Looking strong, North Shore Storm cross country runner Amery Oberg placed 32nd in the junior high Eveleth Invitational cross-country race. Staff photo/Laurie Johnson
On September 12 the North Shore Storm boys’ and girls’ cross country team traveled to Eveleth to compete against 13 other schools in the Eveleth Invitational on a day that was windy, rainy, and cool, with temps in the mid-50s.
Girls win
The North Shore Storm girls’ team won their second Class A meet in a row, finishing with a low score of 43 points against six other teams. International Falls placed second with 76 points and Ely was third with 86 points.
Once again the team’s top runner was sophomore Autumn Smith who placed fourth in the 5K with a time of 21:25.2. Sisters Cedar Gordon, a junior, placed 5th in 21:40 and Lamar Gordon, a freshman, took 8th place in 22:25.8.
Sophomore Malin Anderson placed 10th with a time of 22:31.8 and the Storms’ fifth runner was Kate Walsberg, a senior, who placed 16th.
The team’s top five runners’ finishing places are added up to come up with a team score.
The boys’ North Shore Storm team, shown here at the start of their most recent home cross-country meet, was only a couple of points (places) from taking first place in the Eveleth Invitational. Staff photo/Laurie Johnson
Louise Ramberg, a junior, placed 18th overall with a time of 23:28.7 and Anna Hay, a sophomore was the 27th finisher with a time of 24:26.2. While the sixth and seventh runners’ finishes don’t count in the team score, the more runners they beat from the other team’s top five runners, the better place the North Shore team will finish.
Boys finish a close third
Brenden Seipke ran the 5K course in 17:20 to take third in the individual standings. However, because the Crosby-Ironton runner who beat him didn’t have a full team behind him, Brenden’s finish was counted as second place in the team competition.
In an extremely close team finish, the Storm ended with 78 points. Proctor was second with 76 and Ely won with 73 points.
Behind Brenden, the Storm’s next four point scorers were Noah Smith, 10th; Tate Crawford, 18th; Nate Bilben, 20th; and Kevin Viren, who placed 28th. Finishing as the Storm’s sixth runner was JC Holmen in 34th place and Ian Thorpe, who took 37th overall.
One of the top Storm runners, Isaac Swanson, couldn’t run last week in the Eveleth meet and that cost his team the win. Staff photo/Laurie Johnson
Luke Olson, who won the race with a time of 16:53.4, led Ely.
Junior Varsity Boys
There were only two teams in the Class A boys’ junior varsity. Proctor won with 26 points to the Storm’s 29.
Chance Hanel placed second in 20:20.7; Henry DeArruda-Weaver took third in 20:56.8; Tanner DeBoer placed 5th in 21:26.7; Trenton Gomez took 9th in 21:41.6; Danny Berka placed 12th in 23:02.3; and Jonah Schmidt took 14th in 23:23.2.
Junior Varsity Girls
The North Shore Storm won the JV race with 2 points to Ely’s 37 points.
Abbie Crawford took first place with a time of 24:28. 2, just outkicking her teammate, Laura Erickson who was second just five-tenths of a second behind Abbie.
Isabel Schottenbauer placed 4th in 25:46.8; Kylie Viren was 7th in 27:43.2; Cecelia Chmelik placed 8th in 27:53.7; Robin Henrikson took 9th in 28:00; and Hazel Oberholzer placed 10th in 28:04.
Junior High Boys
Ely won the junior high boys’ competition with 42 points while the Storm placed third with 98 points out of eight teams.
The top seven boys and their places and times were: Brayden Schmidt, 4th place, 9:37; Elijah Smith, 11th place, 9:55; Ben Obinger, 17th place, 10:14.5; Travis Elling, 27th place, 10:29; Isaac Schmidt, 44th place in 12:01; and A.J. Matson, 47th place in 12:30.
Junior High Girls
The junior high girls’ team placed sixth out of six teams. Proctor won with 46 points while the Storm finished with 109.
Trinity Giddings led her team with a 9th place finish, crossing the line in 10:37. Lexi Surbaugh placed 21st in 11:20; Bryn Fitzgerald- Wells was 22nd in 11:28; Jocelyn Carr placed 25th in 11:41; Amery Oberg took 32nd in 12:19; Nadia Latvala placed 35th in 13:06; and Liv Hedstrom took 37th. Liv’s finishing time wasn’t posted.
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