It was a great day for the Watchdogs at the Dakota Valley Invitational on September 2. The varsity boys team took home 1st place. Josh Merriman and Molly O’Neill were race champions, and many personal records and season bests were achieved!
Results
VARSITY GIRLS 5K (32 Runners)
2nd, Ella Merriman, 20:57 (Medalist)
13th, Lillie Boden, 23:32 (Medalist)
Team Standings: Canton 24, Dakota Valley 25, Siouxland Christian 56, Sioux City East 57, Lawton-Bronson 76
VARSITY BOYS 5K (49 Runners)
3rd, Hunter Penn, 18:11 (Medalist)
6th, Noah Halvorson, 18:51 (Medalist)
7th, Oliver Merriman, 18:54 (Medalist)
8th, Henry Huether, 19:03 (Medalist)
15th, Marcus Aasheim, 20:00 (Medalist)
16th, Caleb Hansen, 20:07 (Medalist)
19th, Eli Schaap, 20:26 (Medalist)
Team Standings: Beresford 24, Elk Point-Jefferson 36, Sioux City East 60, Canton 66, Dakota Valley 77, Sioux City West 85, Lawton-Bronson 110
JV GIRLS 4K (27 Runners)
1st, Molly O’Neil, 18:11 (Medalist)
Team Standings: Canton 14, Dakota Valley 24, Elk Point-Jefferson 51
JV BOYS 4K (46 Runners)
1st, Josh Merriman, 14:42 (Medalist)
2nd, Brock Koth, 15:15 (Medalist)
16th, Gavin Stewart, 17:20
18th, Mobi Merriman, 17:39
25th, Lukas Traxler, 18:18
32nd, Raiden Hanner, 19:06
40th, Colby Huot, 22:13
Team Standings: Sioux City East 20, Beresford 31, Dakota Valley 51, Elk Point-Jefferson 53, Lawton-Bronson 104
JH GIRLS 3K (22 Runners)
13th, Zara Himanga, 16:46
18th, Julia Kinney, 17:58
Team Standings: Canton 18, Elk Point-Jefferson 26, Lawton-Bronson 39
JH BOYS 3K (37 Runners)
4th, Paxton Peterson,12:12 (Medalist)
8th, Blake Kilgore, 12:44 (Medalist)
35th, Jace Myers, 19:07
Team Standings: Canton 29, Dakota Valley 29, Lawton-Bronson 35, Elk Point-Jefferson 53