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Section 8A XC: Perham Teams Continue Section Dominance; Hawley Girls and Park Rapids Boys finish in second place

By Zeke Fuhrman Oct 28, 2022 | 9:22 PM

BAGLEY, MN (KDLM) – Watch out, St. Olaf. The Perham Yellowjackets cross-country teams are back.

The Perham Yellowjackets cross country teams turned in another dominating performance at the 8A section meet, advancing to the State Meet next weekend.

Make it 19 consecutive State Meet appearances for the Yellowjacket boys, who were led once again by section champion Bjorn Anderson. Anderson finished the race with a time of 18:18.10, 14 seconds ahead of Park Rapids’ Noah Huot. Micah Thompson finished third (16:41.5). Dylan Guck was the next Yellojacket runner to cross the finish line, finishing in 11th place with a time of 17:23.3.

Park Rapids was paced by Huot, Blaine Hensel, and Ephraim Bervig…all finishing in the top seven, The Panther finished section runner-up to advance to State for the second-straight year.

A trio of Lake Park-Audubon Raiders will also make the trip to St. Olaf this year with Taylor Johnson, Thor Erickson, and Seth Torgerson all qualifying for state as individual runners.

Individual qualifiers can make the State meet by finishing in the top eight runners not on the top-two teams.

The Perham girls team will make their 18th-straight State meet appearance, finishing second last season. Perham put all five of their scoring runners in the top nine and had all seven competitors finish in the top 14 on their way to a score of 26. The Hawley Nuggets took second place with 89 points and will head back to State for the third straight season.

Recent Gonzaga commit Jade Rypkema of Nevis won the section meet with a time of 18:07.4, finishing more than one minute faster than second-place finisher Anjalie Aho of United North Central. Gracie Morris, Ella Hendrickson, Quincy Anderson, and Mya Morris were the next four runners to finish.

The State Cross Country Meet will be held at St. Olaf College in Northfield on Saturday, November 5th. Perham, Park Rapids, and Hawley will run in the Class A State Meet. The girls will run at noon, the boys will begin at 1 pm.

SECTION 8A GIRLS TEAM RESULTS:

  1. Perham, 26*
  2. Hawley, 89*
  3. Park Rapids, 97
  4. United North Central, 116
  5. Warroad, 148
  6. West Marshall, 155
  7. Nevis, 192
  8. New York Mills, 200
  9. Roseau/Badger, 263
  10. Frazee, 279
  11. Ada-Borup-West, 308
  12. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton, 309

*denotes State qualifier

SECTION 8A GIRLS INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS:

  1. Jade Rypkema, Nevis-18:07; 2. Anjalie Aho, UNC-19:18.0; 3. Gracie Morris, Perham**-19:54.0; 4. Ella Hendrickson, Perham**-20:07.2; Quincy Anderson, Perham**-20:09.8; 6. Mya Morris, Perham**-20:21.0; 7. Morgan Koppelman, Park Rapids-20:21.2; 8. Amelia Machlitt, Clearbrook-Gonvick-20:23.9; 9. Caidyn Breid, Perham**-20:23.9; 10. Adeline Bjorklund, Nevis-20:23.9; 11. Ivy Tickel, Hawley**-20:24.8; 12. Lily Olson, Hawley-20:27.40; 13. Leelou Novotny, Perham**-20:37.5; 14. Ellen Schauer, Lake Park-Audubon-20:43.4

**denotes team qualifier for State meet

PERHAM GIRLS TEAM RESULTS:

3. Gracie Morris-19:54.0; 4. Ella Hendrickson-20:07.2; Quincy Anderson-20:09.8; 6. Mya Morris-20:21.0; 9. Caidyn Breid, Perham-20:23.9; 13. Leelou Novotny, Perham-20:37.5; 15. Myriah Tharaldson, Perham-20:43.5

SECTION 8A BOYS TEAM RESULTS:

  1. Perham, 42*
  2. Park Rapids, 48*
  3. Lake Park-Audubon, 104
  4. Hawley, 115
  5. Pelican Rapids, 159
  6. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton, 166
  7. Warroad, 220
  8. Ada-Borup-West, 243
  9. Roseau/Badger, 244
  10. Nevis, 251
  11. Lake of the Woods/Indus/Rainy River, 272
  12. Frazee, 322
  13. Red Lake County, 368
  14. Bagley/Fosston, 377
  15. West Marshall, 435
  16. New York Mills, 439

*denotes State qualifier

SECTION 8A BOYS STATE QUALIFIERS:

  1. Bjorn Anderson, Perham**-16:18.1; 2. Noah Huot, Park Rapids**-16:32.6; 3. Micah Thompson, Perham**-16:41.5; 4. Charlie Larson, Pelican Rapids-16:46.6; 5. Taylor Johnson, Lake Park-Audubon-16:52.9; 6. Blaine Hensel, Park Rapids**;16:57.9; 7. Ephraim Bervig, Park Rapids**-17:03.3; 8. Owen Winter, DGF-17:07; 9. Thor Erickson, Lake Park-Audubon-17:15.8; 10. Seth Torgerson, Lake Park-Audubon-17:20.5; 11. Dylan Guck, Perham**-17:23.3; 12. 12. Caden Doll, Perham**-17:23.5; Benjamin Geeslin, Hawley-17:24.9

**denotes team qualifier for State meet

PERHAM BOYS TEAM RESULTS:

1.Bjorn Anderson-16:18.1; 3. Micah Thompson-16:41.5; 11. Dylan Guck-17:23.3; 12. 12. Caden Doll-17:23.5; 15. Brayden Glorvigen-17:36.6; 30. Carter Flatau-18:21.2; 36. Blake Swenson-18:40.9;

SEE FULL MEET RESULTS HERE, COURTESY OF HEROES TIMING

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