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PREP CROSS COUNTRY: Chasing a championship

Marshall boys and girls cross country battle for top spots at BSC championships

Photo by Sam Thiel Marshall’s Zach Matzner runs in the lead group during their Big South Conference championship meet on Tuesday at the Redwood Falls Golf Club. Matzner took first in the race as the Marshall boys team took second overall while the girls team took first overall.

REDWOOD FALLS – The Marshall boys and girls cross country teams headed into their regular season finale looking to post a strong finish. The Tigers quickly set the pace at the Big South Conference championships on Tuesday, with the girls team taking home first place in the big schools division with a score of 27 while the boys team placing second with a score of 50.

On the girls side, the Tigers finished in the Top 20 with all seven of their runners, led by a second-place finish from Jersey Leysen at 18:55.6. Bellamy Sukalski took third with a time of 18:57.5 followed by Natalee Sample in fourth at 19:01.4 and Kate Bucher in sixth at 19:30.6.

Allyson Sample took 12th with a time of 20:23.2 while Miracle Tucker took 16th with a time of 20:46.8 and Cameen McFarquhar took 20th with a time of 21:12.7 to round out Marshall’s times.

On the boys side, the Tigers were led by Zach Matzner, who took home the top time at 16:36.9. Quentin Blomme took fourth with a time of 16:59.7 while Jenson Meyer took ninth with a time of 17:27.6 and Karter Wasberg took 13th with a time of 17:39.7. Damian Caron took 23rd with a time of 18:27.0 while Landon Wherry took 29th with a time of 18:46.4 and Nicholas Dunn took 30th with a time of 18:52.7 to round out Marshall’s times.

Marshall will compete on Oct. 25 in the Section 2AA meet at the Gale Woods Farm in Minnetrista.

Marshall boys coach Brian Leibfried knew it was going to be a challenging race and felt his runners did a great job against tough competition.

“Overall, I thought we ran well. We knew it was going to be a tight race all around today with a few teams from both the Big Schools and Small Schools battling for positions. With 35 total runners in our division, the team scores are often separated by single digits. We have to tip our caps to Worthington for their race today, edging us by eight points,” Leibfried said. “Leading the way for us today was Zach Matzner who won the overall race with a time of 16:36. Zach ran a very smart and controlled race and was able to put the deciding difference on the field in the last half mile to seal the victory. Quentin Blomme was also able to dip under the 17 minute mark for the second time this season and finished in fourth place. Both Zach and Quentin earned All-Conference honors for finishing in the Top 7. Jenson Meyer and Karter Wasberg finished in ninth and 13th respectively to earn All-Conference honorable mention.”

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