This past week the Becker boy’s cross-country team participated in the annual “Running of the Football” for the homecoming football game. 

The team ran the ball relay style from Princeton high school all the way back to Eppard Field. Lots of encouraging honks met the Bulldogs as they escorted the game ball. 

Griak Invite

Ten runners for the Bulldogs were represented in the U of MN’s Roy Griak Invitational in St. Paul last Friday. There were over 150 different High School teams competing in this invitational. 

The weather faired nicely besides the couple of slick spots from the rain the previous day. 

“I was proud of our guys for working hard in the highly competitive championship division that had 45 high-caliber teams from across the country,” said Head Coach Dustin Weege. 

The Bulldogs’ team finished 36th overall in the event but received fifth out of the MN Class AA schools in the race. 

The top runner for the Bulldogs was Parker Spindler (63rd place) with a time of 17:13 — 48 seconds faster than last year at this time. The rest of the runners include Alex Swanson (17:35). Tanner Felton (18:11), Evan Hubbard (18:34), Holden Hubbard (19:11), Brandt Hemmelgarn (19:20), Mason Tschida (20:20), Weston Denne (21:31), Copper Pany (21:37), and Carson Schuster (22:16). 

Up Next

The team is ready to host the Becker Invitational at Pebble Creek GC Thursday. After that they travel to Alexandria for the 52nd Annual Meet of Champions at Arrowwood Resort Oct. 4.