The Packerland Cross Country teams head south to Green Bay for the conference championships featuring Southern Door, Kewaunee, Algoma, Gibraltar, Oconto, Sevastopol, Peshtigo, Sturgeon Bay, and Providence Academy on Tuesday.
Teams were sprinkled at different meets over the past couple of weeks, many of which running at last Friday's Russ Fameree Invitational hosted by Luxemburg-Casco. Gibraltar competed at the Brillion Invitational.
In their last respective races:
BOYS
Kewaunee finished ninth in the team standings with 275 points. Gage Vlies led the Storm with a 52nd-place finish in 19:38.8, followed by Jayden Reckelberg in 55th at 19:47.4. Jaylon Mason (72nd, 20:36.8), Bentley Schmitt (77th, 20:44.8) and Jaxon Slack (78th, 20:45.8) completed Kewaunee's top five.
Southern Door placed 11th with 292 points, led by Colton Valley, who finished 34th in 18:31.8. Joel Moyer followed in 56th with a time of 19:50.2, while Ashton Bouche finished 65th in 20:14.1. Vincent Price (99th, 22:22.0) and Tyler Kluge (111th, 23:35.4) rounded out the Eagles' scoring runners.
Sturgeon Bay finished 12th with 296 points. Junior Rio Martinez led the Clippers with a 23rd-place finish in 18:11.9. Deacon Haus took 69th in 20:34.2, followed by Norbert Cross (89th, 21:44.8), Jace Wisniewski (95th, 22:08.3) and John Norton (100th, 22:34.5).
Sevastopol did not record a team score but was led by Landon Sitte, who finished 53rd in 19:41.6. Axel Tlatempa followed in 63rd with a personal-best time of 20:02.1, while Ryder Ortmayer took 79th in 20:50.1.
Gibraltar Graham De Voe paced the Vikings with a time of 19:02 on the 5K course, which was good enough for 28th place. Luke McCormack and Auden Palm broke 21 minutes to finish in the Top 60
GIRLS
Southern Door followed with a third-place team finish, scoring 112 points. Sophomore Malaina Veeser led the Eagles with a third-place individual finish in 19:44.8. Addison Miller took 22nd in 21:59.4, followed by Savannah Herbst in 28th at 22:22.7. Portia Hah (31st, 22:28.8) and Nikaya Trusova (32nd, 22:31.1) completed Southern Door's scoring five.
Kewaunee finished fourth overall with 137 points, led by Natalie Miller's 14th-place finish in 21:00.7. Kaylyn Martin followed in 20th with a time of 21:41.9, while Alison Kuehl placed 27th in 22:19.5. Milli Paul (40th, 22:54.9) and Olivia Kuehl (44th, 23:00.9) rounded out the Storm's top five.
Sevastopol placed 10th with 244 points. Breiah Newton led the Pioneers with a seventh-place finish in 20:33.2. Shylee Asher finished 52nd in 23:39.9, followed closely by Margaret Thomas in 53rd at 23:40.1. Izzy Andreae (70th, 24:30.7) and Olivia Valenzuela (88th, 25:36.4) completed Sevastopol's scoring runners.
Sturgeon Bay finished just behind Sevastopol in 11th place with 246 points. Freshman Abigail Matson led the Clippers with a 36th-place finish in 22:48.4, followed by Penny Kiedrowski in 42nd at 22:57.2. Megan Selle added a 54th-place finish in 23:41.7, while Scarlet Tomberlin took 58th in 23:54.3. Destiny Romero rounded out Sturgeon Bay's top five in 73rd with a time of 24:38.3.
Algoma had a personal best for Ellie Reif provided the Algoma cross country team with one of its many highlights of Thursday's Pioneer Invite. Reif ran a personal-best time of 22:02 on the hilly 5K course to finish in eighth place overall. Two of her other teammates finished in the Top 25. On the boys' side, Brayden Brumm carried the torch for the Wolves with a time of 22:43.
The Vikings’ Keegan Rasmusson and Olivia Pelkey ran together to finish in 65th and 66th, respectively, while breaking 27 minutes at last week’s Brillion Invitational.
The first races at the Shorewood Cross Country course on the UW-Green Bay campus take place at 3:45 p.m.
