The Marshall girls finished in third place and the boys fourth at the Adrian Dragon Invitational Tuesday.

With 92 individual girls and 12 teams in the competition, Adrian won the girls varsity with 67 points, while Mountain Lake/Butterfield-Odin was second with 71. The Tigers were third with 90.

"The highlight for us was that the girls shined," said MHS head coach Mike Jacobs. "They finished ahead of Canby for the first time and in front of all the conference opponents. Canby had a girl drop out, but we still would have beaten them had she factored in where she normally did. We had an outstanding race."

The Lancers girls team finished in sixth, while Lakeview was 12th. Leah Jessen took fourth (15:48.70) for Canby, while Dana Kraus was 12th (16:22.70).

Haley VanKeulen and Jessie Hubley broke into the top-10 with a ninth (16:19.80) and 10th place (16:20.50) finish for MHS. Becca Fedde was 17th with a 16:35.20.

"We have two weeks before sections," Jacobs said. "With some serious work, it's looking pretty good for them."

Jocelyn Wenker, Sydney Prorok and Kelli VanLeeuwe all had a good race according to Jacobs.

"Sydney finished 1:01 behind our top runner," he said. "She's stepping it up. Joci's stepping it up and Kelli had the best run of the season for herself. They've all kind of surged forward. I think there was only one Canby girl ahead of them. They're on the move and have progressively gotten better."

Karli Tholen was the top runner for Tracy-Milroy-Balaton, while Bridgette Louwagie led Lakeview. Murray County Central's Lexy Gleis finished in 14th (16:26).

On the boys side, Jackson County Central won the meet with 65 points. MHS was fourth after compiling 128 points.

Grant VanKeulen was sixth for the Tigers in the time of 17:29.30. Chad DeAustin finished 12th in 17:56.

"We had quite a bit of an improvement from last year," said Jacobs. "The really telling thing is that Grant had an 18:30 last year and Chad took off two minutes from his time from last year. We have two eighth-graders that are now factoring in times like we had from others last season. We've seen a lot of growth."

Luke Sanders, Andrew Bell and Wade DeAustin all finished in the top-50 for the Tigers.

"The hills are long at the Adrian Golf Course," Jacobs said. "They're not steep, but they're just long and that makes it a challenging course. For them to drop time and move up two places as a team from last year is an encouragement."

Nick Stoks placed eighth for Canby in 17:39.40, while TMB's Jeremy Hoflock was right behind in ninth (17:43.40). Schuyler Canfield finished in 14th (18:09.30) for MCC.

Noah Dovre was Lakeview's top finisher (19:14.90), while Luke Baker led the way for Yellow Medicine East.

Boys Varsity Team Results

1. JCC 65; 2. Adrian 68; 3. Worthington 103; 4. Marshall 128; 5. Luverne 179, 6. Canby 194; 7. Montevideo 206; 8. TMB 210; 9. MCC 220; 10. MLBO 225; 11. HBC-E-E 239; 12. MACCRAY 286; 13. Windom 319; 14. Springfield/ Cedar Mountain/Comfrey 347.

Marshall Individual Results: 6. Grant VanKeulen 17:29; 12. Chad DeAustin 17:56; 23. Luke Sanders 18:24; 42. Andrew Bell 19:10; 50. Wade DeAustin 19:21; 52. Christian Maes 19:26; 65. Kenny Deutz 19:59.

Canby Individual Results: 8. Nick Stoks 17:39.40, 37. Luke Jessen 18:58.10, Levi Citrowske 19:20.50, 55. Ted Berckes 19:37.0, 57. Wyatt Johansen 19:42.20, 72. John Deslauriers 20:17.80, 90. Michael Schmidt 21:18.80.

TMB Individual Results: 9. Jeremy Hoflock 17:43.40, 6. Joe Hook 18:56.30, 44. Reed Salmon 19:12.70, 64. Jesse Miller 19:54.5, 69. Aric Carpenter 20:08.80, 71. Andrew Vroman 20:14.20, 75. Casey Benson 20:21.70.

MCC Individual Results: 14. Schuyler Canfield 18:09.30, 41. Joey Erickson 19:03.0, 56. Isaac Harmsen 19:41.70, 60. Shane Granum 19:46.60, 85. Zach Leebens 20:54.20, 92. Max Wasberg 21:25.60.

YME Individual Results: 82. Luke Baker 20:41.40, 99. Dustin Baker 22:10.40, 100. Tyler Jensvold 22:11.50.

Lakeview Individual Results: 45. Noah Dovre 19:14.90, 66. Randy Louwagie 20:03.70.

Girls Varsity Team Results: 1. Adrian 67; 2. MLBO 71; 3. Marshall 90; 4. Luverne 112; 5. Montevideo 115; 6. Canby 134; 7. Windom 147; 8. JCC 193; 9. Worthington 214; 10. Springfield/CMC 277; 11. MACCRAY 295; 12. Lakeview 330.

Marshall Individual Results: 9. Haley VanKeulen 16:19; 10. Jessi Hubley 16:20; 17. Becca Fedde 16:35; 29. Joci Wenker 17:08; 34. Sydney Prorok 17:20; 41. Kelli Van Leeuwe 17:36; 72. Hannah Wenker 19:06.

TMB Individual Results: 44. Karli Tholen 17:42.10, 63. Charly Morgan 18:44.70, 78. Haley Hebig 19:43.20, 80. Cecilia Trejo 19:59.90.

Lakeview Individual Results: 55. Bridgette Louwagie 18:21.70, 67. Caitlin Louwagie 18:55.10, 71. Nicole Louwagie 19:03.20, 88. Laura Olson 20:47.60, 89. Ciara Gibeon 20:58.30, 90. Kari Louwagie 21:49.60, 91. Christina Olson 24.15.10.

MCC Individual Results: 14. Lexy Gleis 16:26.0; 77. Jamie Schnoor 19:34.50.

Marshall Girls JV Results: 6. Rachel Nelson 18:30; 12. Wendy Lee 19:08.

Marshall Boys JV Results: 62. Josh Boersma 20:04; 63. Tyler Thielges 20:10.

Marshall 7th/8th Grade Results (2000-meters): 5. Matt Christianson 7:53; 7. Luke Versaevel 7:55; 15. John Shaffer 8:14; 26. Jacob Pellegrino 8:55; 31. Jared Schmidt 9:19.