Cardinal Missy Erickson's time of 16:31 gave her a 20 second lead on runner-up Melissa Kempenich of Little Falls, giving her top honors for the second time this season, this time at the Little Falls Nordic skiing Invitational Tuesday at Camp Ripley.
The Alexandria girls' team finished fifth overall as state-ranked host Little Falls claimed top honors.
Taylor Elllison was 10th in 18:39, while Jill Rook was 35th in 20:30 and Steph Redmond was 49th in 21:52.
Leading the boys' team was Conrad Robert of Ottertail Central with a time of 14:49, while Alexandria's Drew Paradis led the Cardinals with a 10th place finish in 15:52.
Mike Flynn was 11th in 15:58, Ryan Jensen was 14th in 16:12 and Aaron Frederick was 15th in 16:22 as the top four boys finished within 30 seconds of each other.
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Jeremy Rapp finished 30th in 17:01 and Mike Erickson was 49th in 18:33.
The boys' team was second overall, two points behind winner St. Cloud Tech.
LITTLE FALLS INVITATIONAL
NORDIC SKI MEET
TUESDAY, JANUARY 15
BOYS' TEAM SCORES - 1. St. Cloud Tech 48, 2. Alexandria 50, 3. Bemidji 51, 4. Ottertail Central 54, 5. Little Falls 60, 6. Brainerd 108, 7. St. Cloud Cathedral 116, 8. Detroit Lakes 145, 9. Willmar 193, 10. Buffalo 210, 11. Mora 219, 12. St. John's Prep 238.
TOP 10 - 1. Conrad Robert, OTC, 14:49, 2. Sam Anderson 14:54, 3. Peter Larsen, SCC, 15:07, 4. James Powell, Bem, 15:14, 5. (tie) Andes Spidahl, OTC; Abe Fark, SCT, 15:18, 7. Pat Mangan, Brd, 15:32, 8. Luke LeBlanc, LF, 15:34, 9. Zach Oelrich, Bem, 15:44, 10. Drew Paradis, Alex, 15:52.
GIRLS' TEAM SCORES - 1. Little Falls 18, 2. Bemidii 58, 3. Ottertail Central 64, 4. St. Cloud Cathedral 78, 5. Alexandria 101, 6. Brainerd 104, 7. Buffalo 136, 8. St. John's Prep 157, 9. Mora 166, 10. St. Cloud Apollo 170, 11. Willmar 194, 12. Detroit Lakes 222.
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TOP 10 - 1. Missy Erickson, Alex, 16:31, 2. Melissa Kempenich, LF, 16:51, 3. (tie) Jackie Thelen, LF; Hanna Kellenman, SCC; 17:00, 5. Molly Binger, LF, 17:06, 6. Maggie Manske, Bem, 17:19, 7. Katherine Mueller, Brd, 17:20, 8. Kalya Meyer, LF, 17:35, 9. Ingrid Leask, Buf, 17:41, 10. Laura Jennen, OTC, 17:44.
ALEXANDRIA INVITATIONAL
NORDIC SKIING RELAY
SATURDAY, JANUARY 12
TEAM SCORES - 1. Alexandria A 1:05:47, 2. Little Falls D 1:06:32, 3. Bemidji A 1:07:02, 4. Brainerd A 1:08:56, 5. Little Falls C 1:11:02, 6. Alexandria B 1:11:34, 7. Little Falls 1:12:07, 8. Little Falls A 1:13:19, 9. Willmar A 1:13:53, 10. Bemidji B 1:14:07, 11. Bemidji C 1:14:52, 12. Detroit Lakes 1:15:20, 13. Buffalo 1:15:24, 14. Bemidji D 1:15:45, 15. Brainerd B 1:17:58, 16. Long Prairie 1:21:03, 17. Buffalo 1:21:51, 18. Brainerd C 1:22:14, 19. Detroit Lakes 1:22:39, 20. Willmar B 1:25:37, 21. Willmar D 1:26:10, 22. Willmar C 1:27:30.
GIRLS' VARSITY SKATE
1. Katherine Mueller, Brd A, 16:03.0.
ALEXANDRIA RESULTS - 4. Taylor Ellison, Alex A, 15:52.0, 15. Steph Redmond, Alex B, 19:08.0.
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GIRLS' VARSITY CLASSIC
1. Missy Erickson, Alex A, 17:02.0.
ALEXANDRIA RESULTS - 1. Erickson, 9. Jill Rook, Alex B, 21:03.
BOYS' VARSITY CLASSIC
1. James Powell, Bem 1, 16:44.0.
ALEXANDRIA RESULTS - 2. Aaron Fredrick, Alex B, 15:47.0, 4. Ryan Jensen, Alex A, 17:02.0.
BOYS' VARSITY SKATE
1. Zac Oerlich, Bem 1, 14:23.0.
ALEXANDRIA RESULTS - 2. Drew Paradis, Alex B, 14:36.0, 5. Mike Flynn, Alex A, 14:51.0.
