The Becker CC team ran in the Buffalo Invitational Thursday on a beautiful, warm afternoon. 

 

“It was an absolutely beautiful day, if a little warm for running,” said Head Coach Trish Reimer-Kealy.  “This is a tough course with a long hill that has to be run on each loop of the course.”

 

Luke Lahr ran a great race for the boys, keeping up with some excellent runners and placing fourth in the boys 5K race.  His time was 16:55.64 which was almost 30 seconds faster than he ran this course last year.  

 

Caleb Foster and Jonathan Novak were again Becker’s number two and three runners, placing 36th (18:49.72) and 39th (18:56.08). 

 

The other varsity boys continue to shuffle places with Olsen Pancoast racing hard in this meet and placing 52nd (19:41.89) along with Keith Sorensen, who continues to mature as a runner, placing 56th (20:06.83). Dylan Gruba  showed some determination in running while feeling ill but put in a solid effort all the same finishing strong in 57th place (20:10.68). Sam Somrock returned to the varsity line up this week and placed 63rd (20:47.2). 

 

Team scores: Buffalo 66, St Cloud Cathedral 92, Delano 104, Cambridge-Isanti 111, Chisago Lakes 112, Big Lake 133, Waconia 147, STMA 155, Becker 181, Rogers 315.

 

One hundred and ninety-four runners competed with Devin Winter finishing 73rd (21:21.2), Nathan Sydow 100th (22:00.99), Kyle Schroeder 101st (22:01.20), Logan Lahr 162nd (24:14.74) and Lachlan Lahr 173rd (24:55.49).

 

One hundred and fifty-six runners ran in the 3200 meters with Aaron Gregory taking 45th, Blake Soenneker 88th, Cristian Rothfork 90th, Jimmy Hines 105th and Adrian Johnson 151st.

 

The Becker varsity girls continue to gel as a team and placed fifth out of 13 teams. 

 

The girls races hit a bit of a snag when a stray golf cart ended up misleading the runners and they ran a shortened course due to the mix up. Thus the times will have to be adjusted at a later time when it is figured out how much was cut off the course. 

 

There were 85 total runners.

 

Alli Hendrickson earned a medal for 12th place (15:29.39). Lexi Dehmer placed 18th (16:00.0) and Sydney Mastey 30th (16:22.51).

 

Running in her first varsity race was seventh grader Makenna Noaiell and she was Becker's fourth finisher in 42nd place (16:47.95), just ahead of Tate Spinner in 44th (16:59.20). Ellie Schwartz returned to varsity and placed 54th (17:12.83) and Jada Rositas was 66th (17:53.61). 

 

“The girls are jelling well as a team and are working together nicely,” said the head coach.

 

Team Scores: Minnetonka 19, Monticello 83, Waconia 99, Buffalo 135, Becker 146, Chisago Lakes 158, Big Lake 206, Princeton 213, Delano 232, STMA 236, Cambridge Isanti 251, St Francis 278, Rogers 400

 

The JV girls placed third as a team out of 10.

 

Haley Benda (25th-18:09.93) and Victoria Kolbinger (26th - 18:11.59) paced the Bulldogs. Not far behind were Renee Tripp in 33rd (18:31.78) and Kayden Westin in 36th (18:45.72). Shannon Sydow 43rd (19:02.15), Deedra Lawrence 51st (19:12.22), Michaela Allen 51st (88th 19:52.97) and Jessica Sand 127th 21:01.49.

 

The junior high girls placed fifth out of eight in the 3200 meter race with 111 runners.

 

Alli Garding  placed fourth (13:01.16) and Callie Doucette was 12th (13:46.41).

 

Bryanna  Edling 30th (14:40.96), Laura Pancoast 54th (15:32.04), Erika Miner 59th, Grace Wilhelm,72nd, Karly Kowalsky 76th.

 

The Bulldogs’ next meet is the Becker Invitational Tuesday at 4 p.m. at Pebble Creek Blue Nine.