Jackson Girls Win Rum River Invitational "C" Race

The trio of Atley Schreiner, Hayley Jiracek, and Anna Marsolek finished 2, 3, and 4, respectively, to secure the win over 8 teams at yesterday's Rum River Invitational girls "C" race.  Lilly O'Connor and Caitlin McArdle placed 16th and 44th, respectively to round out the top 5 scorers.   The team score was 59, 19 points better than runner-up St. Louis Park which had a team score of 78. In cross country, the team with the lowest score wins based on the team's top 5 finishers.

The boys were lead by Ben Fischer who placed 3rd overall and was the first middle school participant to finish.  Kyle Ostendorf (32), Keegan Poston (33), Garrett Doty (45), and Clayton Klema (62) were the remaining team scorers, resulting in a team score of 134 and good enough for 4th place in a 13 team race.  But this was a "C" race which means the competitors where not just middle school students.  The race also included 9th-12th graders.  If the meet were to be rescored to include only 6th-8th graders, the Jackson boys would win!

Congratulations to all the Jackson participants.  This was a very challenging event due to the weather and the coaching staff is very proud of everyone's positive attitude and effort.  Well done!

Full meet results HERE.