Two Martin County West athletes will continue their seasons for one more week as they advanced to the state meet from Friday’s Section 2A meet at Riverside Town and Country Club north of Blue Earth.
Sophomore Katie Hartke placed sixth out of 101 runners in the girls race and junior Jamesson Forsberg was an identical sixth of 101 runners in the boys event.
Both will compete in the state meet Saturday, Nov. 6 at St. Olaf College in Northfield.
Hartke had a 5K time of 20:24.76 to earn her spot in the state meet.
The Mavericks were fourth in the girls team standings.
Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity/Mayer Lutheran was first with 103 points and St. James Area second with 109 to earn the team berths in the state meet. Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial/Nicollet was third (131) and MCW fourth (141).
Forsberg had a 17:16.26 clocking to advance.
The Martin County West boys were sixth in the team standings.
St. James Area (39) and Mankato Loyola/Cleveland (74) are advancing as teams.
Girls
Team standings
1. Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity/Mayer Lutheran 103, 2. St. James Area 109, 3. Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial/Nicollet 131, 4. Martin County West 141, 5. Sibley East 165, 6. Norwood Young America 174, 7. Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop 174, 8. New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva 178, 9. LeSueur-Henderson 206, 10. Waterville-Elysian-Morristown/Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton 210.
11. Blue Earth Area 239, 12. Sleepy Eye St. Mary's/Sleepy Eye/New Ulm Cathedral 264, 13. Maple River 266, 14. Mankato Loyola/Cleveland 298, 15. United South Central/Alden-Conger 398.
MCW results
101 runners
Katie Hartke, 6th, 20:24.76; Katelynn Kennedy, 21st, 22:28.00; Liz Peterson, 23rd, 22:42.48; Jocelyn Schmidtke, 45th, 24:10.15; Hannah Cole, 48th, 24:24.99; Sydney Borntrager, 55th, 24:43.39; Maddison Lyon, 61st, 24:54.99.
Boys
Team standings
1. St. James Area 39, 2. Mankato Loyola/Cleveland 74, 3. Lake Crystal Wellcome Memorial/Nicollet 81, 4. Norwood Young America 124, 5. Waterville-Elysian-Morristown/Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton 135, 6. Martin County West 177, 7. Sibley East 207, 8. New-Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva 242, 9. Maple River 247, 10. Madelia/Truman/Granada-Huntley-East Chain/Martin Luther 250,
11. Minnesota Valley Lutheran 284, 12. LeSueur-Henderson 289, 13. Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity/Mayer Lutheran 324, 14. Blue Earth Area 367.
MCW results
101 runners
Jamesson Forsberg, 6th, 17:16.26; Grant Koehnen, 18th, 18:33.00; Riley Cole, 35th, 19:07.30; Connor Pope, 58th, 20:15.28; David Taylor, 68th, 28:38.42; Nick Matejka, 73rd, 21:01.41; Josh Miller, 79th, 21:30.54.