By Chad Koenen

Publisher

In a meet featuring 96 teams from across the tri-state area, including several from the Twin Cities area, the Frazee Hornets traveled to Grand Forks for the annual Border Battle cross country meet on Saturday.

The boys team finished in 14th place in the Class A meet out of 41 complete teams with 434 points.
They were just one point behind Nevis who finished with 433 points for third place. Hawley won the Class A meet with 139 points, while Wadena-Deer Creek finished in second place with 147 points. 

Eighth grader Matthew Sharp finished in 68th place to lead the charge with a time of 18:33.7.
Freshman Coltyn Pender finished just two spots behind his teammate in 70th place with a time of 18:36.5, Talon Hoverson finished in 98th place with a time of 19:05.7, Hunter Piekarski finished in 110th place with a time of 19:14.3 and Paul Sharp finished in 130th place with a time of 19:29.4.

There was a total of 295 boys who competed in the Class A meet.

On the girls side, Frazee finished in 19th place out of 29 complete teams with 491 points. Hillsboro/Central Valley won the meet with 51 points, while Bowman County took second place with 53 points. 

Freshman Rilynn Ruiz and eighth grader Rachael Courneya led the charge for the Hornets as Ruiz finished 44th place with a time of 21:19.4 and Courneya finished in 45th place with a time of 21:23. Bristol Larsen finished in 108th place with a time of 22:48.3, Brylee Anderson finished in 200th place with a time of 25:50.8, Zoey St. Germain finished in 212nd place with a time of 26:32.2 and Madilyn Perrine finished in 229th place with a time of 29:04.6.

A total of 239 people finished the Class A girls cross country meet.