PREP ATHLETICS: 2018 area cross country, swimming state participants
Class AA Cross Country
Jersey Leysen (Marshall)
Leysen placed 32nd in Class AA witth a time of 18:48.2 to lead the Marshall girls
runners.
Bellamy Sukalski (Marshall)
Sukalski placed 49th with a time of 18:59.0.
Natalee Sample (Marshall)
Sample finished with a time of 19:14.5 to place 68th.
Kate Bucher (Marshall)
Bucher finished in 121st place with a time of 19:55.1.
Allyson Sample (Marshall)
Sample placed 134th with a time of 20:11.8.
Cameen McFarquhar
(Marshall)
McFarquhar placed 166th with a time of 21:06.2.
Gracelyn Foster (Marshall)
Foster finished with a time of 21:21.7 for 168th place.
Zach Matzner (Marshall) The lone male runner for the Tigers, Matzner placed 91st with a time of 16:44.5 in his second consecutive state meet.
Class A Cross Country
Morgan Gehl (MCC)
Gehl cut over 30 seconds off of her time from the 2017 state meet with a time of 17:53.9, placing her third in Class A behind the Ping sisters from Winona Cotter.
Grace Drietz
(Canby/Minneota)
Drietz cut nearly a minute off her 2017 state meet time to place sixth in Class A at 18:30.5.
Isabel Schirm (LQPV/DB)
Schirm led the pack of LQPV/DB runners by placing 15th at 19:22.8.
Grace Hegland (LQPV/DB)
Hegland finished 70th with a time of 20:13.0.
Anika Fernholz (LQPV/DB)
Fernholz finished with a time of 20:21.1 for 78th place.
Taylor Shelstad (LQPV/DB)
Shelstad placed 123rd with a time of 21:16.6.
McKenzie Ruether (Canby/Minneota)
Ruether placed 135th with a time of 21:29.2.
Alex Stitt (LQPV/DB)
Stitt finished with a time of 21:45.1 for 141st place.
Georgia Will (LQPV/DB)
Will placed 166th with a time of 22:50.7.
Josie Shurb (LQPV/DB)
Shurb finished at 23:05.4 for 170th place.
Mike Kvaal (LQPV/DB)
Kvaal placed 22nd with a time of 16:33.7 at the Class A meet.
Zeke Sather (LQPV/DB)
Sather placed 40th with a time of 16:54.5.
Griffin Johnson (LQPV/DB)
Johnson placed 43rd with a time of 16:57.4.
Justin Clarke (MCC/Fulda)
Clarke placed 59th in Class A with a time of 17:04.1.
Eean Allpress (LQPV/DB)
Allpress finished with a time of 17:19.7 for 83rd place.
Rory Shackelford (YME)
Shackelford placed 92nd in Class A with a time of 17:24.5.
Mason Brehmer (LQPV/DB)
Brehmer placed 113th with a time of 17:34.9.
Jared Josephson (Canby/Minneota)
Josephson placed 122nd with a time of 17:45.5.
Payton Sterud (LQPV/DB)
Sterud placed 128th with a time of 17:50.8.
Colby Deuth (LQPV/DB)
Deuth placed 131st with a time of 17:53.0.
Class A Swimming
Nyssa Bentz, Jr. (Marshall)
Marshall junior Nyssa Bentz capped off her third trip to the state tournament with a seventh-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle (23.99 seconds) and an eighth-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle (52.32 seconds).