Overby sets a new course record in Lake City

Published 9:31 pm Tuesday, September 18, 2012

LAKE CITY — A pair of Austin boys cross country runners set career best marks and Madison Overby won the girls race at the eight-team Lake City Invite Tuesday.

Overby set a new course record as she finished with a time 15 minutes and 3.95 seconds and Haley Splinter finished fourth for the Packer girls, who took third as a team.

Andrew Baker took sixth with a career-best mark and Mason Wollersheim was two seconds behind Baker in 10th place with a career-best mark of his own.

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“Andrew Baker had great race today,” Austin head coach Tony Einertson said. “We asked both him and Mason to get out a little faster then they have been.”

The Austin boys took fourth as a team.

The Hayfield boys finished seventh and the Hayfield girls took eighth.

RESULTS

Austin boys: Andrew Baker (sixth, 16:21.40); Mason Wollersheim (10th, 16:42.31); Quinn Brunner (25th, 17:39.18); Ben Walker (33rd, 18:22.41); Geraro Ortiz-Sandoval (34th, 18:24.02)

Hayfield boys: Jon Fleishmann (17th, 17:18.03); Gabe Tempel (19th, 17:26.92); Noah Thorson (47th, 19:03.58); Mason Moreno (52nd, 19:26.61)

Austin girls: Madison Overby (first, 15:03.95.1); Haley Splinter (fourth, 15:25.41); McKenzie Besel (13th, 16:09); Justice Tabor (22nd, 16:46.58); Cham Ochudo (33rd, 17:33.28); Tasia Martinson (38th, 17:52.73)

Hayfield girls: Hannah Johnson (34th, 17:39.41); Sydney Schmidt (58th, 20:19.43); Elizabeth Reynolds (61st, 21:08.65); Mary Ryan (63rd, 21:11.78)