Semling takes title; 5 earn XC all conference honors
5 Cotter runners, 3 boys and 2 girls, earned all conference honors and 9th grader Sonja Semling claimed the girls Three Rivers Conference individual championship at the conference meet at the Pine Creek Golf Course in La Crescent on Thursday, October 19.
Semling dominated the field with a time of 20:23, winning by over 50 seconds.
Hazel Freyre, also a freshman, finished 8th. The girls team finished 3rd out of 11 teams, Kyra Kotsmith, Macy Piechowski, and Audrey England also scored for the Ramblers.
John Fritts, sophomore, finished 5th for the boys, while 7th grader Ryan Littlefield finished 11th, and 8th grader Logan Granseth finished 19th to also earn all conference. Kellen Groth and Corbin Andow were the 4th and 5th place finishers for the boys. The boys team finished 4th in the conference.
The Section 1A cross country meet will be held at Northern Hills golf course in Rochester on Thursday, October 28.