Top: Maya McHugh was dogged by a pack of Duluth East Greyhounds at a recent meet at Pincushion Mountains. She finished well at the Eveleth Lions Invitational cross country meet.
The North Shore Storm stormed the Iron Range at the Eveleth Lions Invitation on Thursday, Setptember 15. It was early on in the boys’ race that Jake Paron ran away from the field to win the race with more than a 40-second lead, a time of 17:21. This helped to lead his teammates to a 2nd place finish behind Ely which had the next three finishers, followed by Noah Smith a 9th grader from the North Shore.
Smith finished in 5th place with a time of 18:10. Will Surbaugh was the next runner in 17th in 19:14, followed by Leif Anderson 29th in 19:37, Brenden Seipke 37th in 19:49, Thatcher Sunday 39th in 19:50 and Mikael Overby 47th in 20:34.
The teammates who ran on this course last year all improved by close to a minute or more. That helps to put things in perspective as to why these guys are doing so well. They have worked hard!
Lexi Erickson from International Falls is back and leading the pack of girls. Erickson led the race from the beginning and won with a time of 20:17. Louise Ramberg once again led the North Shore to a strong finish. North Shore finished in 4th place behind Proctor, South Ridge, and Ely.
Above left: Robin Henrikson placed 1st in the JV girls’ race at Eveleth. Above right: Sam Libby led the boys’ JV team with a first place finish at Eveleth. Right: Will Surbaugh (left) and Leif Anderson finished 17th and 29th at Eveleth to help the boys’ team to a second place finish.
Ramberg finished in 8th place with a time of 21:56 in the 5K. Maya McHugh was next in line in 18th in 23:16. New to the varsity team were two teammates working hard as a pack pushing and pulling each other along. Autumn Smith and Cedar Gordon finished in 23rd in 23:28 and 27th in 23:47 respectively. Isabel Schottenbauer was our 5th runner in 30th place with a time of 24:36 followed closely behind her pack of Molly Thomas in 31st in 24:45 and Kate Walsberg in 32nd in 25:05.
Libby takes 1st in JV boys’ race
Sam Libby helped to lead our JV boys’ team to a win. He came in 1st place improving by over 2 minutes from last year with a time of 20:46. JC Holman finished in second place in 21:05, followed by teammate Andy Kern with a 3-minute improvement in 6th with a time of 22:01.
Other JV runners included Jron Tamanaha 7th in 22:03, Christian Beamer 8th in 22:35, Sam Meyer 12th in 23:49, and David Blackburn 16th in 24:31. Lynden Blomberg improved by over 2 minutes from last year’s race and rounded out the JV team.
Henrikson claims 1st for JV girls
Our JV girls also finished with a win. Robin Henrikson was in 1st in 27:11, followed by Brooklyn Smith 2nd in 27:13, Marin Hay 3rd in 27:15, Amelia Roth with a time of 29:49, Daphne Lacina with a time of 32:55, Lucy Callendar in 34:27 and Julia Larsen in 36:17.
Lots of promise in junior high
Hazel Oberholtzer led the North Shore girls’ Junior High team to a 3rd place finish behind Cloquet and Hermantown. She ran her 1.5-mile race in 11:29 and finished in 10th place. Cecelia Chmelik was close behind in 12th place with a time of 11:46. Other North Shore runners included Sidni Henren 16th in 11:57, Anna Hay 21st in 12:34, Aurora Schelmeske 23rd in 12:40, Anna Johnson 25 in 12:42, Saira Smith 26th in 12:48, Ellen Callender in 12:52, Zoe Nonnemacher in 13:44, Emma James in 13:55, Abbey Stoddard in 14:46, Elsa Garry in 14:56 and Greta Roth in 14:57.
This is a young bunch that is showing a lot of promise as they keep improving.
Kevin Viren went out at a smarter pace today and ended up with a strong finish in 12th place with a time of 9:24 for 1.5 miles. He was followed by a herd of young boys. They included Tate Crawford 27th in 9:58, Trent Spry 40th in 10:31, Jonah Schmidt 50th in 10:44, Levi Nelson 63rd in 11:30, Jack Willis 70th in 12:31, and Justin Paron 71st in 12:32. Doran Acero was close behind with 12:40 followed by Tanner DeBoer in 12:46, Chance Kinstrand in 12:57 and Lucas Pinnell in 14:51.
This is a motivated group that has a varsity team that has set a good precedence of working hard.
The next cross country meet will be The Milaca Mega Meet on Saturday, September 24. Jake Paron will be defending his AA championship and we are looking forward to see how this group does as a team. Go STORM!
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