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WAUSAU – Wausau East High School played host to more than 50 teams as the annual Smiley Cross Country Invitational was held Saturday.
The Stevens Point boys and Waunakee girls won the Division 1 team titles, with the Shorewood boys and Kiel girls taking first in the Divisions 2 & 3 combined team standings.
Aloysius Franzen of Stevens Point won the Division 1 boys race in 15:57.5, 13 seconds in front of De Pere’s Grady Lenn.
Hope Dragseth of De Pere won the D-1 girls race in 19:06.4, outlasting Wauankee’s Cianna Wipperfurth (19:39.4).
Auburndale was 12th and Spencer 23rd in the Division 2-3 boys team standings, which was won by Shorewood.
Mason White Eagle finished 33rd in 18:23.7 and Charles Jewell took 45h in 18:41.2 to lead Auburndale.
Spencer’s top runner was Malachai Anderson, who took 133rd in 22:04.3.
The Kiel girls won the team title in Division 2-3.
The Spencer girls only had two runners, with Rachel Nieman taking 99th in 27:04.0.
Smiley Cross Country Invitational
Sept. 17, at Wausau East High School
Boys
Division 1
Team scores: 1. Stevens Point 45; 2. Eau Claire Memorial 89; 3. De Pere 168; 4. DeForest 175; 5. River Falls 205; 6. Madison Memorial 217; 7. Shawano 233; 8. Waunakee 236; 9. Sun Prairie West 272; 10. Kaukauna 284; 11. Medford 309; 12. Wisconsin Rapids 323; 13. Eau Claire North 331; 14. Wausau East 341; 15. Lakeland 406; 16. Wausau West 416; 17. Appleton East 429; 18. Pulaski 433; 19. Oregon 440; 20. Rhinelander 451; 21. La Crosse Central 490.
Top five finishers: 1. Aloysius Franzen (STP) 15:57.5; 2. Grady Lenn (DP) 16:10.2; 3. Mateo Alvardo Ven (SPW) 16:12.2; 4. Aaron Schmike (KAU) 16:24.1; 5. Colin Hanson (ECM) 16:44.0.
Divisions 2 & 3
Team scores: 1. Shorewood 71; 2. West Salem 83; 3. Stevens Point Pacelli 99; 4. Kiel 125; 5. Little Chute 185; 6. Albany 215; 7. Athens 222; 8. Amherst 231; 9. Iola-Scandinavia 245; 10. Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau 274; 11. Tomahawk 285; 12. Auburndale 302; 13. Marathon 328; 14. Northland Pines 347; 15. Colby/Abbotsford 353; 16. Peshtigo 381; 17. Rib Lake/Prentice 401; 18. Wittenberg-Birnawmood 518; 19. Edgar 521; 20. Delavan-Darien 544; 21. Mosinee 571; 22. Nekoosa 651; 23. Spencer 684.
Top five, and Spencer and Auburndale finishers: 1. Charlie Vater (IS) 16:33.6; 2. Connor Sheahan (ATH) 16:45.5; 3. Adam Eiden (SPP) 16:49.3; 4. Riley Huss (LC) 16:53.8; 5. William Frohling (SHOR) 16:54.3; 33. Mason White Eagle (AUB) 18:23.7; 45. Charles Jewell (AUB) 18:41.2; 65. Ian Grosskopf (AUB) 19:35.5; 84. Sawyer Cherney (AUB) 20:23.3; 95. Alex Mikes (AUB) 20:43.1; 100. James Binder (AUB) 21:03.5; 109. Adam Kundinger (AUB) 21:21.8; 133. Malachai Anderson (SPEN) 22:04.3; 145. Breckin Miller (SPEN) 23:06.3; 157. Isaac Howlett (SPEN) 24:27.2; 160. Andrew Sieracki (SPEN) 24:46.3; 164. Austin Lalicata (SPEN) 27:11.0; 165. Henry Glamm (SPEN) 27:21.8.
Girls
Division 1
Team scores: 1. Waunakee 61; 2. Kaukauna 70; 3. Madison West 132; 4. Eau Claire Memorial 170; 5. De Pere 186; 6. Medford 188; 7. DeForest 216; 8. Stevens Point 221; 9. Shawano 226; 10. Sun Prairie West 268; 11. Wausau West 272; 12. Pulaski 275; 13. Wisconsin Rapids 277; 14. River Falls 343; 15. Lakeland 413; 16. Eau Claire North 444; 17. Wausau East 466; 18. Rhinelander 486; 19. La Crosse Central 525.
Top five finishers: 1. Hope Dragseth (DP) 19:06.4; 2. Cianna Wipperfurth (WAUN) 19:39.4; 3. Meredith Richter (MED) 19:40.4; 4. Emily Berger (WAUN) 19:44.2; 5. Sydney Fauske (KAU) 19:45.5.
Divisions 2 & 3
Team scores: 1. Kiel 76; 2. West Salem 100; 3. Little Chute 149; 4. Tomahawk 175; 5. Amherst 183; 6. Albany 199; 7. Peshtigo 209; 8. Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau 212; 9. Colby 214; 10. Rosholt 235; 11. Mosinee 260; 12. Marathon 288; 13. Edgar 299; 14. Northland Pines 339; 15. Antigo 348; 16. Wittenberg-Birnamwood 375; 17. Abbotsford 432; 18. Iola-Scandinavia 454; Delavan-Darien, Spencer, Three Lakes, Rib Lake Prentice, Laona/Wabeno, Butternut incomplete.
Top five, and Spencer finishers: 1. Nora Gremban (NP) 18:46.5; 2. Sophia Bablitch (ROS) 20:13.7; 3. Rory Salveson (WB) 20:21.8; 4. Britt Fitzgerald (MOS) 20:22.5; 5. Sami Miller (LC) 20:23.0; 99. Rachel Nieman (SPEN) 27:04.0; 122. Theresa Knecht (SPEN) 31:06.9.