After 2 washouts, CC teams run at Lakeville

The weather has not been kind to the New Prague Trojan cross country teams, who saw two consecutive meets - at Montgomery and Hutchinson - cancelled due to heavy rains and wet courses.

New Prague was able to get a late entry into the Lakeville Applejack Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 17. The meet featured 20 teams, including some of the better teams in the area. On short notice and with the weekend Dozinky festivities in New Prague, neither the boys or girls were able to field a full team, but those athletes who competed ran well.

For the boys, Hayden De- Gross ran the 5 kilometer course in a personal best time of 17 minutes, 54 seconds, good for 57th place. Ben Giles finished in 20:58, placing 140th and Carson Davis was 142nd, in 21:01.

"For Ben and Carson, it was their first varsity 5K, and they ran well," Coach Nick Meyer said.

Five Trojans ran in the JV meet, with John Bowman having the best time in 20:18.

Minnetonka won the varsity race handily, with 55 points, with Eagan second at 95. Matthew Wilkinson of Minnetonka posted the winning time of 15:54.

Four girls competed for New Prague, with Bethany Vasecka turning in the fastest time for New Prague, in 21:12, placing 50th. Sydney Siegle was 56th in 21:18, Iris McCarthy was 106th in 22:45 and Kate Chromy was 113th in 23:01.

Ro Wacker was the only JV runner, finishing in 29:01. "This is her first year of cross country and it was her first 5K race," said Coach Shawn Brandt. "She ran with a lot of heart and finished strong."

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To see more on this story pick up the September 22, 2016 print edition of The New Prague Times. 

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