Packers out two in the top-five at Big Nine cross country meet

Published 8:34 pm Tuesday, October 17, 2017

The Austin cross country team had a pair of top-five finishers at the Big Nine conference meet in Owatonna Tuesday.

Henry Hinchcliffe took second for the Packer boys as Red Wing’s Tom Nemanich won the meet by 11 seconds and Abby Lewis took third for the Packer girls.

The Austin boys finished in seventh place and the Austin girls took ninth.

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BOYS RESULTS

Team standings: 1. Red Wing 57; 2 Mankato East 95; 3. Owatonna 103; 4. Winona 111; Rochester Century 135; 6. Mankato West 136; 7. Austin 139; 8. Northfield 215; 9. Faribault 226; 10. Rochester John Marshall 248; 11. Albert Lea 284; 12. Rochester Mayo 294

Austin: Henry Hinchcliffe (second, 16:44.6); Raymond Lucero (12th, 17:09.6); Brockdon Lawhead (16th, 17:12.4); Mitchell Mayer (46h, 18:07.9); Jacob Ziegler (63rd, 18:47); Jackson Marsh (77th, 19:20.10)

GIRLS RESULTS

Team standings: 1. Rochester Century 37; 2. Red Wing 81; 3. Mankato West 106; 4. Northfield 123; 5. Owatonna 133; 6. Faribault 165; 7. Rochester Mayo 174; 8. Albert Lea 209; 9. Austin 210; 10. Mankato East 226; 11. Rochester John Marshall 273; 12. Winona 284

Austin: Abby Lewis (third, 19:35.6); Morgan Hose (18th, 20:34.6); Nadia Vaughn (54th, 22:11.8); Cassidy Shute (59th, 22:17.1); Micha Weber (76th, 23:50.2)