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N.D. (NewsDakota.com) The Valley City Hi-Liner cross country teams opened the season on a strong note Saturday morning taking 13th of 21 teams in the Boys race, 9th out of 19 teams in the girls race, and 3rd in the junior high girls race.
The boys team was led by senior Casey Engelhard who finished 22ned of 138 runners. Not to far behind him was teammate Nathan Johnson who captured 81st in the race. Mikey Meester and Joey Aus each broke the 25 minute mark coming in at 21:23 and 24:14 respectively.
In the girls varsity race, Mikaylah Ross led the Hi-Liners with a time of 16:46 which was good enough for 32nd over all. In her first race since an all state performance as a sophomore, senior April Berntson finished in 44th.
The strongest showing on the day belonged to the junior high girls team who placed third out of 17 teams in the event. The Hi-Liners top finisher in that race was Sharon Michael who captured 12th with a time of 13:18. In a near photo finish with her teammate Presley Curtis took 13th with the same time.
L-R: Sophie Boe, Presley Curtis, Sharon Michael, Mikayla Wolla, Eliza Schueneman, and Rebecca Thompson.
The Hi-Liners next race will be Friday, August 29th at 2:00pm at the Valley City Country Club.
Valley City Results from Saturday’s Race:
Varsity Boys 5K 138 Runners 13th Out of 21 Teams
22 Casey Engelhard 18:09
81 Nathan Johnson 20:24
107 Mikey Meester 21:23
132 Joey Aus 24:14
DNF Hunter Olstad
Varsity Girls 4k 134 Runners 9th Out of 19 Teams
32 Mikaylah Ross 16:46
44 April Berntson 17:10
51 Barbara Zubrod 17:30
77 Jessica Ronning 18:22
Junior High Girls 3K 83 Runners 3rd Out of 17 Teams
12 Sharon Michael 13:18
13 Presley Curtis 13:18
19 Sophie Boe 13:42
30 Eliza Schueneman 14:05
33 Mikayla Wolla 14:14
53 Rebecca Thompson 15:09