Marshfield girls ninth, boys 12th at Columbus Catholic Cross Country Invitational

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MARSHFIELD – Marshfield sophomore Rebecca Voss braved a wet and sloppy track to finish 10th in the girls varsity race at the Columbus Catholic Cross Country Invitational on Saturday at Wildwood Park.

Voss finished the race in 15:53, 46 seconds behind winner Emma-Lisa Murphy of Whitefish Bay.

Wayzata (Minn.) won the girls meet with 57 points, easily distancing itself from River Falls, which was second with 90 points. Whitefish Bay was third with 110 points. Marshfield took ninth with 266 points and Columbus Catholic was 22nd with 580 points. A total of 25 teams and 180 runners took part in the girls race.

Jennifer Kaiser was 52nd (17:00), Leah Cherney took 63rd (17:20), Sara Fuller was 69th (17:29) and Alexis Dzikowich finished 72nd (17:38) to lead the Tigers.

“The girls had some solid efforts for our first meet of the year,” Marshfield coach Dan Akin said. “Leah Cherney and Alexis Dzikowich really ran well today and smashed their PRs on this course. Rebecca was a medalist and that was nice to see her start off her season that way.”

Claire Pinter led the Dons, taking 68th in 17:28.9.

Stillwater (Minn.) won the boys team title with 45 points, 15 more than Wayzata (Minn.). Marshfield finished 12th with 400 points and Columbus Catholic was 22nd with 632 points.

Josh Thorson of Wayzata won the boys race in 15:52, his third straight Columbus Catholic Invitational title.

Travis Wienke was 117th (20:00.6) and Jeremy Binder was 125th (20:09.5) for Columbus.

Adam Voss led Marshfield by finishing 35th in 17:35. Nolan Redetzke was 50th in 18:14.

“Adam Voss ran a great race for our boys today, as did Nolan Redetzke,” Akin said. “The competition was keen today and we will improve.”

Complete boys results available at performancetiming.com
Complete girls results available at performancetiming.com

