Maple River meet

Huskies 2nd, 5th in Mapleton

Jackson County Central’s girls cross country team continued its habit of having two runners in the top 10 and the Huskies were second in the team standings at the Maple River Invitational cross country meet Thursday.

Springfield/Cedar Mountain won the team title with 38 points, with JCC second with 51.

Naiya Ayers placed third in the field of 52 runners with a time of 21:20 and Cora Pauling was seventh in 23:17.

Sophia Stencel of host Maple River, who is ranked fifth in the state in Class 1A, was the individual winner in 19:42.

JCC was fifth in the boys team standings with 120 points.

Kayden Mitchell was 22^nd out of 63 runners in 21:08 and Brycen Mitchell was 24^th in 21:17.

Minnesota Valley Lutheran’s Jeremy Feistner was first in 17:47.

The Huskies will have their lone home meet of the season Thursday at Jackson Golf Club.

MAPLE RIVER INV INVITATIONAL

Girls

Team standings

• 1. Springfield/Cedar Mountain 38

• 2. Jackson County Central 51

• 3. Minnesota Valley Lutheran 66

• 4. Waterville-Elysian-Morristown/Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton 72

• 5. Medford 142

JCC results

52 runners

• Naiya Ayers, 3^rd, 21:20

• Cora Pauling, 7^th, 23:17

• Zadi Farmer, 13^th, 24:28

• Abigail Mohr, 18^th, 25:21

• Danica Wood, 27^th, 26:54

• Brooklyn Prine, 29^th, 27:05

• Gillian Andrews, 35^th, 28:34

Boys

Team standings

• 1. Minnesota Valley Lutheran 29

• 2. Waterville-Elysian-Morristown 57

• 3. Springfield/Cedar Mountain 64

• 4. Medford 112

• 5. Jackson County Central 120

• 6. Blue Earth Area 135

JCC results

63 runners

• Kayden Mitchell, 22^nd, 21:08

• Brycen Mitchell, 24^th, 21:17

• Isaac Rodriguez, 30^th, 21:45

• Gavin Tusa, 32^nd, 22:05

• Grant Ambrose, 42^nd, 23:03

• Keegan Zishka, 46^th, 23:03

• Nolan Brinks, 63^rd, 34:03