Martin County West made the first of two trips to South Dakota to open its cross country season Friday as the Mavericks traveled to Beresford for a meet at The Bridges Golf Course.
MCW did not have a complete team in either varsity race.
Katie Hartke led Mavericks in the girls meet by finishing 13th out of 70 runners with a 5000-meter time of 20:35.59.
Jamesson Forsberg paced the MCW boys by placing 23rd in a field of 80 finishers in a 5K time of 17:46.84.
Martin County West goes to Sioux Falls next Friday for the Augustana Twilight Invitational. The girls race is at 7:20 p.m. and the boys at 8 p.m.
Garretson Invitational
Girls
MCW results
5000 meters
70 runners
Katie Hartke, 13th, 20:35.59; Liz Peterson, 57th, 24:11.69; Katelynn Kennedy, 59th, 24:17.28; Sydney Borntrager, 64th, 24:59.52.
Boys
MCW results
5000 meters
80 runners
Jamesson Forsberg, 23rd, 17:46.84; Grant Koehnen, 29th, 18:15.92 ; Riley Cole, 57th, 20:12.3.
MCW cross country schedule
Fri., Aug. 26 – at Beresford, S.D., 10 a.m.
Fri., Sept. 2 - at Augustana Twilight, 7:20 p.m.
Sat., Sept. 10 - at Luverne, 10 a.m.
Fri., Sept. 16 – at Loyola, 4 p.m.
Tues., Sept. 20 – at JCC Invitational, 4:30 p.m.
Tues., Sept. 27 - at Murray County Central/Fulda, 4:15 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 6 – at Fairmont, 4:30 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 13 - at Madelia, 4 p.m.
Tues., Oct. 18 – Valley Conference, Lake Crystal, 4 p.m.
Thurs., Oct. 27 – Section 2A meet, Norwood Young America
Sat., Nov. 5 – State meet, St. Olaf College