PERHAM – The Wadena-Deer Creek girls cross country team went into the Perham Invitational as the eighth-ranked team in Class A.
The Wolverines took seventh place in another great showing in a field of 28 teams ranging across all three classes. Britta Sweeney paced the WDC girls with a 23rd-place finish in 19:40.
Amber Collins clocked in at 20:33, which was good enough for 46th place. Lydia Oldakowski was right behind her in 48th (20:38), followed by Brielle Kern (21:04, 60th) and Karly Haverkamp (21:05, 61st).
Perham won the event with a team score of 60. The Wolverines took seventh place with 230 points.
The WDC boys also ran on Thursday. They came in 15th place with a score of 401.
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Lane Hoefs ran the fastest time WDC 31st place in 17:12. Phillip Ross clocked in at 18:16, followed by Isaac Heppner (19:20, 102nd), Bjorn Brunsberg (19:20, 103rd) and Cooper Dalmo (19:20, 104th).
The Wolverines had three total runners finish with personal records, which is a program best in a single day. Sweeney became the second girls runner to beat the 30-minute mark, joining her sister Kira Sweeney.
PERHAM INVITATIONAL TEAM SCORES- 1- Perham 60, 2- Lakeville South 77, 3- St. Cloud Cathedral 103, 4- Moorhead 128, 5- Little Falls 159, 6- Bemidji 199, 7- Wadena-Deer Creek 230, 8- Minnewaska 148, 9- Fergus Falls 261, 10- Otter Tail Central 316, 11- Breckenridge-Wahpeton 331, 12- Park Rapids 344, 13- Hawley 346, 14- United North Central 361, 15- West Central Area 365, 16- Nevis 412, 17- New York Mills 449, 18- Bertha-Hewitt 479, 19- Ada-Borup-NCW 548, 20- Frazee 574
WDC GIRLS VARSITY FINISHERS- 23- Britta Sweeney 19:40, 46- Amber Collins 20:33, 48- Lydia Oldakowski 20:38, 60- Brielle Kern 21:04, 61- Karly Haverkamp 21:50, 70- Ally Pavek 21:25, 82- Cambrie Geiger 21:59
PERHAM INVITATIONAL TEAM SCORES- 1- Perham 57, 2- Lakeville South 86, 3- Park Rapids 90, 4- Bemidji 154, 5- Moorhead 163, 6- Fergus Falls 171, 7- Bertha-Hewitt 206, 8- Lake Park-Audubon 226, 9- Hawley 237, 10- Otter Tail Central 279, 11- Little Falls 298, 12- Pelican Rapids 324, 13- West Central Area 338, 14- Minnewaska 354, 15- Wadena-Deer Creek 287, 16- Breckenridge-Wahpeton 460, 17- Frazee 505, 18- Ada-Borup-NCW 524, 19- ABE 533, 20 Parkers Prairie 533, 21- New York Mills 650
WDC BOYS VARSITY FINISHERS- 31- Lane Hoefs 17:12, 71- Phillip Ross 18:16, 102- Isaac Heppner 19:20, 103- Bjorn Brunsberg 19:20, 103- Cooper Dalmo 19:20, 120- Trevin Kern 20:00, 130- Blake Haverkamp 20:35
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