The Cross Country team headed to Monticello to race for the Mississippi 8 Conference Title. The girls came 8 points short to host Monticello. Buffalo had a score of 49 and Monticello had a score of 41. The boys second place score was 54 and the champions finished with 51 points (Cambridge Isanti). (the boys race a 5k and the girls race a 4k)
Eight-grader Hayley Downing, Freshman Kailey Johnson, Seniors Jacque Thaemart, Megan Ackerman, and Jordan Skelly, placed in the top 16, receiving the All Conference honors. Thaemart placed 4th overall and had a finishing time of 15:30.35. Ackerman had an 8th place time of 15:48.45 and helped carry along Swimmer Skelly. Skelly placed 10th overall and had a finishing time of 15:56.58. Johnson finished 12th and had a time of 16:03.14. Downing had a final time of 16:18.64 and placed 15th overall. Also racing but not contributing to the score was Senior Hannah Brecht who placed 26th and had a finishing time of 17:13.33. Junior Katie Oden had a time of 17:34.64 and placed 33rd overall.
On the boys side Senior Nick Teetzel finished 3rd with an overall time of 16:34.62. And brought along teammate Sophomore Matt Dietrich finishing 4th with a final time of 16:42.03. Juniors John Weidemeier and Blake Solberg finished 14th and 15th respectably. Weidemeier had a finishing time of 17:37.36 and Solberg had a final time of 17:38.95. Those four finishers received the All Conference honors. “I was excited to find out that four of us received All Conferenced, we worked together all season for 2 important meets and this was one of them”, said Solberg. Coming in 18th was Junior Josh Weidemeier who received All Conference Honorable Mention with the time of 17:44.72. Freshmen Dan Pettit finished 26th overall and had a time of 18:11.57. Freshman Andrei Casey had a finishing time of 18:37.92 and placed 37th overall.
By: Mandy Samuelson and Calli Durst
