The United South Central cross country teams competed in the New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva Invitational Cross Country Meet on Tuesday, Sept. 22.

Due to flooding which hit most of the city of New Richland the meet was moved to the Riverview Golf Course in Blooming Prairie.

The USC Rebel boys took fifth place out of seven teams with their team score of 135. The USC girls varsity team did not have a full team score.

Mankato Loyola won both the boys and the girls varsity races, and Blooming Prairie was in second for both boys and girls.

Leading the way for the USC boys team was Gavin Gonsalez who came in at 12th place with a time of 18:49.

Riley Krohnberg was 30th with a time of 20:00, Aiden Edwards was 33rd at 20:24, Eli Torrez was 37th at 20:43 and Dylan Bakkedahl was 38th at 20:44.

Anfin Druckenmiller was 42nd with a time of 20:58, Jayden Barnick was 46th at 21:17, Micah Meyer 53rd at 22:47, Noah Hartman 54th at 22:51, Joseph Ridler 55th at 22:53 and Andrew Peterson 61st at 25:10.

Three USC girls participated in the varsity race. Alexia Guenther led the way getting 11th with a time of 21:34.

Reyna Solland was 48th at 30:50 and Isabella Guenther was 49th at 30:50.3.

In the girls C race, Nora Theede was first with a time of 11:18 and received a medal, and Selah Walton was fifth with a time of 14:13 and also received a medal.

In the boys C race, Basil Kruse was third with a time of 11:05 and Elias Lenz was fifth at 11:37. Both received a medal.

Opie Risk was 24th at 13:46 and Gavin Sauke was 35th at 17:38.

Maple River Invite

The United South Central cross country teams competed in the Maple River Invitational Meet at Daly Park, held on Thursday, Sept. 10.

The USC boys team came in at fourth place with 104 points, just edging out the host Maple River Eagles who had 107 points.

Taking first place was Minnesota Valley Lutheran who had 39 points. Jackson County Central had 43 points for second place and Waterville-Elysian-Morristown came in third with 69 points. Blue Earth Area was sixth with 161 points.

Leading the way for the Rebels was Gavin Gonsalez who came in 18th place with a time of 20:25.

Four Rebels came in from 20th to 28th place.

Riley Krohnberg was 20th with a time of 20:32. Aiden Edwards had a time of 20:58 for 23rd, Eli Torrez was 24th at 21:06 and Anfin Druckenmeier was 28th at 21:26.

Dylan Bakkedahl was 34th with a time of 21:56 and Jayden Barnick came in at 39th with a time of 22:46.

Four other Rebel boys came in close together. Joseph Ridler was 49th at 24:09 and Noah Hartman was close behind at 50th and a time of 24:12 and right behind him was Micah Meyer at 51st with a time of 24:38. Andrew Peterson was 53rd with a time of 25:44.

The Rebel varsity girls had three runners so had an incomplete team score.

Alexis Guenther was in 11th place with a time of 24:13, Reyna Solland was 36th with a time of 31:27 and Isabella Guenther was 37th with a time of 31:54.

Five Rebel boys competed in the C race and one of them, Basil Kruse, came in at first place. He had a time of 7:48.

Elias Kruse was 11th with a time of 8:55, Owen Gooden was 13th at 8:56, Opie Risk was 15th at 9:33 and Gavin Sauke was 21st with a time of 12:12.

Nora Theede was second in the girls C race with a time of 8:00. Selah Walton was 10th at 10:31 and Cameron Swehla was 12th at 15:06.