The Storm Cross Country team concluded the regular season
portion of their schedule under beautiful sunny skies at the VA Hospital Grounds in St.
Cloud. The Storm Junior High boys
posted the highest team finish with a 6th place finish in the nine
team CLC.
Eleven high school runners and 14 junior high runners posted
season bests on the day, many two to three minutes faster than their first race
on the same course in late August!
Topping the Boys Varsity were Ian Galligan and Danny Sertich with respective
times of 18:06 and 18:20 on the 5000 meter (3.1 mile) course. Heading up the Girls Varsity was Julia
Severson who ran a 17:17 on the 4000 meter (2.5 mile) course. She was followed by Emma Mader and McKenzie
Froiland who ran a 17:44 and a 17:48 respectively.
The top JV boys were Taylor Rau with a 21:16 and Drew Wright
with a 22:05. Nicki Bukowski ran a
career best 19:41 to lead the JV girls followed by Matraca Conarro with a
season best 20:07.
Jack Grabinski was the top performer for the day, finishing
19th overall in the Junior High boys race with a time of 12:11 in
the 3200 meter (2 mile) course. He was
followed closely by Sam Ringger at 12:15 and Ryan Sweeney at 12:31. Michaela Wolfe was the top Junior High girl,
finishing the course in a time of 14:54.
The Storm concludes their 2014 campaign at the 8AA
Sectionals on Thursday, October 23rd at Arrowwood Resort in
Alexandria.
