Card Nordic skiing: Sieling skis to state
The Cardinal sophomore finished 12th to earn her second straight trip.By: Lori Mork, Alexandria Echo Press
- Sieling
More...
Alexandria’s Julia Sieling will be making a repeat appearance at the State Nordic ski meet after finishing 12th in the Section 8 competition at Maplelag Resort near Detroit Lakes.
Sieling, who finished 105th in last year’s state event, will head back to Giants Ridge in Biwabik Thursday.
“Both teams had a good day,” said head coach Luke Erickson, “and Julia earned a trip to state with a 12th place finish in the 10k pursuit.”
Melissa Gromatka finished 21st for the girls, with Becca Matteer 44th, Lauren Hagstrom 45th, Natalie Watkins 55th, Adrianne Wensman 57th and Hailey Haugen 60th.
The boys’ team was led by Cody Call in 26th, Pat Flynn in 40th, Carl Branch 49th, Eric Branch 52nd, Daniel Finazzo 62nd, Chase Redmond 68th and Sitka Corage 71st.
The Cardinal girls finished eighth overall with 275 points, while the boys were ninth with 246.
Brainerd and Little Falls won the boys’ and girls’ team titles.
SECTION 8 NORDIC SKI MEET
BOYS’ TEAM SCORES – 1. Brainerd 378, 2. Bemidji 366, 3. St. Cloud Tech 343, 4. Little Falls 334, 5. Detroit Lakes 332, 6. Mora 294, 7. St. Cloud Cathedral/Sartell 264, 8. Trek North 262, 9. Alexandria 246, 10. St. Cloud Apollo 206, 11. Ottertail Nordic 187.
INDIVIDUAL WINNER – Jake Richards (DL) 22:24
GIRLS’ TEAM SCORES – 1. Little Falls 385, 2. St. Cloud Cathedral/Sartell 365, 3. Brainerd 329, 4. Mora 326, 5. Bemidji 310, 6. Trek North 307, 7. Detroit Lakes 298, 8. Alexandria 275, 9. St. Cloud Apollo 250, 10. St. Cloud Tech 216, 11. Ottertail Nordic 254.
Individual winner – Maria Hauer (LF) 27:00
Follow #AlexMN @EchoPress Sports Editor Lori Mork on Twitter at @morkwriter.
Tags: alexandria sports, sports, nordic, skiing, sieling, state
More from around the web
RSS Feeds