Three Jackson County Central runners earned honorable mention all-conference honors Tuesday at the Big South Conference cross country meet at Cedar Creek Park in Fairmont. The top seven finishers were all-conference and the next seven were honorable mention.
Two girls earned honors.
Seventh grader Cora Pauling finished 13th out of 50 runners with a 5K time of 22:06.89 and junior Elese Paplow was 14th in 22:17.60. The Huskies were sixth as a team.
For the boys, junior Evan Paplow was eighth of 52 runners in 17:16.10. JCC was fifth in the boys team standings.
Luverne won the team title for both the girls and boys in the Small School Division. Jenna DeBates of Luverne was the individual girls winner in 18:56.75 and Redwood Valley’s Will Ahrens won the boys race in 16:10.20.
Marshall won both team titles in the Large School Division. Fairmont’s Macy Hanson was the girls individual champ in 18:33.92 and Worthington’s Mikele Walu won for the boys in 16:17.00.
Jackson County Central will compete in the Section 3A meet in Luverne next Thursday.
Small School Girls
Team standings
1. Luverne 42, 2. Redwood Valley 43, 3. Pipestone 102, 4. St. James Area 113, 5. Windom Area 123, 6. Jackson County Central 125, 7. Blue Earth Area 167.
JCC results
50 finishers
Cora Pauling, 13th, 22:06.89; Elese Paplow, 14th, 22:17.60; Taylor Schultz, 29th, 23:59.37; Lily Johnson, 35th, 24:33.95; Cailee Jo Pauling, 40th, 24:54.44; Astrid Olsem, 41st, 25:11.91.
Small School Boys
Team standings
1. Luverne 48, 2. Redwood Valley 54, 3. Windom 64, 4. St. James Area 105, 5. Jackson County Central 114, 6. Pipestone Area 132. 7. Blue Earth Area 206.
JCC results
52 finishers
Evan Paplow, 8th, 17:16.10; Alvaro Gonzalez Garcia, 19th, 18:10.50; Nolan Ambrose, 21st, 18:27.40; EJ Peterson, 28th. 18:59.20; Brigan McCarthy, 39th, 20:39.50; Kristoph Olsem, 41st, 20:57.00; Alex Mohning, 46th, 21:45.20; Tellef Landherr, 51st, 24:11.40.
Large School Girls
Team standings
1. Marshall 24, 2. St. Peter 66, 3. Waseca 66, 4. Fairmont 90, 5. Worthington 145.
Large School Boys
Team standings
1. Marshall 33, 2. Worthington 36, 3. Fairmont 85, 4. Waseca 99, 5. St. Peter 124.
All-conference Huskies
Jackson County Central runners who have earned either all-conference or honorable mention honors at the Big South Conference meet.
Girls
2014 – Jessica Chrisftoffer, Jadin Bezdicek (HM)
2016 – Jessica Christoffer (HM)
2017 – Jessica Christoffer
2019 – Olivia Anderson (HM)
2020 – Olivia Anderson (HM)
2021 – Olivia Anderson
2022 – Cora Pauling (HM), Elese Paplow (HM)
Boys
2020 – Evan Paplow (HM), Andrew Boyum (HM)
2021 – Andrew Boyum, Evan Paplow (HM)
2022 – Evan Paplow (HM)