St. John’s Prep Wins Pair of Cross Country Conference Championships

(KNSI) – St. John’s Prep boasts conference champions in both boys’ and girls’ cross country.

Athletes had to brave the rain and mud on Tuesday at Ney Park in Maple Lake, but persevered. On the girls’ side, Margaret Duffy is the Central Minnesota Conference champion. She crossed the line at 20:06.7 in first place. She had strong support from Brook Schmidt, Claudia Ruzanic, and Sofia Pauly, who all finished in the top 10.

For the boys, the best finisher was Will Vix at 17:06.6, good enough for second place. Ben Zahasky was third, Adrian Gallagher-Mancini was 8th, and Lane McIntyre was 9th overall.

Girls’ Team Results (place, name, grade, time)

– 1st Individual Champion: Margaret Duffy (11) 20:06.7

– 3rd Brook Schmidt (10) 20:42.1

– 8th Claudia Ruzanic (10) 21:26.5

– 10th Sofia Pauly (11) 21:50.1

– 20th Sara Schoenhard (8) 23:24.1

– 25th Lucy Bechtold (10) 23:44.1

– 33rd Leah Bechtold (10) 25:36.6

Boys’ Team Results (place, name, grade, time)

– 2nd Will Vix (12) 17:06.6

– 3rd Ben Zahasky (10) 18:17.5

– 8th Adrian Gallagher-Mancini (10) 18:45.5

– 9th Lane McIntyre (12) 18:45.6

– 11th Connor McMahon (9) 19:01.8

– 29th Jonah Zahasky (7) 21:43.7

– 38th Jude Jarret (7) 23:15.1

The Central Minnesota Conference has eight teams in it. Next up are the section races. Both teams compete in Section 5A. They’ll be dashing across the Litchfield Golf Course on Thursday, October 23rd.

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