Jackson County Central and Martin County West both participated in the Bruce Gluf Invitational cross country meet Saturday in Luverne.
The Huskies were second in the girls team standings and fourth in the boys. The Mavericks did not have a complete team in either division.
T-shirts were awarded to the top 15 runners in each race.
JCC’s girls had two earn awards and MCW one.
For the Huskies, Cora Pauling finished ninth in the field of 40 runners with a 5000-meter time of 21:38.51 and Elese Paplow was 12th in 21:54.16. Katie Hartke led the Mavericks with a sixth-place finish in 21:05.92.
Luverne’s Jenna DeBates was the individual champion with a 18:33.70 clocking. Redwood Valley won the team title with 19 points, with JCC second with 68 points.
MCW and JCC each had a boys runner claim a T-shirt.
The Mavericks’ Ryan Pierson was third out of 49 runners in 16:25.50 and the Huskies’ Evan Paplow 10th in 17:21.87.
Owen Janiszeski of Luverne was the individual winner in 15:48.53. Luverne and Redwood Valley each had 42 points, with Luverne winning the title on the sixth runner tiebreaker.
Martin County West’s next meet is Tuesday at Norwood Young America, while Jackson County Central is off until hosting its own meet at Jackson Golf Club on Thursday, Sept. 21.
BRUCE GLUF INVITATIONAL
At Luverne
Girls
Team standings
1. Redwood Valley 19, 2. Jackson County Central 68, 3. Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey 80, 4. Adrian/Ellsworth 87, 5. Dell Rapids 99.
JCC results
40 runners
Cora Pauling, 9th, 21:38.51; Elese Paplow, 12th, 21:54.16; Zadi Farmer, 21st, 24:09.99; Taylor Schultz, 22nd, 24:15.06; Erica Hanson, 25th, 24:49.40; Lily Johnson, 31st, 25:53.30; Astrid Olsem, 40th, 28:53.23.
MCW results
40 runners
Katie Hartke, 6th, 21:05.92; Katelynn Kennedy, 20th, 24:00.31; Maddison Lyon, 24th, 24:42.56.
Boys
Team standings
1. Luverne 42, 2. Redwood Valley 42, 3. Mountain Lake Area/Comfrey 58, 4. Jackson County Central 100, 5. Adrian/Ellsworth 143, 6. Dell Rapids 147.
JCC results
40 runners
1. Evan Paplow, 10th, 17:21.87; EJ Peterson, 16th, 17:56.24; Nolan Ambrose, 26th, 19:23.57; Alex Baez, 19:31.64; Isaac Rodriguez, 35th, 21:19.77; Grant Ambrose, 47th, 24:35.78.
MCW results
49 runners
Ryan Pierson, 3rd, 16:25.50; Grant Koehnen, 17th, 18:06.71; Hayden O'Connor, 45th, 24:13; David Taylor, 46th, 24:16.88.
JCC’s Naiya Ayers won the junior high girls race: