By Chad Koenen

Publisher

Rilynn Ruiz continued her stellar freshman season on Tuesday with a 33rd place finish at the Perham Harrier Invitational. In all, there were 159 people who competed in the girls race with teams as big as Moorhead and a number of Class AA schools making up the field.

Ruiz finished with a season best time of 20:26.7 to lead the charge for the Hornet girls team.

Bristol Larsen was the second Frazee finisher to cross the line as she took 84th place with a personal best time of 21:56.8, Brooklynn Riewer finished in 121st place with a season best time of 23:44.6, Alydia Mitchell finished in 134th place with a time of 24:30.5, Brenna Swenson finished in 139rd place with a time of 24:42.1, Zoey St. Germain finished in 142nd place with a personal best time of 25:09.1 and Brylee Anderson finished in 147th place with a time of 26:39.6.

The girls team finished in 20th place overall with a score of 498 points. Perham easily won the meet with 65 points, while Moorhead took second place with 128 points. A total of 22 teams fielded a complete squad in the large meet. 

On the boys side, Frazee finished in 14th place as a team with 381 points. Perham won the meet with 43 points, while Brainerd finished in second place with 52 points. A total of 22 teams fielded a complete squad in the meet.

Coltyn Pender led the way for the Hornets as he took 67th place with a time of 18:13.2. Matthew Sharp finished in 71st place with a personal best time of 18:16.9, Hunter Piekarski finished in 73rd place with a personal best time of 18:21.8, Talon Hoverson finished in 75th place with a season best time of 18:24.1 and Paul Sharp finished in 100th place with a time of 19:15.

The Hornets will return to action on Thursday when they travel to Hawley for the Heart O’ Lakes Conference meet.