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Merrill cross country last at conference meet

October 16, 2018

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Pictured is the Merrill High School 2018 cross country team. Back row from left, Kyle Stellingworth, Dominic Laufenberg, Tanner Depies, Carter Bayer, Cody Depies, Ethan Cordova, Casey Hoffman, Kurtis Schulz, Levi Black, Clayton Grutzmacher, Jayden Woller; middle row, Trevor Schenzel, Calen Hoeppner, Stephen Koch, Anika Bartz, Dalie Thomas, Ben Freyer, Bella Laufenberg, Austin Dahl, Journey Hoyt; front row, David Golisch, Liz Schmidt, Courtney Krueger, Claire Drew, Sadie Wakefield, Rylee Hoeppner, Hannah Losee, Alexis Slagoski, Hunter Zecca, Sara Rajek; missing from photo, Anne Herdt, Annie Becker, David Genrich, Adam Polak and Alex Gerhke.

By Jared Schmeltzer
Reporter

On Saturday the Merrill cross country team traveled to Wausau for the Wisconsin Valley Conference Meet at Nine Mile Forrest. Merrill would have some nice finishes, however both boys and girls teams would finish last.

On the girls side Dalie Thomas and Liz Schmidt would be the only Merrill girls in the top 20, finishing 13th and 14th. Thomas took 13th place with a run of 20:25.1 and Schmidt would take 14th with a run of 20:28.2.

On the boys side the top finisher was Ethan Schelbert who ran a time of 18:35.3, good enough for 35th place. Stephen Koch was close behind, finishing in 36th place with a run of 18:39.4.

The Merrill cross country team will begin their postseason with the sectional race on Saturday at Standing Rock Park, starting at 11 a.m.

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