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Appleton North girls finish second, boys fourth at Stevens Point Cross Country Invite

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STEVENS POINT – Ava Helmbrecht and Sophia Scherwinski both ended up in the top 10 to lead the Appleton North girls to a runner-up finish at the Stevens Point Cross Country Invitational on Saturday at Standing Rock Park.

Lucy Dolan of Wisconsin Rapids Assumption won the girls race in 19:00.5, 31 seconds in front of Rosholt’s Sophia Bablitch. Helmbrecht ended up fourth in 19:56.4 and Scherwinski was eighth in 20:25.0 to lead the Lightning.

Stevens Point won the girls team title with 59 points, with North a close second with 73. The Lightning’s top-five runners finished in the top 22.

Stevens Point also won the boys team title as it had five runners finish in the top 10.

Appleton North ended up fourth, just one point out of third in the boys standings. Riley Szymik took 11th in 16:56.9 and Caleb Hardy was 14th in 17:00.8 for North.

Appleton North will compete at the Bay Port Invitational on Thursday at Meadowbrook Park in Green Bay.

Stevens Point Panther Cross Country Invitational
Sept. 9, at Standing Rock Park, Stevens Point
Boys
Team scores:
1. Stevens Point 21; 2. Oconomowoc 42; 3. Sun Prairie West 106; 4. Appleton North 107; 5. Wausau West 128; 6. Wisconsin Rapids 160; 7. Wausau East 213; 8. Wisconsin Rapids Assumption 252; 9. Merrill 254; 10. Edgar 264; 11. Auburndale 280; Iola-Scandinavia and Marshfield incomplete.
Top 10, and Appleton North finishers: 1. Aloysius Franzen (STP) 15:07.0; 2. Ethan Olds (STP) 15:50.8; 3. Jayden Sayles (OC) 15:57.9; 4. Cooper Erickson (STP) 15:59.2; 5. Charlie Vater (IS) 16:01.2; 6. James Lennington (OC) 16:05.7; 7. Graham Ballard (STP) 16:35.8; 8. Josh Neilitz (WW) 16:36.1; 9. Andrew Dziak (STP) 16:42.3; 10. Mason Paar (OC) 16:56.4; 11. Riley Szymik (AN) 16:56.9; 14. Caleb Hardy (AN) 17:00.8; 30. Charles Williams (AN) 18:33.4; 34. Lukas Nahm (AN) 18:49.1; 41. Jeremy Clark (AN) 19:26.5; 43. Teddy Koelling (AN) 19:36.1; 47. Aiden Sanders (AN) 19:44.4; 51. Cameron Gabbey (AN) 19:57.8.
Girls
Team scores:
1. Stevens Point 59; 2. Appleton North 73; 3. Wausau West 103; 4. Wisconsin Rapids Assumption 106; 5. Oconomowoc 123; 6. Sun Prairie West 144; 7. Verona 170; 8. Marshfield 188; 9. Wausau East 276; 10. Wisconsin Rapids 303; 11. Rosholt 322; 12. Auburndale 326; 13. D.C. Everest 344; 14. Edgar 395; 15. Iola-Scandinavia 418; Adams-Friendship and Merrill incomplete.
Top 10, and Appleton North finishers: 1. Lucy Dolan (WRA) 19:00.5; 2. Sophia Bablitch (ROS) 19:31.0; 3. Tessa Bruckhart (STP) 19:52.8; 4. Ava Helmbrecht (AN) 19:56.4; 5. Sarah Hopp (STP) 20:04.9; 6. Lexi Remiker (VER) 20:17.0; 7. Elexa Marciniak (WW) 20:20.9; 8. Sophia Scherwinski (AN) 20:25.0; 9. Natalie Scharenbroch (MAR) 20:30.7; 10. Jalyssa Groskreutz (STP) 20:32.0; 19. Amber Ziemer (AN) 21:23.0; 20. Audry Dehlinger (AN) 21:25.9; 22. Sophie Busch (AN) 21:32.4; 33. Adeline Brzozowski (AN) 22:19.2; 38. Katie Matheus (AN) 22:37.8.

Click here for complete results, courtesy of performancetiming.com.