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ATHENS – The Stratford girls and Marshfield Columbus Catholic boys cross country teams will be running at the state meet next week after each finished second at the 2014 WIAA Division 3 Sectional on Friday at Erbach Park.
Stratford had top-five finishes from Johnelle Miner and Kaylee Hollatz to finish second in the girls team standings by just one point over Marathon, 96-97. Phillips won the team title with 48 points.
The top two teams and top five individuals not on those qualifying teams move on to the 2014 WIAA State Cross Country Championships at Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids on Saturday, Nov. 1.
Miner finished in 20:45.6 and Hollatz was right behind her, taking fifth in 20:57.3 to lead the Tigers to state.
Ellie Lochner of Phillips won the girls race in 20:11.6, four seconds ahead of Anna Buchberger of Marathon.
Nadia King of Spencer finished sixth in 21:00.4 and Auburndale freshman Kali Karl was 10th in 21:15.0 to earn individual qualifying spots for the state meet. Spencer was seventh and Auburndale finished eighth in the team standings.
Columbus Catholic did not have a complete team. Hannah Grubofski was the Dons’ top runner, taking 27th in 22:52.1.
Ben Behling finished fifth in 17:45.5 and Leonhard Steinert was 10th in 18:12.1 to lead the Columbus Catholic boys, which finished second with 87 points, 20 ahead of third-place Stratford. Marathon won the boys team title with 42 points thanks to its top three runners finishing second, third and fourth overall.
Cade Lehman of Stratford grabbed an individual qualifying spot at state, taking eighth in 17:56.5.
Auburndale was 11th and Spencer took 12th overall.
Cody Gehrke led Auburndale, finishing 26th in 18:41.5.
Donovan Fox topped Spencer, taking 13th in 18:17.3, missing out on the final individual qualifying spot by 19 seconds.
The Division 3 boys race will be at 11:30 a.m. and the Division 3 girls race will start at 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 1 at the state meet.
2014 WIAA Division 3 Cross Country Sectional
Oct. 24, at Erbach Park, Athens
(* – state meet qualifier; top two teams and top five individuals not on those teams)
Girls
Team scores: *1. Phillips 48; *2. Stratford 96; 3. Marathon 97; 4. Pittsville 123; 5. Prentice/Rib Lake 127; 6. Edgar 141; 7. Spencer 144; 8. Auburndale 224; 9. Athens 249; 10. Wabeno/Laona 277; 11. Three Lakes 278; 12. Neillsville 288; 13. Crandon 306; Marshfield Columbus Catholic, Goodman/Pembine, Owen-Withee incomplete.
Top 10 finishers: 1. Ellie Lochner (PH) 20:11.6; *2. Anna Buchberger (MAR) 20:15.9; *3. Autumn Wickman (ATH) 20:33.2; 4. Johnelle Miner (ST) 20:45.6; 5. Kaylee Hollatz (ST) 20:57.3; *6. Nadia King (SP) 21:00.4; 7. Kristin Belan (PH) 21:05.4; 8. Annika Neerdaels (PH) 21:06.7; *9. Alysha Stieber (MAR) 21:07.4; *10. Kali Karl (AUB) 21:15.0.
Other Stratford finishers: 26. Courtney Krall 22:51.9; 29. Sammy Griesbach 23:00.8; 40. Gabby Leonhard 23:41.3; 66. Samantha Kaiser 24:58.9; 83. Bailey Bohman 26:30.1.
Other Spencer finishers: 18. Sam Fuehrer 22:06.0; 30. Kaitlin Kasch 23:01.4; 43. Paige Lawrence 23:50.4; 60. Leigh Anne Sieracki 24:45.7; 65. Jordyn Wichlacz 24:58.9; 71. Rachel Zastrow 25:20.8.
Other Auburndale finishers: 19. Abby Bauer 22:07.8; 59. Hunter Hilber 24:45.3; 78. Alyssa Kollross 25:42.3; 80. Amanda Momont 26:00.4; 92. Haley Hetze 29:48.9; 93. Kaeden Dvorak 29:49.0.
Columbus Catholic finishers: 27. Hannah Grubofski 22:52.1; 42. Rachel Roehl 23:44.1; 46. Marissa Immerfall 23:54.3; 47. Morgan Albrecht 24:06.1.
Boys
Team scores: *1. Marathon 42; *2. Marshfield Columbus Catholic 87; 3. Stratford 107; 4. Prentice/Rib Lake 128; 5. Phillips 150; 6. Wabeno/Laona 179; 7. Athens 200; 8. Crandon 226; 9. Neillsville 231; 10. Edgar 259; 11. Auburndale 296; 12. Spencer 300; 13. Florence 351; 14. Phelps 364; Goodman/Pembine, Menominee Indian, Owen-Withee, Three Lakes incomplete.
Top 10 inidividuals: *1. Joshua Langteau (ATH) 16:49.8; 2. Xavier Lechleitner (MAR) 17:32.5; 3. Jordan Balz (MAR) 17:42.4; 4. Satchel Beranek (MAR) 17:42.5; 5. Ben Behling (MCC) 17:45.5; *6. Tanner Moris (CR) 17:47.2; *8. Cade Lehman (ST) 17:56.5; *9. Ty Heuer (WL) 17:58.4; 10. Leonard Steinert (MCC) 18:12.1.
Other Columbus Catholic finishers: 20. Peyton Nystrom 18:27.2; 23. Jeremy Binder 18:31.8; 29. Jeremiah Giles 18:46.5; 50. Benny Frericks 19:29.8; 56. Leo Pittsley 19:53.2.
Other Stratford finishers: 11. Lucas Heidmann 18:15.2; 14. John Geissinger 18:17.6; 35. Christopher Zuelke 18:55.5; 39. Mark Wenzel 19:01.3; 72. Brandon Puziewicz 20:48.9; 77. Isaac Guyer 21:05.3.
Auburndale finishers: 26. Cody Gehrke 18:41.5; 28. Carver Empey 18:45.5; 83. Cason Schmutzer 21:34.7; 85. Ben Hamill 21:50.2; 95. Trevor Haumschild 22:20.9; 98. Josh Peplinski 22:28.5; 99. Darren Kieffer 22:30.5.
Spencer finishers: 13. Donovan Fox 18:17.3; 59. J.T. Hueble 20:01.7; 65. Bryce Shaw 20:09.3; 79. Lukas Ellefson 21:14.8; 105. Lukas Celis 23:41.1; 107. Colten Post 24:28.7; 111. Mckale Weichelt 27:51.4.