Area cross country: Knight runners place at HOL championships

Kylee Fernholz and Abby VanKempen finished fourth and fifth respectively to lead the West Central Area girls’ cross country team to a fifth place finish at the Heart O’ Lakes Conference championships Tuesday.

Fernholz was 19 seconds behind champion Emily Bakken of Pelican Rapids.

Alex Toms led the Knight boys’ team with a 19th place finish as West Central Area finished eighth overall.

HEART O’ LAKES CONFERENCE

CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP

GIRLS’ TEAM SCORES – 1. Perham 58, 2. Warroad 64, 3. Roseau 82, 4. Pelican Rapids 108, 5. West Central Area 117, 6. Breckenridge 124, 7. Thief River Falls 125, 8. Hawley/Ulen-Hitterdal incomplete.

MEDALIST – Emily Bakken, PR, 16:10.

WEST CENTRAL AREA RESULTS – 4. Kylee Fernholz 16:29.06, 5. Abby VanKempen 16:33.77, 33. Ashton Blair 19:25.56, 39. Hannah Frisch 20:16.66, 48. Katie Poyzer 22:11.37.

BOYS’ TEAM SCORE S- 1. Perham 22, Thief River Falls 69, 3. Pelican Rapids 94, 4. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 103, 5. Hawley/Ulen-Hitterdal 118, 6. Roseau 157, 7. Warroad 186, 8. West Central Area 190.

MEDALIST – Brady Speicher 16:56.

WEST CENTRAL AREA RESULTS – 19. Alex Toms 18:18.08, 29. Jeremiah Johnson 19:03.22, 52. Christian Thomasy 21:18.12, 54. Zach Cunningham 21:43.19, 55. Tyler Schill 21.52:99.

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