Packer girls win home cross country invite

Published 8:46 pm Tuesday, October 7, 2014

The Austin girls cross county team won its seven-team invite and the Packer boys placed fourth at Meadow Greens Golf Course Tuesday.

The Packers tallied a score of 40 and Albert Lea was second with a 59. Austin’s Pation Schwab took second, Abby Lewis was third and Morgan Hose took fifth.

Austin's Abby Lewis, Paiton Schwab, Morgan Hose and Tasia Martinson run together as a pack at the Austin Invite Tuesday. -- Rocky Hulne/sports@austindailyherald.com

Austin’s Abby Lewis, Paiton Schwab, Morgan Hose and Tasia Martinson run together as a pack at the Austin Invite Tuesday. — Rocky Hulne/sports@austindailyherald.com

The Austin boys had a score of 76 and Winona won the meet with a 36. Holden Ourada took sixth for the Packers.

GMLOS's McKenzie Kirtz, left, and Kayla Christopherson, right, compete in the Austin country invite Tuesday. -- Rocky Hulne/sports@austindailyherald.com

GMLOS’s McKenzie Kirtz, left, and Kayla Christopherson, right, compete in the Austin country invite Tuesday. — Rocky Hulne/sports@austindailyherald.com

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Kayla Christopherson, an eighth grader, took sixth for the Pacelli girls as she ran a personal best time of 15:35. Nathan Drees took 35th for the Pacelli boys, who took sixth.

McKenzie Kirtz took fourth place for the GMLOS girls, who took sixth as a team. Peter Torkelson took eighth for the GMLOS boys, who took fifth.

BOYS RESULTS

Austin: Holden Ourada (sixth, 17:06.40); Matt Retterath (14th, 17:35.60); Ben Walker (15th, 17:40.80); Mitchell Mayer (20th, 17:55.5); Sawyer Myers (27th, 18:13.50); Brockdon Lawhead (31st, 18:27.19)

GMLOS: Peter Torkelson (eighth, 17:10); Parker Hale (60th, 19:55.70); Marvin Heimer (69th, 20:20.40); Jackson Hale (71st, 20:37.40); Thomas Shaw (85th, 21:16)

Pacelli: Nathan Drees (35th, 18:36); Timur Kritzer (45th, 19:08); Ben Kraemer (73rd, 20:48); Cole Ethen (91st, 21:35); Isaac Kraushaar (104th, 23:09)

Pacelli's Sarah Kahle, middle, runs at the Austin cross country invite at Meadow Greens Course Monday. -- Rocky Hulne/sports@austindailyherald.com

Pacelli’s Sarah Kahle, middle, runs at the Austin cross country invite at Meadow Greens Course Monday. — Rocky Hulne/sports@austindailyherald.com

GIRLS RESULTS

Austin: Paiton Schwab (second, 15:07.23); Abby Lewis (third, 15:09.23); Morgan Hose (fifth, 15:32.86); Tasia Martinson (11th, 16:01.79); Nicole Justice (22nd, 16:33.62); KieJuana VanZant (42nd, 17:49.34)

Pacelli: Kayla Christopherson (sixth, 15:35); Sarah Kahle (19th, 16:24); Robin Woodhouse (80th, 22:00)

GMLOS: McKenzie Kirtz (fourth, 15:31.01); Rory Bickler (26th, 17:02.31); Moriah Weiss (35th, 17:23.62); Maddie Merten (46th, 17:58.44); Stephanie Sukalski (47th, 18:05.73)