The combined teams of Cook County, Silver Bay and Two Harbors make up the North Shore Storm cross country team. So far the North Shore Storm runners are unbeaten in varsity competition. Staff photo/Brian Larsen
The North Shore Storm boys and girls cross country teams competed in a triangular meet last week in Two Harbors with both the varsity teams taking first place.
Boys’ varsity
In the boys’ 5k, Nate Bilben led the team to victory with a first-place finish in the varsity 5k. Nate ran 18:17, just holding off Carlton/Wrenshall runner Jack Riley, who was two seconds back.
The North Shore Storm had the low score of 23 while South Ridge was second with 41 and Carlton/Wrenshall placed third with 69 points when their top five runners’ places were added up.
In third was North Shore Storm runner Ian Thorpe, running 18:33. Kevin Viren placed fifth with a time of 18:55, Tate Crawford took sixth in 19:21, and Clay Thorpe was the team’s fifth placer, finishing eighth with a time of 19:40.
Jack Willis was the team’s sixth placer, taking 13th in 20:09. Kyler Hansen placed 15th in 20:20.
Girls’ varsity
The North Shore Storm girls’ varsity won the triangular meet with 29 points to South Ridge, 34, and Carlton/Wrenshall 66.
Addison Burckhardt of South Ridge took first place with a 5k time of 21:20. The North Shore Storm’s Cedar Gordon placed second with a fine time of 21:34. Lamar Gordon was fourth in 21:56, Autumn Smith sixth in 22:16, Louise Ramberg eighth in 22:33, Malin Anderson placed ninth in 22:35; Anna Hay was 11th at 23:09 and Jocelyn Carr placed 17th 24:03.
Girls’ junior varsity
In the girls’ junior varsity 5k race, North Shore Storm runner Jocelyn Carr crossed the finish line first in 24:03. Carr’s teammate London Smith placed second in 25:06.
Amery Oberg was 5th in 27:00; Kylie Viren was 7th in 27:22; and Cecelia Cmelik, 14th with a time of 29:04, rounded out the team’s scoring, giving the North Shore Storm a one-point victory over South Ridge, 29 to 30.
Other North Shore Storm finishers were Greta Roth in 16th with a time of 29:19; Bryn Fitzgerald- Wells placed 21st in 33:53, and Olivia Nesgoda was the 22nd finisher, crossing the line in 33:54 in the highly competitive race.
5k Boys’ junior varsity
North Shore Storm’s Elijah Smith won the 5k Junior Varsity 5k race with a time of 20:21. However, South Ridge runners placed the next three runners and won the team competition 25-32.
Brayden Schmidt placed fourth in 20:58; Tanner DeBoer was seventh in 21:20; Keean Selin was eighth in 21:25; Gus Han placed 12th in 22:09; Ben Obinger was 13th in 22:13; Jonah Schmidt was 14th in 22:20; Nicholas Swart placed 17th in 22:40; Jacob Door, 18th in 24:18; Haddon Taylor was 21st in 24:35; Ryan Bilben took 22nd in 27:22, and Avery Zimmer crossed the finish line in 28:33 to take 23rd.
3300m junior high girls
Hattie Crotteau just beat out teammate Rachael Dorr to win the girl’s 3300 meters Junior High girls’ race with a time of 16:52. Dorr was one second behind and in third was teammate Sophia Sheehan, who crossed the line 16:57. The North Shore Storm’s fourth and final runner was Shawanda Everson, who placed 10th with a time of 19:59: South Ridge won the competition with 15 points because the North Shore Storm couldn’t field a team of five runners.
3300m junior high boys
Sawyer Fierke Lepp, South Ridge, won the boys’ 3300-meter race with a time of 15:22, leading his team to a 16-51 victory.
Cody Lange took fifth place to lead his North Shore Storm teammates. Cody’s time was 15:36. Odin Hansen placed seventh in 16:47; Isaac Schmidt was ninth in 17:15; Vincent Samuelson was 13th in 20:49 and Reed Cruikshank finished 17th in 26:43.
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