Monday, October 26

Congratulations to the Girls Cross Country Team for their outstanding performances at the WIAA Division I Sectional on Saturday. The girls finished 2nd of 13 teams, qualifying for the state meet this Saturday. All five Menomonie scorers finished in the top 20 with Lexi Thalacker in 19th, Carmen Schrantz in 16th, Lauren Ohman in 13th, Addison Schuler in 10th and Veronica Molback in 7th. Special congratulations to Bella Drake who is now just the 2nd girl in MHS history to qualify for state four years in a row.

Congratulations to the Boys Cross Country Team for winning their second consecutive sectional championship on Saturday. This is the third year in a row they have qualified for the State Championship meet. They were led by four top 15 finishes from Owen Pelzel, Logan Topper, Evan Olson and Karter Livingston and got a huge race from Oliver Kerze to round out our scoring five. Noah Winder and Brody Salzman also had good races to finish in the top 35 of the 83 runner field. The boys will compete in the Division 1 state championship race this Saturday at 3:10 PM in Wisconsin Rapids.

This past Thursday the Girls Swim and Dive Team competed in their final dual meet against the Hudson Raiders. Ofelia Prechel came out on top with a first place finish in the diving event, while Ellie Zydowsky brought home first place in both the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle. The biggest improvement of the night came from Elli Evans, dropping the most time in both her 200 Freestyle and 100 Freestyle. Layla Soviak became the last athlete of the season to successfully compete in all 9 individual events, including 6 and 11 dive meets. The team goes on the road Friday and Saturday for their Big Rivers Conference meet.

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