Boys Cross Country Roundup: Liberty High Runner-up at Luther All-American Invitational
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Class 4A No. 12 Liberty High finished runner-up at the 27-team Luther All-American Invitational on Saturday at Luther College in Decorah.
Christian Montover placed 12th and Aidan Decker was 13th as the Lightning finished with 118 points behind only team champion Onalaska (Wisconsin) who won with 38 points.
Minneapolis Washburn was third with 168 points followed by 4A No. 16 Linn-Mar with 173 points, Bloomington Jefferson with 179 and Port Byron with 191.
Class 1A ninth-ranked Regina placed 16th with 437 points.
Montover placed 12th in a time of 17:16.81 while Decker was 14th overall in 17:25.32.
Ethan Keeney was 19th in 17:35.05 and Gavin Keeney was 22nd in 17:39.08.
Regina was led by sophomore Aidan O’Neil who placed 18th in a time of 17:33.94 while Adam Boblenz was 94th in 19:14.84 for the Regals.
Luther All-American Invitational
At Luther College in Decorah
Team scores – 1. Onalaska 38; 2. Liberty High 118; 3. Minneapolis Washburn 168; 4. Linn-Mar 173; 5. Bloomington Jefferson 179; 6. Port Byron 191; 7. Champlin Park 238; 8. Decorah 241; 9. Rochester Century 258; 10. Charles City 283; 11. Waukon 310; 12. Aquinas 334; 13. Mason City 346; 14. New Hampton 374; 15. Rochester John Marshall 411; 16. Regina 437; 17. Westby 460; 18. Chatfield 506; 19. Platteville 530; 20. St. Charles 541; 21. La Cross Central 576; 22. Lanesboro/Fillmore Central 583; 23. Crestwood 585; 24. Osage 604; 25. Luther 662; 26. Byron 669; 27. Cedar Rapids Xavier 674
Individual leaders – 1. Manny Putz (Onalaska) 16:09.96; 2. Tommy Murray (Port Byron) 16:12.94; 3. Aidan Jones (Minneapolis Washburn) 16:23.11; 4. Adam Lueth (Bloomington Jefferson) 16:38.25; 5. Ron Walters (Onalaska) 16:39.35; 6. Hayden Kuhn (Linn-Mar) 16:45.51; 7. Jonathan Skemp (Aquinas) 16:57.52; 8. Tyler Lee (Onalaska) 17:03.53; 9. Austin Oyen (Onalaska) 17:04.94; 10. Alex Taylor (Aquinas) 17:12.58; 11. Wesley Barnhart (La Crosse Central) 17:15.77; 12. Christian Montover (Liberty High) 17:16.81; 13. Isaiah Kruckman (South Winneshiek) 17:17.95; 14. Aidan Decker (Liberty High) 17:25.32; 15. Landis Musser (Port Byron) 17:28.18
Liberty High (118) – 12. Christian Montover 17:16.81; 13. Aidan Decker 17:25.32; 19. Ethan Keeney 17:35.05; 22. Gavin Keeney 17:39.08; 52. Logan Nelson 18:25.32; 57. Jonathan Kamba Kaleka 18:33.67; 100. Boden Bisgard 19:21.85
Regina (437) – 18. Aidan O’Neil 17:33.7; 94. Adam Boblenz 19:14.84; 98. Sam Welter 19:19.98; 106. Joe Maley 19:35.06; 121. Dan Maley 19:59.54; 124. Riordan Smith 20:06.55; 144. Joe Polyak 20:56.09
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