AN INVITATIONAL CROSS-COUNTRY MEET WAS HELD SATURDAY IN ATWATER.
THE TWIN CITIES RUNNING CLUB ORGANIZED THE EVENT. THEY INVITED TEAMS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE MEET IN A NORMAL SEASON.
IN THE SMALL SCHOOL BOYS RESULTS, NOVA CLASSICAL ACADEMY WON THE TEAM STANDINGS. LAC QUI PARLE VALLEY/DAWSON-BOYD FINISHED IN 5TH PLACE; REDWOOD VALLEY WAS 8TH; ST. JAMES 10TH; AND MT LAKE AREA-COMFREY/RED ROCK CENTRAL FINISHED IN 11TH PLACE.
AMONG AREA RUNNERS, JASON PEYERL OF REDWOOD VALLEY FINISHED IN 15TH PLACE. CALEB RIVERA OF ST. JAMES WAS 16TH; JAKE LEWIS OF MARTIN COUNTY WEST WAS 17TH. SAM PIDDE LED MT LAKE AREA-COMFREY/RED ROCK CENTRAL BY FINISHING IN 55TH PLACE. KODY WASSMAN WAS 58TH; ZACH KLASSEN WAS 80TH; KALEB EICKHOFF 86TH; AND CADEN SWOBODA WAS IN 92ND PLACE. ANDREW BOYUM OF JACKSON COUNTY CENTRAL FINISHED IN 66TH PLACE.
IN THE SMALL SCHOOL GIRLS RESULTS, LUVERNE WON THE TEAM STANDINGS. CANBY-MINNEOTA WAS 9TH AND FAIRMONT 10TH.
AMONG AREA RUNNERS, TENLEY NELSON OF LUVERNE WAS 2ND OVERALL. AMANDA OVERGAAUW OF MURRAY COUNTY CENTRAL/FULDA WAS 5TH. LILLIAN MC CONE OF SPRINGFIELD/CEDAR MT WAS 46TH. EMMA MC CONE WAS 51ST.
SEVERAL AREA RUNNERS DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENT.