A trio of local cross country teams hit the local trails at a pair of races this past week. At the River Ridge Invitational at Wisconsin Badger Camp last Tuesday, Oct. 06, it was Prairie du Chien, Seneca and Wauzeka-Steuben joining host River Ridge for the Timberwolves annual home meet.

The girls race saw Prairie du Chien finish second out of four teams with 47 points and Wauzeka-Steuben third with 63 points. Seneca did not have any runners compete in the varsity girls race. Leading the way for PdC was Kennady Fradette in seventh place in a time of 24:01. She was followed by the Hornets’ Taylin Martin in eighth place in 24:02 and teammate Karly Kramer in ninth place in 24:06.

Also running for the Hawks were Kaci Gebhard in 10th (24:35), Aspen Gelo in 16th (25:59), Alena Niemec in 22nd (26:58), Briar Smith in 23rd (27:06), Rosalie Kossman in 25th (27:30), Mairany Morales in 26th (27:36), Alyseia Schnitzler in 31st (29:04), Autumn Ziegler in 34th (29:53), Kayli Schnitzler in 35th (30:03), Ellie Kramer in 37th (30:22), Mya Mahr in 40th (32:25), Katelyn Mathies in 41st (34:27) and Lyla Redman in 42nd (34:42).

The Hornets also got contributions from Brynnlee Benoy in 15th place in a time of 25:53, Alayna Martin in 18th (26:13), Stella Walz in 20th (26:15), Chloe Manning in 29th (28:15) and Avery Kilburg in 38th (30:36).

The boys race saw Prairie du Chien placed third out of five teams with 71 points while Seneca and Wauzeka-Steuben did not have runners to place in the team scores. Prairie du Chien junior Landon Smith was the race’s top runner, finishing first in a time of 18:35 while teammate Lane Henderson was fifth in a time of 19:23. Wauzeka-Steuben senior Nolan Reed-Mullikin placed fourth in a time of 19:15 while his
Junior teammate Cody Wagner was 10th in a time of 19:44.

Prairie du Chien also received finishes from Matthew Kramer in 24th (22:22), Kaden Kvamme in 25th (22:37) and Ian Mezera in 26th (22:49). Seneca was led by Owen George in 28th place in a time of 23:44, Reuben Suarez in 36th (25:31), Scott Brown in 39th (26:28) and Grant Sime in 48th (33:50).

The three schools each traveled to Muscoda this past Saturday, Oct. 10 for the annual Riverdale Invitational. In the girls race, it was PdC placing ninth out of 17 teams with 262 points and Wauzeka-Steuben in 13th place with 367 points. Seneca didn’t place as a team but got a 131st place finish from Millie Dahlberg in a time of 27:15.

The top finisher for the PdC girls was once again Fradette, who finished in 36th place with a time of 22:18. The Hawks also got good times from K. Kramer in 52nd (23:00), Gebhard in 53rd (23:05), Gelo in 83rd (24:39), Niemec in 86th (24:55), B. Smith in 94th (25:17), Morales in 97th (25:27), Kossman in 108th (25:51), A. Schnitzler in 136th (27:46), E. Kramer in 138th (27:52), K. Schnitzler in 141st (28:02), Ziegler in 147th (28:26), Mathies in 153rd (30:07), Mahr in 155th (30:18) and Redman in 161st (32:54).

Taylin Martin once again led the way for the Hornets, finishing in 57th place in a time of 23:22. She was followed by Trautsch in 88th (25:07), Walz in 89th (25:07), Benoy in 99th (25:31), Manning in 110th (25:56) and A. Martin in 115th (26:09).

None of the three schools had enough runners to place as a team in the boys race. Prairie du Chien’s Smith was the top individual finisher among all three schools, finishing in 26th place in a time of 18:41. PdC’s Henderson placed 33rd in 18:55. Also placing for the Hawks was M. Kramer in 110th in a time of 21:53 and Mezera in 120th in a time of 22:07.

The Hornets were paced by Nolan Reed-Mullikin in 39th (19:13) and Wagner in 51st (19:36) while Seneca was led by George in 158th (25:36), Suarez in 162nd (25:57) and Sime in 177th (30:29).

It’s conference meet week for all three schools as Prairie du Chien will host the SWC meet at the PdC Country Club tomorrow evening at 4:30 p.m. while Seneca and Wauzeka-Steuben will travel to Kickapoo High School for the Ridge & Valley/Six Rivers Conference Championship Meet.