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REDWOOD VALLEY BOYS MEET
REDWOOD FALLS -- Charles Mueller-Thompson and Noland Munson each put together top-5 finishes for the Marshall boys cross country team at the Redwood Valley Invitational on Thursday. The underclassman duo led the Tigers to a runner-up finish at the event.
Mueller-Thompson, a sophomore, took third individually with a time of 16:45.5. He trailed only Redwood Valley's Ryler Robinson at 16:22.3 and Minnesota Valley Lutheran's Titus Kohls at 16:45.0.
The freshman Munson was also up near the top of the pack, setting a new personal best of 16:47.1 to place fifth.
Marshall finished with a total of 59 points, trailing Redwood's 43 and beating out Windom Area's 73 in the 10-team event. Canby/Minneota also placed seventh with 170 points and Tracy-Milroy-Balaton/Westbrook-Walnut Grove placed eighth with 205 points.
Eighth grader Isaac Leibfried set a personal best of 17:18.9 to place 13th and senior Corbin Leibfried put together his fastest outing of the season at 17:25.9 to place 16th.
William Deutz and Griffin Leibfried each set personal bests by clocking in at exactly 17:52.3. Deutz finished in 23rd and Leibfried 24th.
Tallen Merritt was Canby/Minneota's top performer in 20th at 17:38.5, and Taylor Squires led TMB/WWG in 31st at 18:19.5.
Marshall next competes at the Lion's Meet of Champions at Arrowwood Resort in Alexandria on Oct. 10 at 10 a.m.
REDWOOD VALLEY GIRLS MEET
REDWOOD FALLS -- Canby/Minneota's girls cross country team packed three runners into the top 12 of the 67-runner field at the Redwood Valley Invitational on Thursday, leading the Lancers to a third-place finish.
Canby/Minneota tallied 71 points, trailing first-place Redwood Valley's 46 and Luverne's 64. Wabasso also placed fifth out of eight teams at the event with 131 points, and Tracy-Milroy-Balaton/Westbrook-Walnut Grove took seventh with 176.
Wabasso sophomore Elsie Leopold was the individual champion of the event, taking first place with a time of 19:41.1.
Canby/Minneota was led by Mya Pesek's 19:58.4 in fifth place. Taylor Ourada and Adri Christianson also finished near the top of the pack, taking 10th at 21:03.2 and 12th at 21:09.4, respectively.
Lainey Jackels was TMB/WWG's top finisher in 15th at 21:17.9.