Ellsworth made its return to hosting cross country meets this season and had the chance to host the Middle Border Conference meet. River Falls also hosted the Big Rivers Conference meet this year. There were plenty of top results to be had as the teams now direct their attention to Sectionals.

Big Rivers

River Falls came away with five all-conference teamers at the home Big Rivers Conference meet. The Wildcat boys took fourth and girls sixth of eight teams at the meet.

Sophomore Micaiah Black made first team all-conference with a third-place finish. The second team all-conference featured Wildcats Owen Koepke (16th place). Cruz Johnson (17th) and Dylan Henjum (23rd) were named honorable mentions. Rounding out the lineup were Gunnar Johnson in 28th, Jonathan Tarasewicz in 32nd and Louis Gilbertson in 33rd.

Annie Csiacsek’s 22nd place finish was good for all-conference honorable mention. Berkley Petta finished 28th, Willa Barry 32nd, Mackenzie Schmidt 40th, Ashelyn Schommer 49th, Leila Dexheimer 53rd, Ellie Oestreich 55th and Lucy Majerus 58th.

The Wildcats go on to compete at the Menomonie Sectional on Saturday.

Dunn-St. Croix

The Spring Valley boys took third of seven teams and the girls third of six at the Dunn-St. Croix Conference meet in Chetek-Weyerhaeuser. For the boys, Dexter Arco finished seventh, Chase Glaus ninth, Seth Palmer 14th, Drake Olszewski 15th, Bismillah Khan Kaker 29th, Rocky Clements 36th and Linus Liu 38th. The top four runners earned spots on the all-conference team.

For the girls, Stella Mathison was the all-conference finisher in 10th, followed by Frankie Hudson in 20th, Kate Cipriano in 21st, Gwen Yonke in 24th, Harper Turner in 26th, Peyton Peabody in 32nd and Samantha Spence in 34th.

Elmwood/Plum City’s two runners, Tessa Asher and Kyra Duval finished 35th and 42nd. Both EPC and Spring Valley compete at the Unity Sectional on Saturday.

Middle Border

Ellsworth’s third place boys race and fifth place girls race made for a solid day during the home conference meet. The Panthers’ score of 64 placed them just three points off of a conference title in the boys race. Senior Adolfo Mendez and junior Carter Lampman earned first team all-conference in the boys race with third and seventh place finishes. Jacob Michels was second team in 11th. Behind them were Parker Lampman in 18th, Zakary Zierl in 25th, Brock Fairchild in 38th and Nolan Helgeson in 41st. Consistently dominant sophomore Mackenzie Hince made first team all-conference in sixth, followed by Blakely Lucente in 15th, Evie Peterson in 20th, Hayden Welch in 43rd and Linnea Sears in 48th.

The Prescott girls finished sixth and the boys seventh. Senior Kyra Dix led the girls and was named first team all-conference with a third-place finish, trailed by Brooklyn Huppert in 25th, Emma Schmitz in 28th, Kyla Gotzinger in 42nd, Amelia Haeg in 44th, Mariella Most in 45th and Vera Martin in 47th. Sophomore Dawson Langer led the boys with a 12th place finish and second team all-conference honors. Langer was followed by Quinn Justen in 17th, Rowan Bauman in 42nd, Connor Anderson in 44th, Max Borkowski in 45th, Anthony Glasspoole in 53rd and Jordan Timmins in 56th.

St. Croix Central won the girls and boys championships and Osceola was second in each. Ellsworth and Prescott’s Sectional is hosted by Rice Lake on Friday.