The Blue Earth Area girls cross country team had two girls with top-10 finishes when the Bucs participated in the Maple River Invite on Thursday, Sept 12.

Aubrey Woodwick ran to a fifth-place finish in the 5,000-meter race with a time of 24:23 while Sidney Eitzmann’s time of 25:25 was good for seventh place.

BEA’s other runners were April Garcia who finished 19th with a time of 28:12, Makayla Ankeny, who was 27th with a time of 29:58 and Analiz Leal, who finished 36th with a time of 39:49.

Waterville-Elysia-Morristown/Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton captured first place while Minnesota Valley Lutheran was the runner-up. BEA finished in third place.

The Bucs’ Natalie Griffey won the 2,000-meter junior high event with a time of 8:25. Sakura Harding placed fourth in 10:31.

Boys Results

Minnesota Valley Lutheran finished in first place in the boys competition. United South Central came in second while BEA finished fifth.

Devin Haase broke into the top-10 with a ninth-place finish and a time of 21:23.

Marcus Eckles was 26th in 24:03.

Finishing right behind Eckles in 27th place was Sam Bell with a time of 24:22.

Gibson Haase crossed the finish line in 25:08 to finish in 31st place.

Michael Vaske had a time of 26:33 to finish 38th.

Noah Hanson was 41st with a time of 27:44.

The Bucs had three runners compete in the junior high race.

Brayden Garlick was third with a time of 8:54, Gus Ankeny was fifth with a time of 9:34 and Harrison Patten placed eighth with a time of 12:05.

The BEA cross country teams competed at Jackson on Sept. 19. They will run at a meet in Janesville on Sept. 26.

Check upcoming issues of the Faribault County Register for the results of those races.