The Bison Cross Country team headed to Litchfield on Thursday, October 8th, and competed in a 14 team meet. The varsity team dominated with 54 points and the following team (New London Spicer Girls) had 105 points. The junior varsity girls won also with 42 points and the following team (Mound-Westonka) had 83. On the boys side the varsity placed 5th with 144 points. The junior varsity placed 5th also with 94 points. The boys race a 5k and the girls race a 4k.
Seniors Megan Ackerman and Jacque Thaemart ran head to head in the finish and Megan came out on top by .36th of a second. They both had times of 15:35.70 and 15:35.96 and placed 2nd and 3rd. “It was stride to stride to the finish line and I just leaned at the last second”, said Ackerman. Freshman Kailey Johnson wasn’t far behind in 6th place with a time of 15:56.01. Eighth-grader Hayley Johnson finished 16th with a time of 16:32.69. Rounding out the score for the bison was Senior Hannah Brecht who placed 30th and had a time of 17:26.8. Also running but not contributing to the score was Sophomore Megan Ask who finished with a time of 17:45.14, she placed 40th overall. “This was a great gain in confidence before the conference meet, you get the feel of wanting to win again”, said Brecht.
Comining in first for the bison boys was Senior Nick Teetzel who placed fifth overall and had a time of 16:57.44. Junior Blake Solberg followed with a time of 18:01.15 and placed 28th. The third finisher for the bison was Junior Josh Weidemeier who placed 35 and had a time of 18:17.69. Freshman Dan Pedit pulled along Freshman Andrei Casey and they placed 37 and 39 respectably. Pedit finished with a time of 18:22.10 and Caswy had a time of 18:28.63. Also running but not adding to the score was Senior Ryan Strait who finished 41st overall and had a time of 18:34.98.
By: Mandy Samuelson and Calli Durst
