Jackson County Central was second in the boys team standings at the Paul Metcalf Invitational cross country meet Friday at Mountain Lake Golf Course. The Huskies did not have a complete team in the girls meet.
Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial/Nicollet edged JCC 89-93 for the boys team title.
The Huskies had three medal winners, with Evan Paplow second out of 87 runners in 17:14.6, Andrew Boyum fourth (17:19.4) and Kie Anderson 15th (18:34.0).
Paplow moved into ninth place on the JCC all-time list, with Boyum falling a spot to 10th despite setting a PR by five seconds. Cody Lewis fell out of the Top 10.
Jackson County Central had one medal winner in the girls meet as Olivia Anderson was 13th of 78 runners in 22:00.
The Huskies will travel to Luverne on Saturday, Sept. 11.
Boys
Team standings
1. Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial/Nicollet 89, 2. Jackson County Central 93, 3. Luverne 100, 4. Mountain Lake Area 107. 5. St. James Area 115, 6. Windom 120, 7. Fairmont 149, 8. Murray County Central 152, 9. Glencoe-Silver Lake 208, 10. Madelia/Truman/Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Madelia 212.
JCC results
87 runners
Evan Paplow, 2nd, 17:14.6; Andrew Boyum, 4th, 17:19.4; Kie Anderson, 15th, 18:34.0; Clayton Cavness, 38th, 20:13.2; Nolan Ambrose, 41st, 20:21.4; EJ Peterson, 45th, 20:43.5.
The Top 10 times for Jackson County Central boys cross country runners. Listed are name, time and year.
Boys
Justin Cook, 16:12, 2010
Ethan Thurmer, 16:15, 1997
Mitch Olson, 16:27, 1997
Mark Zelinko, 16:33, 1997
Jacob Kocak, 16:46, 2001
Steve Strom, 16:50, 2004
Matt Kocak, 16:50, 2009
Marc Strom, 17:03, 2008
Evan Paplow, 17:14, 2021
Andrew Boyum, 17:19, 2021
Girls
Team standings
1. Luverne 44, 2. Murray County Central 60, 3. Fairmont 75, 4. Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey 121, 5. Glencoe-Silver Lake 128, 6. St. James Area 151, 7. Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial/Nicollet 157, 8. Windom 197, 9. Blue Earth Area 247. Incomplete: Jackson County Central.
JCC results
78 runners
Olivia Anderson, 13th, 22:00.2; Bailee Pohlman, 23rd, 23:22.7; Astrid Olsem, 57th, 27:31.4; Lily Johnson, 63rd, 28:08.6.
JCC cross country schedule
Fri., Aug. 27 - at Fairmont, boys 4th; girls 6th
Fri., Sept. 3 - at Mountain Lake, boys 2nd, girls incomplete
Sat., Sept. 11 - at Luverne, 10 a.m.
Thurs., Sept. 23 - JCC Invitational, 4:15 p.m.
Mon., Sept. 27 - at Fairmont, 4 p.m.
Tues., Sept. 28 - at Murray County Central, 4:15 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 7 - at Fairmont, 4:30 p.m.
Tues., Oct. 12 - at Adrian, 4 p.m.
Tues., Oct. 19 - Big South Conference, Pipestone, 4 p.m.