WARRIORS GIRLS AND BOYS TEAMS WIN RED ROCK CONFERENCE MEET

By Student Reporter, Allie Paulzine The MCC/F Warriors cross country team had an incredibly successful week. On Monday October 17th the Warriors competed at the Red Rock Conference Meet in Fulda. Many runners on the team had never competed in Fulda and they were excited to compete on a new course. They quickly learned that Fulda’s course is somewhat similar to the Slayton Gold Course with it’s abundance of hills. The weather added to the difficulty of the course being 29 degrees and pretty windy but the Warriors persevered and brought home two Red Rock Conference Champion Titles.

Amanda Overgauuw (18:42) and twin sister Ashley Overgauuw (19:36) once again placed first and second greatly contributing to the Warriors success. In third place behind the Overgauuw’s was Brylei Schreier with a time of 21:38. In sixth place with a time of 22:39 was Megan Bakke with Sophia Nelson (22:55) close behind in eighth place. Lindsey Hause then finished just eight seconds later claiming ninth place. Lily Daniels came in 26th place running a 26:12 with Allie Paulzine just two places behind her in 28th place of 26:55. Just two seconds later came Giuilia Schram in 27th place. Emma Riasacher was close behind in 33rd place running a 27:28. In 29th place was Courtney Gengler finishing with a time of 29:19. Having six runners in the top ten greatly contributed to the girls success in scoring 20 points, beating second place MLA/C by 27 points.

Evan Bumgardner once again led the Warriors boys, placing third with a time of 17:57. Behind Evan in sixth place was Silas Stapek running a 19:01. Jon Olsem placed eighth finishing in 19:14. Caleb Appel was just three seconds behind Olsem placing ninth. Soon after Appel finished, came in Matthew Stapek running a 19:52. In 15th place was Alex Betz with a time of 20:07. Not far behind Betz was Caleb Ethridge finishing in 20:48 placing 19th with Zach Kirchner (20:53) close behind in 20th place. Wesley Hause then placed 22nd with a time of 21:19. Wyatt Biren finished in 22:39 placing 28th with Blaine Braun (23:30) close behind in 31st. Carter Knakmuhs ran a 24:54 and placed 39th. Rounding out the boys team was Walker Biren in 41st running a 26:04. The boys team scored 38 points beating second place MLA/C by five points.

The junior high runners ran a shortened 2,500 meter course in Fulda. Holland Vogel placed second with a time of 11:28. Ruth Ethridge was in fifth with a time of 12:20. On the boys side, Aiden Appel won the boys race running a 10:15. Dugan Kluis (10:35) came in fourth with Tristan Behrends four seconds behind him in fifth. Tyler Reith placed seventh finishing in 10:56. In 21st was Gary Plotz with a time of 14:10 in 21st place. William Biren was close behind Plotz as he placed 22nd running a 10:49. The boys team had a pretty successful meet placing second as a team with 34 points, just four points behind champions MLA/C.

On Thursday October 27, the Warriors will be competing at the Section 3A Meet in Luverne! Let’s go Warriors!