The Dragons made the trek to Redwood Falls on Thursday, September 29 to compete at a smaller meet compared to the last few meets. The Redwood Valley course was a flatter course with some hills sprinkled in which led for fast times across the board for the Dragons.
The first medalist for the Dragons was in the combined Junior High Girls and Boys race, which was a 2,500 meter run. Medals were given out to the top 5 in the Junior High races. Abbey Leopold ran a great race for place 4th overall, of the 23 competing girls with a time of 12:31. Ashlee Christians also had a good race, coming in 12th place with a time of 13:21. On the boy’s side, newcomer Bruce Farinella cleared the course in 12:01, placing 11th overall in a tough race. William White-McLeise was 20th in 15:35.
The girl’s varsity 5,000 meter was the following race. Sophomore Moriah Bullerman again led the Dragons, earning a 5th place overall finish out of 56 girls. Medals were awarded to the top ten varsity runners. Bullerman’s time was 21:08, a season best. Following Bullerman were Hiltyn Heitkamp and Gracia Elias. The pair worked very nicely through the course and both ran season best times of 23:28 and 23:30 respectively. They also placed 18th and 19th respectively. Junior Halle Heitkamp battled for 31st place with a time of 25:58 and that was seconds off her season best. Courtney Penning ran another personal best at 26:36, placing 34th. Annika Elias ran a solid race, getting through the course in 28:51 placing 47th. The Dragons placed 6th as a team.
The boy’s varsity 5,000 meter run got off to a blazing start from the leaders. Senior Brady Henning ran a smart race to place 7th overall of 77, which was another medal earned for Adrian. His time was 17:38. Christian Weidert ran another season best, clocking in at 19:13 for 25th place. Sophomore Caleb Hornstein had an impressive day as well. Hornstein ran a season best time of 21:20. Senior Mitchell Veld also had a personal best at 24:04 as he worked hard through the course. The boys did not have a complete team.
The Dragons will go to Luverne on Thursday, October 5th.
