cross-country

Cross-Country: Bonduel teams land in top 10 at invitational

Published by admin on Sun, 09/22/2019 - 9:32pm

NEW LONDON — The Bonduel High School girls and boys cross-country teams each finished in the top 10 at the Bulldog Invitational at Hatten Park on Saturday.

The Bonduel girls came in sixth with a score of 154, while the boys took eighth with a score of 209.

Kara Troxel led the girls team with a fifth-place finish in 21 minutes, 3.4 seconds. Kalleigh Schroeder landed in 11th with a time of 21:29.1

Madison Kurey (23:03.2), Breanna Schnell (23:22.3) and Kendra Troxel (24:37.2) finished 40th, 45th and 64th, respectively, to cap the girls team score.

Cross-Country: Oconto Falls teams finish fifth at invitational

Published by admin on Wed, 09/18/2019 - 1:37pm

SHIOCTON — Behind strong finishes from Autumn Canavera and Joe Adams, the Oconto Falls High School cross-country teams each finished fifth in the Bonduel Invitational at the Navarino Nature Center on Tuesday.

Canavera, a senior, finished second in the girls race with a time of 21 minutes, 47.21 seconds. The Oconto Falls girls finished with a team score of 104.

“I think it was the girl in front of me that pushed me (to a strong finish),” said Canavera. “She had a really good pace going so I just tried to follow her.”

Cross-Country: Bonduel teams finish second at home invitational

Published by admin on Wed, 09/18/2019 - 1:25pm

SHIOCTON — The Bonduel High School boys and girls cross-country teams each earned second-place finishes at the Bonduel Invitational at the Navarino Nature Center on Tuesday.

The girls team finished with a score of 63 behind junior Kara Troxel’s fourth-place individual finish. The Freedom girls finished first with a mark of 54.

The boys team earned a score of 86, only behind Freedom (56). Senior Carter Kurey led the Bonduel boys, finishing third.

Troxel finished the race in 22 minutes, 27.05 seconds.

Cross-Country: Gillett teams win division at Shawano Invitational

Published by admin on Mon, 09/16/2019 - 4:02pm

SHAWANO — The Gillett High School girls and boys cross-country teams each turned in first-place finishes in their division at a loaded Shawano Hawk Invitational on Saturday.

Competing in Division 3, the girls finished with a team score of 27, while the boys tallied a 35.

Oconto Falls also competed at the meet, with the girls team placing sixth with a score of 172 and the boys coming in eighth with a mark of 181. Both teams were a part of Division 2.

Cross-Country: Shawano teams take fourth in division at own invitational

Published by admin on Mon, 09/16/2019 - 3:55pm

SHAWANO — The Shawano and Bonduel boys and girls cross-country teams all placed in the top four in their divisions at the Shawano Hawk Invitational on Saturday.

Competing in Division 2, Shawano’s girls and boys team each came in fourth, with scores of 90 and 131, respectively. The Bonduel girls posted a score of 75 to finish third in Division 3, while the boys took fourth with a mark of 75.

Cross-Country: Shawano’s Arce, White place first at invitational

Published by admin on Wed, 09/11/2019 - 1:17pm

WITTENBERG — Shawano Community High School’s Odessa Arce and Alec White each placed first as individuals to lead their cross-country teams to strong finishes at the Wittenberg-Birnamwood Chargers Invitational on Tuesday.

Arce, a sophomore, won the girls race with a time of 21 minutes, 26.65 seconds. The Shawano girls placed first with a score of 49.

White, a freshman, claimed the top time (18:06.02) in the boys race to help Shawano take second with a score of 71. Witt-Birn (59) took first.

Local grad goes full speed with summer training, Leinie’s internship

Published by admin on Tue, 09/10/2019 - 6:48pm

MENOMONIE — The summer of 2019 was anything but a time to relax for Mike Friedman, who is a senior this fall at University of Wisconsin-Stout. Quite the opposite. He took things up a notch or two.

On weekday afternoons, the food science and technology major has been, on average, going on an 11-mile run in and around Menomonie. A member of the Blue Devils cross-country team, he’s following coach Matt Schauf’s off-season training schedule — about 80 miles a week — to prepare for the fall season.

Cross-Country: Gillett teams take second at invitational

Published by admin on Mon, 09/09/2019 - 6:34pm

KAUKAUNA — The Gillett boys and girls cross-country teams each finished second in the small division of the Irish Invitational at Irish Waters Golf Course on Saturday.

The girls team posted a team score of 58, behind only Tomahawk (34). The Gillett boys posted a mark of 69, behind just Brillion (63).

Leading the charge for the girls was Sylvia Hansen and Ryann Wagner. Hansen finished third with a time of 20 minutes, 28.1 seconds, while Wagner came in sixth in 20:32.1.

Times Herald College Highlights - Sept. 8

Published by admin on Sun, 09/08/2019 - 7:51pm

Friedman, Fifield lead way at invitational

Oconto Falls High School graduates and current UW-Stout cross-country runners Michael Friedman and Mike Fifield finished first and second, respectively, at the Falcon Invitational in River Falls on Friday.

Friedman's first-place finish came in 25 minutes, 49.9 seconds, while Fifield finished in 26:51.2.

UW-Stout won the invitational with the top-five finishers in the race.

Coron helps UWO to strong start

College Highlights - Sept. 8

Published by admin on Sun, 09/08/2019 - 7:30pm

Minniecheske producing for Ripon early on

Tigerton High School graduate Monika Minniecheske is earning playing time for Ripon College's volleyball team early in the fall season.

During the Ripon College Quadrangular on Aug. 30 and 31, Ripon played three matches, going 1-2. In a win over Finlandia, Minniecheske tallied six attack kills. She had three kills in a loss to Dominican (Illinois).