Colby (OnFocus) – The Medford Girls and Merrill’s Liz Schmidt won WIAA Division 2 Cross Country Sectional titles at Colby on Saturday.
Medford won with 47 points, ahead of second place West Salem with 75 points.
Schmidt won the sectional title with a time of 19:33, and Meredith Richter of Medford took second in a time of 19:58.6. Britt Fitzgerald of Mosinee finished 4th.
Medford’s Joe Sullivan finished in second in the boys’ race, and Cooper Szekeress of Mosinee finished ninth.
Colby/Abbotsford’s top finisher was Talon Severson, finishing 21st.
Place TmPl Bib# Name Gr Team Time Pace
1 1 1715 Elizabeth Schmidt Sr Merrill 19:33.7 6:18 i
2 2 1700 Meredith Richter So Medford Area 19:58.6 6:26 t
3 3 1764 Mia Olson Fr West Salem 20:09.6 6:30 t
4 4 1724 Britt Fitzgerald Fr Mosinee 20:10.5 6:30 i
5 5 1668 Grace Kern Jr Lakeland Union 20:11.3 6:30 i
6 1614 Tegan Michalak Jr Arcadia 20:16.3 6:32 i
7 6 1751 Rachael Reilly So Tomahawk 20:21.2 6:34 i
8 7 1699 Jennifer Kahn Sr Medford Area 20:33.3 6:37 t
9 8 1603 Greta Peters Fr Altoona 20:36.1 6:38
10 9 1701 Brooke Rudolph Jr Medford Area 20:40.8 6:40 t
11 10 1761 Alena Donahue Jr West Salem 20:42.4 6:40 t
12 11 1725 Kate Fitzgerald Sr Mosinee 20:47.4 6:42
13 12 1644 Adrianna Rotering So Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau 20:47.8 6:42
14 13 1697 Alexis Fleegel Sr Medford Area 20:58.1 6:45 t
15 14 1748 Macey Mann Sr Tomahawk 20:58.4 6:46
16 15 1670 Stella Meza Fr Lakeland Union 21:07.5 6:48
17 16 1698 Bryn Fronk Jr Medford Area 21:11.2 6:50 t
Place TmPl Bib# Name Gr Team Time Pace
1 1 1688 Eli Boppart Jr Mauston 16:10.6 5:13 i
2 2 1708 Joe Sullivan Sr Medford Area 16:47.6 5:25 i
3 3 1677 Owen Clark So Lakeland Union 16:52.5 5:26 i
4 4 1769 Brennan Garbers So West Salem 16:57.4 5:28 t
5 5 1706 Tanner Hraby So Medford Area 17:04.9 5:30 i
6 6 1676 Ashton Bremer Fr Lakeland Union 17:15.8 5:34 i
7 7 1620 Jose Monroy Sr Arcadia 17:18.6 5:35
8 8 1770 Dawson Gronemus Jr West Salem 17:23.4 5:36 t
9 1745 Taytor Lowry Sr Neillsville 17:23.4 5:36
10 9 1734 Cooper Szekeress Sr Mosinee 17:31.1 5:39
11 10 1694 Tyler Schwartz So Mauston 17:34.6 5:40
12 11 1652 Sam Ruiter Jr Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau 17:44.9 5:43 t
13 12 1611 Cody Riechers Sr Altoona 17:45.7 5:44
14 13 1771 Vincent Schwarz Sr West Salem 17:50.7 5:45 t
15 14 1646 Ethan Burmeister Sr Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau 17:50.8 5:45 t
16 15 1607 Ayden Darnell Jr Altoona 17:51.4 5:45
17 16 1772 Blaine Wheeler Sr West Salem 17:51.8 5:45 t
18 17 1716 David Golisch Sr Merrill 17:54.3 5:46
19 18 1718 Callen Hoeppner Sr Merrill 18:03.9 5:49
20 19 1648 Carter Gold Sr Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau 18:08.4 5:51 t
21 20 1773 Max Wolf Sr West Salem 18:10.0 5:51 t
22 21 1637 Talon Severson Sr Colby/Abbotsford 18:14.6 5:53
Complete Boys’ Results HERE
Complete Girls’ Results HERE
2021 WIAA Cross Country Sectional Results: Links
WIAA State Cross Country Championships to Return to WI Rapids Ridges Golf Course in 2021
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