YANKTON-The Mitchell High School boys and girls cross country teams had strong showings at the Yankton Invitational on Thursday at Fox Run Golf Course in Yankton.
Mitchell had three boys runners finish in the top four, while Mary Krause placed fifth in the girls race at the four-team event.
The Kernels had 34 runners run achieve personal best times at that meet. No team scores were kept at the meet, which included the hosts, Vermillion and Norfolk, Nebraska.
"We're pretty happy," MHS head coach Keith Christensen said. "Kids that normally run 19 minutes, were running low 18s. A lot of the varsity kids took a minute off of their times."
For the Kernel boys, Jacob Jarding finished second with a time of 17 minutes, 41.92 seconds. Kelton Vincent placed third (17:52.11), Lucas Moller (17:52.36) finished fourth and Gage Nelson took 12th (18:42.62). Mitchell's Caleb Lee took 17th (19:28.08), Russell Duley finished 19th (19:44.73) and Jared Mauer placed 20th (20:04.29).
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In the girls race, Mary Krause finished with a time of 20:19.47, which was a personal-best for the senior. Avia Haley finished 10th (21:30.88), Jazymn Brinkman-Wall placed 13th (22:49.88) and Annika Vermeulen took 14th (23:16.07). Hannah Ziebarth rounded out the girls varsity times in 18th place (24:35.11).
"We are just getting to the heart of our workouts," Christensen said. "We like to train the kids every week. We want to work really hard up until the ESD and state meets so we're rested."
Mitchell competes in the Watertown Invite on Thursday in Watertown.
Girls' Results
Individual Results: 1. Maddy McClure, Yankton, 19:16.43; 2. Madisyn Bietz, Yankton, 19:28.51; 3. Lexi Plitzuweit, Vermillion, 20:09.17; 4. Taryn Whisler, Vermillion, 20:10.99; 5. Mary Krause, Mitchell, 20:19.47; 6. Lauren Eidness, Yankton, 20:34.15; 7. Tessa Folkers, Yankton, 20:43.10; 8. Carly Vavra, Yankton, 21:13.14; 9. Ellie Karolevitz, Yankton, 21:23.23; 10. Avia Haley, Mitchell, 21:30.88; 11. Emerson McClure, Yankton, 22:10.82; 12. Kendall Braun, Norfolk, 22:38.05; 13. Jazymn Brinkman-Wall, Mitchell, 22:49.88; 14. Annika Vermeulen, Mitchell, 23:16.07; 15. Courtney Flohr, Norfolk, 23:33.61; 16. Leah Buss, Norfolk, 23:37.67; 17. Melissa McFarland, Norfolk, 24:11.35; 18. Hannah Ziebarth, Mitchell, 24:35.11.
Boys' Results
Individual Results: 1. Justin Sorensen, Vermillion, 17:28.27; 2. Jacob Jarding, Mitchell, 17:41.92; 3. Kelton Vincent, Mitchell, 17:52.11; 4. Lucas Moller, Mitchell, 17:52.36; 5. Mason Welker, Yankton, 17:58.58; 6. Jacob Paulson, Yankton, 18:04.72; 7. Jakob Harrell, Yankton, 18:08.00; 8. Chris Jones, Yankton, 18:08.27; 9. Brady Jaquith, Yankton, 18:14.46; 10. Noah Anderson, Yankton, 18:15.64; 11. Dawson Meier, Norfolk, 18:42.40; 12. Gage Nelson, Mitchell, 18:42.62; 13. Trevin Beltz, Norfolk, 18:51.97; 14. Benjamin Wicker, Norfolk, 18:53.31; 15. Elliot Brummond, Norfolk, 18:57.03; 16. Garrett Pihlgren, Norfolk, 19:26.75; 17. Caleb Lee, Mitchell, 19:28.08; 18. Matt Lillard, Norfolk, 19:38.32; 19. Russell Duley, Mitchell, 19:44.73; 20. Jared Mauer, Mitchell, 20:04.29.
