St. Olaf Showcase 2022
Full Results: Here
Photo Album: Here
Meet Recap: The day was sunny and the temp....well it was hot! The Rebels XC Team raced to solid performances across the board in all 4 races. Handling both a huge competitive field (50 Teams), with races of 300+ runners in each and the warm September day.
Our JV Girls' started off our return to the St. Olaf Showcase Meet with solid performances in the 1st 5K of the year for the team. Rookie Kennedy Norsted completed her 1st HS 5K of her career finishing 272nd overall in the race. While we didn't race a complete team, Ellie Kraesen finished 180th followed by Eleanor Martenson in 211th and Kaylee Kern in 251st.
The Varsity Girls' raced to a respectable 13th place in a field loaded with 9 early season ranked teams. Abby Hibbs led the way with a 23rd place finish with Vayda Foy in 41st and Elise Oldroyd in 57th place. Our 4th and 5th runners were Ellie Grossman in 142nd and Gabby Wahl in 155th. 7th Grader Ophelia Schomaker made her HS debut racing to 241st place as did Senior Rachel Miller who finished 188th.
Our JV Boy's Team had 6 athletes make their HS XC debut racing against a huge field of over 400+ runners. Will Maher was our top runner in the field finishing 17th with a 5K PR ! #2 for the team was Maxwell Simmons in 205th, next was Blake Frazer in 213th, followed by Lucas Vetter in 243rd and Conner Morari who raced to 247th..
The Varsity Boy's Team tipped the Pre-Meet Rankings moving up over 11 spots to finish in 15th just behind NWSC foe Maple Grove. Charlie Hibbs duplicated his 2021 State Meet time racing to a 44th place finish followed by Logan Martinez, 62nd, who destroyed his prior 5K PR as did Caleb Osterberg, who finished 100th overall. Ryan Kane was our #4 in 123rd with Ethan Ibarra as our #5 in 184th. Varsity Rookie Ben Matkze also ran to a 5K PR and was our 7th runner preceded by Garrison Finke who finished 192nd.
Next Up: Luther College All-American Invitational, Saturday, Sept. 10th.
