Jordan Johnson, Northwestern, 14:56.9; 2. Harley Kinney, Ashland, 15:20.3; 3. Mckenzie Fortier, Osceola, 15:26.1; 4. Emma Nelson, Northwestern, 15:33.8; 5. Chelsea Tremblay, Hayward, 15:41.4; 6. Sophie Klein, St. Croix Falls, 15:43.7; 7. Mickie Gearin, Osceola, 15:48.6; 8. Maya Kamrath, Rice Lake, 15:49.9; 9. Alicia Monson, Amery, 15:53.3; 10. Maddie Carlsen, Rice Lake, 15:53.4; 13. Carmen Ormston, Northwestern, 16:03.2; 14. Michaela Ruhman, Northwestern, 16:09.3; 25. Tess Nelson, Northwestern, 16:50.6; 26. Kelly Erkkila, Northwestern, 16:51.7; 31. Angela Snow, Northwestern ,17:00.6.

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