The Lakers came home with both champions at the Lac qui Parle Invitational, Thursday, Sept. 1.  Lauryn Ankeny was first and teammate Kiearra Wilmes was second in the girls’ race and Maeson Tank earned the boys’ title during the seven-team race.

In addition, the Laker girls won the team title by 11 points over the host Eagles.  In the boys’ meet, the Lakers finished second behind LQP-DB.

Minnewaska Area was also set to compete at the Milbank Invitational, Saturday, but results from that meet were not available by the deadline and they will be highlighted next week.  Coming up this week is the NLS Invitational, set for Thursday, followed by the Melrose Invitational, Tuesday, Sept. 20.

at LQP Invitational

Lauryn Ankeny, Kiearra Wilmes and Maeson Tank highlighted the Lakers’ efforts at the Lac qui Parle Invitational, Sept. 1.

Ankeny placed first in the girls’ race with a time of 16:46 over the 4K race length and Wilmes was second in 17:43 as Minnewaska Area won the meet with 30 points, followed by LQP-DB (41), Morris Area (52) and Montevideo (102).

Elsey Hagen added a seventh place finish with a time of 19:16, followed by Piper Citrowske in 11th (19:46), Teagan Stark in 14th (20:14), Aubrey Stark in 16th (20:34), Autumn Hess in 20th (21:22), Izzy Bautista in 21st (21:25) and Alexx Carlson in 24th (21:39).

•  In the boys’ race, Maeson Tank led all runners with a time of 14:06 to place first, winning by two seconds over Gavin Carl, of LQP-DB.

Jace Kovarik was next for the Lakers in 11th place with a time of 15:35, followed on the Minnewaska team by Zach Palmer in 15th (16:13),  Nick Ankeny in 16th (16:14), James Ward in 25th (16:55), Ian Mills in 32nd (17:09) and Carter Dinsmore in 43rd place (18:28) out of the 50 total boy runners.

 •  In the JV races, Minnewaska had four runners in the boys’ 4K race, won by Gannon Reidinger of Montevideo in 16:23, with Chase Wacker placing 10th (18:13), Jaden Anderson earning 20th (19:34), Caden Manderschied placing 25th (20:21) and Ryan Koehntop placing 28th (21:10).

In the boys’ 2K 7th-8th grade race, Owen Greene was sixth for the Lakers with a time of 8:41 and Rylan Tank was 10th in 9:04 during a race won by Chris Diez, of Montevideo, in 8:00.

•  Minnewaska Area had two runners during the girls’ 4K JV race.  Alannah Christensen placed 10th with a time of 22:40 and Molly Hjelm was 12th in 23:35 during a race won by Shay Bothun, of LQP-DB, in 19:58.

During the girls’ 7th-8th grade race, won by BOLD’s Erika Martinson in 7:44, Sydney Ankeny was eighth for the Lakers with a time of 10:05 and Emma Koehntop was 15th with a time of 11:25.

at LQP Invitational

Girls varsity team results:  (1) Minnewaska 30  (2) LQP-DB 41  (3) Morris Area 52  (4) Montevideo 102

Girls top five:  (1) Lauryn Ankeny, Min 16:46  (2) Kiearra Wilmes, Min 17:43  (3) Taylor Shelstad, LQP 17:52  (4) Anika Fernholz, LQP 18:39  (5) Hailey Werk, Morris 18:41

Minnewaska Area times:   (1) Lauryn Ankeny 16:46  (2) Kiearra Wilmes 17:43  (7) Elsey Hagen 19:16  (11) Piper Citrowske 19:46  (14) Teagan Stark 20:14  (16) Aubrey Stark 20:34  (20) Autumn Hess 21:22  (21) Izzy Bautista 21:25  (24) Alexx Carlson 21:39 . . . 35 total runners

Boys varsity team results:  (1) LQP-DB 42  (2) Minnewaska 68  (3) Montevideo 100  (4) Ortonville 100  (5) Morris Area 113  (6) Benson-KMS 118  (7) BOLD-BLH 124

Boys top five:  (1) Maeson Tank, Min 14:06  (2) Gavin Carl, LQP 14:08  (3) Eli Hegland, LQP 14:42  (4) Cayden Vanderwal, Orton 14:49  (5) Brady Andrews, Monte 15:05

Minnewaska Area times:   (1) Maeson Tank 14:06  (11) Jace Kovarik 15:35  (15) Zach Palmer 16:13  (16) Nick Ankeny 16:14  (25) James Ward 16:55  (32) Ian Mills 17:09  (43) Carter Dinsmore 18:28 . . . 50 runners