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This week in Cross-Country

Thursday

Section Boys and Girls Meet

    The McGregor/Aitkin Cross-Country team was in Proctor for their invitational and the boys finished 15th with the girls in 18th. Best time for the guys was Garrett Guida who finished 4th in 16:21.9. The next best finish was Lenny Hughes in 78th, Noah Moss in 96th, Andrew Hudrlik in 117th, Isaac Asmus in 124th and Wyatt Winter in 134th. For the girls it was Ashley Asmus in 59th.

     The McGregor/Aitkin cross-country teams were at Pincussion Mountain near Grand Marais Thursday for the Polar Conference meet. The boys finished in 4th place with Garrett Guida posting a second place with Noah Moss in 31st, Andrew Hudrlik in 37th, Isaac Asmus in 39 and Wyatt Winter in 41st. Ashley Asmus didn't run in this event nor did Noah and Lenny Hughes.

       The best finish for Aitkin in the C-I Invitational cross-country meet Thursday at Ruttgers was Lenny Hughes who finished 5th in the boys event with a time of 18:50.8 Noah Hughes was 11th in 20:07.5, Noah Moss was 17th in 20:42.4, Andrew Hudrlik was 22nd, Isaac Asmus was 23rd and Wyatt Winter was 33rd. On the girls side it was Ashley Asmus finishing 14th in a time of 23:24.2.

      Garrett Guida won another cross-country race Tuesday as he captured the McGregor Invitational held at Minnesota National. Guida ran the course in 17:15. The best finish for the Aitkin runners was Lenny Hughes in 5th at a time of 19:44.1. He was followed by Noah Hughes in 13th, Noah Moss in 17th, Andrew Hudrlik in 23rd, Isaac Asmus in 26th and Wyatt Winter in 33rd. For the girls Ashley Asmus finished in 3rd in 22:57.4 Team scores had the boys in 3rd and the girls in 4th for the day.

      The McGregor/Aitkin boys cross-country team finished second to Ely at the Deer River Meet Tuesday at Blueberry Hills. Meanwhile the girls finished in 4th place.

      Garrett Guida won the boys meet with a time of 16:40, nearly a minute better than the runnerup. Lenny Hughes was 3rd in 18:19.5, Noah Hughes was 15th in 19:59, Andrew Hudrlik was 26th in 21:48.8, Isaac Asmus was 27th in 21:54.5 and Wyatt Winter was 28th in 23:03 followed by Cole Schmidt in 42nd and Jessi Warner was 43rd.

      Ashley Asmus was 3rd in a time of 22:05 while Katie Heikkala was 11th in 23:12.1, Kaitlyn Warner was 18th in 24:30, Piper Schmidt was 23rd in 27:17.1 and Riley Jones finished 27th in a time of 31:18.1

      The McGregor Mercs cross-country teams were in Grand Rapids Tuesday with the boys finishing in 8th place and the girls in 10th place. Garrett Guida was 2nd in a time of 17:09.5 for the boys and Ashley Asmus led the girls, finishing in 21st with a time of 23:00.1 On the boys side four runners finished with personal records, Lenny Hughes in 28th at 19:05.2, Noah Hughes in 60th at 20:20.9, Noah Moss in 68th at 20:41.6 and Isaac Asmus in 92nd at 21:54.9. Andrew Hudrlik was 115th in 22:11.1 while Jessi Warner was 115th in 27:35.5. The rest of the girls finishers included Katie Heikkala at 23rd in 23:09.2, Kaitlyn Warner in 70th at 26:42.8 and Piper Schmidt in 90th and Riley Jones in 100th place.

       The McGregor cross-country team was at Pine River-Backus Thursday and both the boys and girls teams finished in 4th place. Garrett Guida won the boys meet while Ashley Asmus was 2nd in the girls competition. Guida ran a time of 17:07.5 well ahead of the second place finisher and Asmus ran a 21:35.2, fourteen seconds out of the top spot. Other finishers in the boys meet were Lenny Hughes, 9th at 19:38.1, Noah Hughes,19th at 21:36.5, Noah Moss 24th at 22:12.5, Isaac Asmus 25th at 22:21.9 and Andrew Hudrlik at 32nd with a time of 23:01.5. Other finishers for the girls included Katie Heikkala who was 13th at 23:50.3, Kaitlyn Warner who was 19th at 26:35.2, Piper Schmidt, 25th at 29:32.2 and Riley Jones at 27th in 30:29.2.  

      The cross-country season is underway and by now you know there are some Aitkin Gobblers running with the McGregor boys and girls teams. Why did they decide to join the sport this season. Let’s find out from some of the Gobblers/Mercuries.
Noah Moss-“I joined cross-country because I thought we had a legitimate shot to be a competitive team. I also thought that the team would be a good opportunity for students wanting to stay in shape that were not in other fall sports. On top of that this will help me be in shape for basketball season and hopefully will positively impact my track times for the spring.”
Isaac Asmus-“I think it is a smart way to condition myself.”
Wyatt Winter-“I joined because it will be good for conditioning and participating with my friends.”
Ashley Asmus-“I went out for cross-country to better myself for track and it’s a great opportunity to do an activity with my brother.”
Lenny Hughes-I chose to run cross-country because I enjoy running and I like the competition aspect of the sport. It will also help me become more competitive in track next spring.”
Andrew Hudrlik-"To get in the best shape possible."

Noah Hughes-"I joined to get in the best shape for basketball."

      The cross-country season got underway Thursday at Pine City and with some Aitkin runners joining the McGregor Mercs for the season we've got first meet results. Five Aitkin boys were in the 5,000m competition with Lenny Hughes posting the best finish at 38th. Noah Moss was 73rd, Isaac Asmus was 81st and Wyatt Winter was 82nd. Garrett Guida from McGregor was 5th, just two seconds off his State Meet time of last year. Ashley Asmus was 15th in the girl's competition with a time of 21:14. On the JH side in the 2,000m, Noah Hughes of Aitkin was 7th.

Thursday, Oct. 23

Boys and girls Section Meet

Saturday, Nov. 1

Boys and girls State Meet