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By Allie Paulzine, Student Reporter The MCC/F Warriors competed at the TMB Meet on Thursday, September 5th. It was a hot and hilly meet but the Warriors persisted and still had a successful meet.
The boys junior varsity kicked off the meet for the warriors. Tyler Reith (16:12) had another top ten finish in eighth. Senior Carter Knakmuhs (17:45) was behind him finishing in nineteenth place, showing lots of improvement from previous meets. In twenty third was Blaine Braun running 18:12. Then, promising seventh grader Allen Ahrens (18:59) came in 31st. The fifth runner for the boys JV team was William Biren (22:48) who finished 45th. The boys team ran relatively more spread out than we’ve seen in the past JV meets. They placed third with 65 points just one point behind second place, Worthington.
The girls varsity team also placed third with 81 points in the very competitive varsity race. Eighth grader, Mara Clarke, made a huge comeback, coming off a very successful seventh grade season. She was the 2023 Red Rock Conference runner up by 5 seconds as only a seventh grader. She led the girls team this meet placing sixth in 20:46. The second top ten finished for the girls varsity, was Laiken Farris (21:03) in eighth place. Another close finish for the girls was Sophia Nelson (21:57) in 14th and Holland Vogel 14 seconds behind her in 16th. The final runner for the girls was Ruth Ethridge in 51st running 26:07.
The boys team placed high too, finishing second with 95 points. Mathew Stapek (17:44) finished eighth. Alex Betz (18:41) then came in 18th place. Caleb Appel was close behind finishing 22nd in 19:02. Brother Aiden Appel was 18 seconds behind him in 25th place. Wesley Hause ran 20:25 . Then Zach Kirchner and Alex Keuny, ran 20:36 and 20:37 finishing one second apart to earn 40th and 41st place. Walker Biren (23:24) then finished in 68th.
The boys and girls teams both had super competitive races. resulting in high team and individual performances. They will compete next on Thursday, September 12 at the Worthington Turkey Trot. Go Warriors!!
