Cross country: Pacelli’s Christopherson and BP’s Ille take first

Published 11:04 pm Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Pacelli's, Kayla Christopherson, right, runs in the Blooming Prairie invite Tuesday. Christopherson won the meet. Photo Provided by Colleen Nelson

Pacelli’s, Kayla Christopherson, right, runs in the Blooming Prairie invite Tuesday. Christopherson won the meet. Photo Provided by Colleen Nelson

A pair of area runners took first place in their respective races at the 8-team Blooming Prairie cross country invite Tuesday.

Alec Ille of BP took first in the boys race with a time of 16:28 and Kayla Christopherson of Pacelli took first in the girls race with a time of 19:27.

Christopherson beat Terney Winter of the Grizzlies in the race after Winter had beaten Christopherson by 25 seconds in a race last week.

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BOYS RESULTS

1. Loyola 40; 2. BP 57; 3. Pine Island 70; 4. Medford 127; 5. NRHEG 138; 6. Grizzlies 141; 7. Pacelli 148; 8. Hayfield 208

Pacelli: Nathan Drees (17:49); Ben Kraemer (21:42); Cole Ethen (21:13); Jacob Kramer (21:45); Jayden Lewis (21:44); Isaac Kraushaar (24:22)

BP: Alec Ille (first, 16:28); Elijah Baker (seventh, 17:42); Evan Doerhoefer (9th, 17:47); Isaac Baker (11th, 17:53); Jesse Schewe (33rd, 20:38)

GIRLS RESULTS

1. Loyola 44; 2. Pine Island 54; 3. Grizzlies 68; 4. Pacelli 87; 5. NRHEG 146; 6. BP 160; 7. Hayfield 164; 8. Medford 173

Pacelli: Kayla Christopherson (first, 19:27); Rory Bickler (22:28); Emma Kennan (23:20); Lexi Soukup (23:06); Hannah Nelsen (27:29)

BP: Alison Pryor (6th, 20:45); Annika Nowlan (33rd, 25:30)