Columbus Catholic Invitational
Girls
Varsity
Team results:
1. Wayzata (Minn.) 57; 2. River Falls 90; 3. Whitefish Bay 110; 4. La Crosse Central 121; 5. White Bear Lake (Minn.) 165; 6. Hudson 165; 7. Mounds View (Minn.) 183; 8. Green Bay Notre Dame 226; 9. Marshfield 266; 10. Colby/Abbotsford 309; 11. La Crosse Logan 310; 12. Edgar 400; 13. Benilde-St. Margaret’s (Minn.) 400; 14. Manitowoc Roncalli 408; 15. Bonduel 456; 16. West Salem 473; 17. Stanley-Boyd 479; 18. Blair-Taylor 505; 19. Nekoosa 524; 20. Chequamegon 548; 21. Wisconsin Rapids Assumption 576; 22. Marshfield Columbus Catholic 580; 23. Owen-Withee 67; 24. Chippewa Falls McDonell 667; 25. Stevens Point Pacelli 712; Alma Center Lincoln, Adams-Friendship, Granton, Augusta incomplete.
Top 10: 1. Emma-Lisa Murphy (WB) 15:07.7; 2. Katie Wetzstein (HUD) 15:10.1; 3. Paige Skorseth (RF) 15:15.8; 4. Violet Weibel (LCC) 15:40.2; 5. Alayna Sonnesyn (WAY) 15:41.4; 6. Natalie Powell (RF) 15:44.9; 7. Allison Ternes (WBL) 15:45; 8. McKenna Evans (WAY) 15:52.0; 9. Anna French (WAY) 15:53.1; 10. Rebecca Voss (MAR) 15:53.4.
Other Marshfield finishers: 52. Jennifer Kaiser 17:00.5; 63. Leah Cherney 17:20.3; 69. Sara Fuller 17:29.3; 72. Alexis Dzikowich 17:38.1; 83. Melissa Brix 17:58.3; 112. Madie Koehn 19:02.2.
Columbus Catholic finishers: 68. Claire Pinter 17:28.9; 87. Riley Roehl 18:15.1; 134. Alexandria Viegut 19:47.3; 135. Rachel Albrecht 19:49.6; 156. Tori Schlagenhaft 21:26.6; 161. Katy Jensen 21:49.1; 166. Holly Thomas 24:34.2.
JV
Team standings:
1. Wayzata (Minn.) 22; 2. Whitefish Bay 68; 3. Green Bay Notre Dame 81; 4. La Crosse Central 104; 5. White Bear Lake (Minn.) 105; 6. Mounds View (Minn.) 164; 7. Marshfield 188; 8. West Salem 251; 9. La Crosse Logan 298; 10. Chequamegon 321; 11. Edgar 324; 12. Benilde-St. Margaret’s (Minn.) 333; 13. Manitowoc Roncalli 408; Alma Center Lincoln, Bonduel, Owen-Withee, Adams-Friendship, Colby/Abbotsford incomplete.
Top 10: 1. Marit Sonnesyn (WAY) 15:12.6; 2. Mata Agre (WAY) 15:29.7; 3. Sophie Perron (WBL) 15:52.9; 4. Bryn Balls-Barker (WAY) 16:05.4; 5. Rebecka Palmquist (WAY) 16:08.5; 6. Jenna Wirkus (WB) 16:14.4; 7. Jessica O’Neill 16:15.1; 8. Katie Lichosik (WB) 16:15.6; 9. Mackenzie Hansen (GBND) 16:16.6; 10. Grace Egan (WAY) 16:18.4.
Marshfield finishers: 24. Ashley Holubets 17:00.6; 29. Dani Sopiarz 17:15.9; 38. Nikki Youngblood 17:34.6; 48. Katie Urquhart 18:14.1; 49. Emily Brix 18:16.4; 62. Emilie Bensen 19:02.7; 63. Cierra Haupt 19:05.9.
Boys
Varsity
Team standings:
1. Stillwater (Minn.) 45; 2. Wayzata (Minn.) 60; 3. La Crosse Logan 110; 4. Nekoosa 150; 5. River Falls 175; 6. Green Bay Notre Dame 186; 7. La Crosse Central 189; 8. Whitefish Bay 216; 9. Hudson 244; 10. Benilde-St. Margaret’s (Minn.) 332; 11. Burnsville (Minn.) 353; 12. Marshfield 400; 13. Chequamegon 410; 14. Chippewa Falls McDonell 430; 15. West Salem 474; 16. Wisconsin Rapids Assumption 507; 17. Bonduel 517; 18. Blair-Taylor 520; 19. Augusta 522; 20. Manitowoc Roncalli 563; 21. Colby/Abbotsford 604; 22. Marshfield Columbus Catholic 632; 23. Edgar 670; 24. Granton 678; 25. Stanley-Boyd 683; 26. Stevens Point Pacelli 781; Alma Center Lincoln, Owen-Withee, Adams-Friendship incomplete.
Top 10: 1. Josh Thorson (WAY) 15:52.5; 2. Ryan Kromer (HUD) 16:11.5; 3. Tom Linner (STIL) 16:17.4; 4. Cole O’Brien (BURN) 16:18.7; 5. Connor Olson (WAY) 16:20.1; 6. Wayde Hall (STIL) 16:20.1; 7. Ali Jandal (LCC) 16:32.1; 8. Eric Colvin (STIL) 16:36.4; 9. Matt Eidenschink (NEK) 16:47.5; 10. Paul Escher (LCL) 16:48.5.
Marshfield finishers: 35. Adam Voss 17:35.1; 49. Nolan Redetzke 18:14.8; 88. Dillon Handrich 19:02.4; 94. Mitch Fischer 19:13.6; 134. Cole Irish 20:31.8; 135. Talon Labreck 20:36.1; 140. Jake Akin 20:48.5.
Columbus Catholic finishers: 117. Travis Wienke 20:00.6; 125. Jeremy Binder 20:09.5; 128. Tyler Derfus 20:12.6; 130. Alex Larson 20:14.6; 132. Sam Studinger 20:17.3; 136. Pat Sullivan 20:39.3; 143. Alex Baierl 20:58.6.
JV
Team standings:
1. Wayzata (Minn.) 25; 2. Stillwater (Minn.) 32; 3. La Crosse Logan 95; 4. Green Bay Notre Dame 131; 5. La Crosse Central 138; 6. Whitefish Bay 161; 7. Benilde-St. Margaret’s (Minn.) 187; 8. Nekoosa 253; 9. Marshfield 259; 10. Chequamegon 272; 11. Marshfield Columbus Catholic 341; Bonduel, Blair-Taylor, Adams-Friendship, West Salem, Stanley-Boyd, Edgar, Colby/Abbotsford, Manitowoc Roncalli, Chippewa Falls McDonell, Augusta incomplete.
Top 10: 1. Manny Santana (WAY) 17:26.2; 2. Evan Johnson (STIL) 17:27.5; 3. Ian Eklin (WAY) 17:40.2; 4. Paul Larson (STIL) 17:43.7; 5. Matt Thomas (STIL) 17:48.0; 6. Connor Eastman (WAY) 17:48.3; 7. Bob Rudin (WAY) 17:59.0; 8. Iain McCrory (WAY) 18:00.8; 9. Edoardo Tagliaferri (STIL) 18:01.8; 10. Rohan Patnaik (WAY) 18:05.7.
Marshfield finishers: 45. Josh Herron 20:39.9; 51. Austin Mahoney 20:56.5; 53. Kody Hastreiter 21:06.3; 54. Michael Mrotek 21:07.5; 56. Alex Schulman 21:16.0; 57. Brett Roeglin 21:16.3; 62. Randy Witzel 21:34.0.
Columbus Catholic finishers: 60. Kienan McIntee 21:25.2; 66. Michael Iwanski 21:50.6; 59. Ben Behling 21:56.5; 71. Malcolm Pittsley 22:34.9; 75. Zack Kolbeck 24:30.7; 76. Jake Bruce 24:33.4.