The SPASH Boys raced past the field on Saturday, easily claiming the WIAA Division 1 Boys State Cross Country Meet title, with 39 points, 47 poins ahead of second place Ocoomowoc.
The Panthers claimed four top 20 places overall, led by a third place finish from Aloysius Franzen. Bode Erickson was 4th, Cooper Erickson 17th and Ethan Olds was 20th.
Complete Division 1 Boys Results HERE
Place TmPl Name Year Teamname Rank 1 Mile Rank 2 Mile Split Last1.1 Time Pace
1 Manny Putz 10 Onalaska 1 4:40 1 10:02 5:22 5:26 15:26.7 4:59
2 1 Zachariah Vance 12 Oconomowoc 5 4:54 3 10:09 5:15 5:19 15:26.9 4:59
3 2 Aloysius Franzen 11 Stevens Point 8 4:55 8 10:11 5:17 5:26 15:35.6 5:02
4 3 Bode Erickson 11 Stevens Point 4 4:54 4 10:09 5:16 5:30 15:37.5 5:02
5 4 Owen Bosley 12 Homestead 2 4:53 10 10:12 5:19 5:34 15:44.2 5:04
6 Aaron Schimke 12 Kaukauna 13 4:55 9 10:11 5:17 5:37 15:47.2 5:05
7 Grady Lenn 9 De Pere 7 4:54 2 10:08 5:15 5:40 15:47.8 5:06
8 Mateo Alvarado Ven 12 Sun Prairie West 3 4:54 5 10:11 5:17 5:40 15:50.1 5:06
9 5 Hayden Treibold 12 Oconomowoc 6 4:54 6 10:11 5:17 5:44 15:53.6 5:07
10 Mason Gates 12 Manitowoc Lincoln 16 4:56 7 10:11 5:15 5:50 15:59.4 5:09
11 6 Noah Jahnke 12 West De Pere 14 4:55 11 10:14 5:19 5:50 16:02.9 5:10
12 7 Logan Salzmann 11 Kimberly 15 4:55 12 10:18 5:23 5:49 16:05.4 5:11
13 Blake Oleson 12 Verona Area 20 4:57 13 10:18 5:22 5:50 16:07.1 5:12
14 Finnian Stringer 11 Madison East 17 4:56 19 10:23 5:28 5:48 16:10.4 5:13
15 8 Zach Temple 11 Madison West 11 4:55 15 10:20 5:25 5:57 16:15.6 5:14
16 Dillon Walker 12 Germantown 19 4:57 16 10:20 5:24 5:59 16:18.3 5:15
17 9 Cooper Erickson 9 Stevens Point 33 5:05 27 10:35 5:30 5:46 16:19.6 5:16
18 Jack Boerger 12 Sauk Prairie 18 4:56 18 10:22 5:27 5:59 16:20.3 5:16
19 10 Nash Merklein 12 Hartford Union 22 4:58 23 10:27 5:29 5:55 16:21.0 5:16
20 11 Ethan Olds 10 Stevens Point 32 5:05 31 10:37 5:33 5:45 16:22.0 5:17
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