H-M-S runners continue to improve times
Several season-best performances at S-O Invite
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Mitchell Meyers runs in cool and damp conditions during the Sibley-Ocheyedan Invitational on Sept. 8.
Several Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn runners recorded season-best or lifetime-best times at the Sibley-Ocheyedan Invitational on Sept. 4 at the Sibley Golf Course.
Junior Madison Otto led the girls' cross country team, earning a medal and shaving time off her performance from the same meet a year earlier. Otto finished 16th in a tough field.
"Madison looked extremely good," Hawk coach Nicole Dorhout said. "She's getting stronger and stronger and is improving her racing skills. She ran more than 30 seconds faster than she did last year on the same course and nearly a minute faster than the previous week at Okoboji."
Dorhout said several other H-M-S girls improved their times from their meet the week before. Freshman Lexi Croatt finished 54th but took almost two minutes off her time from the previous meet, at which she ran almost two minutes faster than the first meet.
Sophomore Ashleigh Vermeer finished in 58th and took a minute off her time. Sophomore Jaela Anliker ran more than a minute faster than her last race, finishing 65th, and sophomore Juliana Pasillas ran almost three minutes faster than the last meet, finishing 70th.
"I'm really happy with the effort and the way the girls are using each meet to get better from earlier races," Dorhout said. "They're training hard and adjusting their race strategy each week, which is leading to great improvement."
In JV girls, senior Hailey Grotluschen finished her first 5,000-meter race in 42nd place.
In boys' JV, sophomore Bryce Dodge was 34th. Junior Mitchell Meyers was 54th, running almost a minute faster than the last meet. Freshman Gavin Faulkner finished in 55th, running two minutes faster than the previous week, and senior Connor Pasillas was 60th.
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The Hawks' Lexi Croatt improved her time while competing at the S-O Invite at Sibley.
H-M-S will compete at the Sioux Central Invitational on Sept. 17 and will host its own meet at Sanborn Golf and Country Club on Sept. 21.
SIBLEY-OCHEYEDAN INVITE
Girls' Varsity: Madison Otto, 16th, 22:21; Lexi Croatt, 54th, 26:34; Ashleigh Vermeer, 58th, 26:56; Jaela Anliker, 65th, 28:44; Juliana Pasillas, 70th, 31:17.
Girls' Varsity Teams: Sibley-Ocheyedan 40, George-Little Rock/Central Lyon 79, Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 110, West Lyon 113, South O'Brien 113, Western Christian 135, Alta-Aurelia 179, West Sioux 196, Ridge View 210, H-M-S 226.
Girls' JV: Hailey Grotluschen, 42nd, 31:36.
Boys' JV: Bryce Dodge, 34th, 23:02; Mitchell Meyers, 54th, 27:34; Gavin Faulkner, 55th, 27:37; Connor Pasillas, 60th, 32:55.
