The weather was a moderate 67 degrees, the leaves on the ground were crisp and the sky was a bright blue. It was a perfect day for an LHS cross country victory.

Thursday evening, the LHS cross country team ran at the 2017 metro meet- a 5k race against WHS, RHS, OGHS and BVHS.

Courtney Klatt won the varsity girls’ race with a time of 19 minutes and 26 seconds. Ryan Schroeder placed first in the junior varsity boys’ race with a time of 17 minutes and 39 seconds. There were also overall first place wins by the varsity boys, varsity girls and junior varsity boys LHS teams.

https://youtu.be/6uSPa6VH-Ik

Below are the LHS runners, split by group.

Boys Varsity (First with 22 points)

• Jack Elliot- 2
• Sam Elliot- 3
• Andrew Lauer- 4
• Ike Mendel- 6
• Zeb Mendel- 7
• Baylie Auen- 9
• Gabe Fendrich -14
• Jared Schroeder- 16
• Evgeni Radichev- 17
• Will Howes -27

Girls Varsity (First with 35 points)

• Courtney Klatt- 1
• Chloe Harbaugh- 4
• Analise Levesque- 7
• Hannah Dumansky-11
• Caroline Sudbeck- 12
• Liz Bindert -18
• Emily Rotert- 22

Boys Junior varsity (First with 19 points)

• Ryan Schroeder- 1
• Zach Miller- 2
• Grant Graber -4
• Josh Schmdit -5
• Slater Dixon -7
• Mark Pfiefle- 14
• Isaih Schott- 15
• Liam Reese- 18
• David Brumels- 20
• Chuck Howes- 26
• Max Martin- 30
• Caiden Capaldo- 31
• Henry Knudtson- 35
• Nevin Oros- 37
• Michael Chang- 39
• Cooper Campbell- 42
• Cameron Rhode- 50
• Grant Pederson – 51
• Martin Radichev- 53
• Ian Selzler- 54
• Derek Myers- 55
• Trey Thomas- 56
• Jackson Sluiter- 58
• Josh Pederson- 64

Girls Junior varsity (Second with 31 points)

• Lila Batcheller- 1
• Eliza Peters- 2
• Madalyn McQuistan- 5
• Natalie Dodson- 11
• Patti Jenkins -12
• Sydney Huber- 13
• Tessa Lortscher -16
• Madelyn Nelson- 18
• Morgan Pederson- 22
• Josephine Dal -23
• Kaylee Hoffman- 24
• Riley Johnson -29
• Olivia Lovrien- 30
• Jadyn Cummins- 41
• Aubrey Dickerson – 46
• Kinsey Capaldo- 47