10/24/2019 0 Comments Jaguar Girls’ Place 2nd at GRC MeetBy: Mr. Linden Jaguar Cross Country met at Pine City Country Club October 15th to compete at the Great River Conference meet. The meet brings the schools of HF, East Central, Rush City, Braham, Pine City, and the girls from Mille Lacs to determine Great River Conference titles and all-conference runners. All-Conference runners are determined by placing in the top 10 in the varsity races. Conference honorable mentions go to the 11th and 12th place runners for the boys and the 11th-14th place runners for the girls. The Jaguar girls’ varsity team finished 2nd overall by two points to Pine City. Despite the close finish by two points, the girls’ team had an excellent showing. Each individual did her job and competed at or near season best levels. Reese Hartl led the Jag ladies with her 2nd place overall finish in another new Jaguar 5k record of 20:25. Reese found herself in 3rd place at the 1 mile to go mark but found a new gear to catch and pull away from Pine City’s Eva Johnson in the final half mile. Reese continued her strong kick and finished five seconds behind the GRC champion Alaina Steele from Pine City but this margin marks the closet Hartl has finished to Steele. Raechel Painovich placing 6th was the second Jaguar to finish. Raechel also found herself needing to close a growing 5 second gap with a mile to go. Somewhere on the backside of the course this new gear was also found with Raechel bringing her competitor to within striking distance at the 200m to go mark. A determined sprint erased the gap and another runner was brought in and passed by a Jaguar. The real strength of this girls’ Jaguar team compared to the GRC competition comes in the form of the next four Jaguars who finished in two packs giving the Jaguars what was their chance at a victory that afternoon . Teammates Ava Anderson finished 9th overall running her personal best of 22:57 and Sophie Hodena finished 10th overall with her time of 23:17. Seventh grader Violet Cox who already had a remarkable October by winning in Hinckley and placing in the JV race in Royalton, continued her hot month by placing 12th overall and earning Conference Honorable Mention. Her teammate Audrey Storlie finished right behind her in 15th, separated by a mere 4 seconds. In the end it was Pine City who took this title. The strength of this team is their top three runners who placed 1st, 3rd, and 5th overall. These small numbers go a ways toward helping secure a low team score. They were helped by their senior who finished 13th overall and 7th grader who placed 16th. The junior varsity race saw a sweep of the podium by Jaguar runners. Eighth grader Isabella Bennett took the victory running 25:29. Killeen Prater placed 2nd overall with a time of 26:46. To complete the sweep was 10th grader Joey Hendry who battled back and forth but won the 3rd spot overall in a time of 27:41. Lauren Thom was the lone Jaguar representative in the junior high race placing 4th overall. Looking forward the Jags will look to regain this title next year. The team does not include any seniors, should return all seven varsity runners, and should receive healthy competition from our junior varsity runners.
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