New London boys finish second

The Hortonville boys’ cross country team won its home meet while the New London boys’ team saw its highest finish of the season with a second-place finish at Lions Park in Greenville on Saturday, Sept. 26.

The Hortonvile Polar Bears placed four boys in the top 10 to finish with 41 points, a 34-point lead over the New London Bulldogs (75). Junior Robbie Watling led the Bulldogs with a fourth-place finish and freshman Michael Jarvis led the Polar Bears with a fifth-place finish.

On the girls’ side, the Polar Bears took second (65), fueled by a second-place finish by junior Hannah Lohrenz and a seventh-place finish by junior Claire Van Beek.

The Clintonville Truckers fell behind Hortonville by one point (66) for a third-place finish. Kara Pyatskowit led the Truckers, finishing third.

“Our girls ran well against tough Division I teams,” Clintonville coach Jeff Crumbaugh said. We were only one point behind Hortonville. Our team ran a tough course on Tuesday and then we followed that with two tough training days, so their legs were not as fresh as they could [have] been. As the season progresses, their training load will drop and hopefully so will their times.”

Clintonville’s boys finished sixth (132) out of seven teams, and New London’s girls finished seventh (167) out of seven teams.

Individual finishes and times for the varsity boys and girls courtesy of Prime Time Timing are below.

Hortonville girls: 2 Hannah Lohrenz 19:27. 7 Claire Van Beek 20:44. 15 Alyssa Rafuse 21:49. 16 Lauren Buchinger 21:53. 25 Megan Bonikowske 22:53. 29 Ellie Ramsay 23:11. 35 Abbey Herndon 23:41.

Clintonville girls: 3 Kara Pyatskowit 19:47. 10 Taylor Young 21:27. 13 Clara Vo 21:43. 19 Jordan Tellock 22:13. 21 Brooke Wespetal 22:24. 27 Bethany Klemp 23:09. 28 Emma Weatherwax 23:09.

New London girls: 26 Cassidy Pethke 23:06. 30 Taya Fecteau 23:16. 32 Erika Dorow 23:35. 38 Courtney Carpenter 24:04. 41 Sydney Stroschein 25:12. 43 Bailey Briner 27:11.

Hortonville boys: 5 Michael Jarvis 18:16. 7 Daniel Gretzinger 18:27. 8 Sam Johnson 18:32. 9 Joseph Nicholson 18:34. 12 John Wirth 19:11. 15 Cody Lohrenz 19:25. 16 Wyatt Vanhandel 19:29.

New London boys: 4 Robbie Watling 18:13. 13 Micah Ives 19:21. 14 Matt Dobija 19:24. 20 Marty Metko 19:53. 24 Anthony Flores 20:28. 28 Nick Overesch 20:52. 34 Seth Harrmann 21:47.

Clintonville boys: 6 Trent Marheine 18:21. 18 Cole Cotherman 19:44. 33 Nathan Raasch 21:45. 36 Anthony Pues 22:09. 39 William Gwinn 24:01.