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Xavier girls win team title, Hawks boys & FVL girls finish second at Hilltopper Cross Country Invite

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MOUNT CALVARY – The Xavier girls earned the team title and the boys finished second at the Hilltopper Cross Country Invitational on Saturday at St. Lawrence Seminary High School.

All six of Xavier’s girls runners finished in the top 15 as it won the team title with 27 points, holding off rival Fox Valley Lutheran, which had all of its runners end up in the top 30.

Xavier’s Lilie Fouts won the girls 5-kilometer race in 20:04.1, 16 seconds ahead of teammate Annalise Minorik. Fox Valley Lutheran’s Kristin Donart finished fifth in 21:35.4.

Watertown Luther Prep won the boys team title with 51 points, with Xavier a close second with 70. Fox Valley Lutheran was sixth with 136.

Eliott Heiderich of Watertown Luther Prep won the boys 5K in 17:27.0. Xavier’s Noah Donnermeyer took fourth in 18:26.2 and Luke Krull was 16th in 19:08.6. FVL’s top runner was Mason Dobberstein, who took 18th in 19:23.9.

The Xavier boys will compete at the Winneconne Invitational on Tuesday, and both the girls and boys teams will be in action next Saturday, Sept. 23, at the Rosholt Invite.

Both FVL teams will take part in the Mishicot Invitational on Thursday.

Hilltopper Cross Country Invitational
Sept. 16, at St. Lawrence Seminary High School, Mount Calvary
Boys
Team scores:
1. Watertown Luther Prep 51; 2. Xavier 70; 3. Kohler 75; 4. Manitowoc Lutheran 110; 5. Shoreland Lutheran 135; 6. Fox Valley Lutheran 136; 7. Winnebago Lutheran 212; 8. Fond du Lac St. Mary’s Springs 216; 9. St. Lawrence Seminary 217; 10. North Fond du Lac/Oakfield 227.
Top 10, and Xavier and Fox Valley Lutheran results: 1. Eliott Heiderich (WATER) 17:27.0; 2. Bennett Midthun (WIN) 18:15.7; 3. Ben Regennitter (KOH) 18:22.4; 4. Noah Donnermeyer (X) 18:26.2; 5. Jacob Kanzenbach (ML) 18:38.7; 6. Zachary Haleem (SL) 18:43.5; 9. Kaisyn Schraufnagel (NFLDO) 19:01.4; 10. Noah Sulzle (WATER) 19:05.6; 13. Luke Krull (X) 19:08.6; 16. Evan Kist (X) 19:15.8; 17. Elijah Gottschalk (X) 19:23.3; 18. Mason Dobberstein (FVL) 19:23.9; 20. Jordan Rosenbaum (X) 19:25.3; 22. Will Sullivan (X) 19:30.9; 24. Gavin Trygstad (FVL) 19:52.1; 28. Noah Nolte (FVL) 20:12.3; 29. Henry Laabs (FVL) 20:14.0; 38. Lincoln Boehm (FVL) 21:13.7; 43. Tom Needham (FVL) 21:59.7.
Girls
Team scores:
1. Xavier 27; 2. Fox Valley Lutheran 45; 3. Watertown Luther Prep 98; 4. Fond du Lac St. Mary’s Springs 121; 5. Kohler 128; 6. Winnebago Lutheran 168; 7. Manitowoc Lutheran 200; 8. Shoreland Lutheran 209; 9. North Fond du Lac/Oakfield 228; 10. Chesterton Academy of Milwaukee 247.
Top 10, and Xavier and Fox Valley Lutheran results: 1. Lilie Fouts (X) 20:04.1; 2. Annalise Minorik (X) 20:20.1; 3. Jemma Habben (WATER) 20:23.2; 4. Maggie Behler (KOH) 21:16.9; 5. Kristin Donart (FVL) 21:35.4; 6. Lauren Erickson (X) 21:52.9; 7. Elle Krull (X) 22:08.5; 8. Carys Wendland (FVL) 22:17.3; 9. Rowen Volhard (FVL) 22:41.7; 10. Claire Fischer (FVL) 22:45.5; 11. Raena Lambie (X) 23:01.8; 13. Anna Feuerstahler (FVL) 23:09.5; 15. Lily McHugh (X) 23:10.4; 21. Noelle Nevins (X) 23:25.2; 27. Naomi Wittig (FVL) 24:21.3; 30. Lake Curtis (FVL) 24:32.2.

Click here for complete results, courtesy of athletic.net.