Gerhartz, Greenwaldt both emerge as champions at NL-S Cross Country Invitational

Coach Trutna shown cheering on one of the Streeters' runners at the Little Crow Golf Course in New London. Photo by Adam Hoogenakker, Renville County Register.

At the New London-Spicer Cross Country Invitational, hosted by the Little Crow Golf Course, Sauk Centre Mainstreeters boys runner Jacob Gerhartz won another race, edging West Central Area's Kyle Toms with a final time of 16:59.88. Toms came in with a time of 17:03.0.

On the girls' side, Maren Greenwaldt edged former teammate from Minnewaska Area, Madi Sachs, by a wide margin. Sachs, who now runs for powerful state-ranked Albany, took second (15:41.01). Greenwaldt won the race with a champion time of 15:25.17.

The Streeters boys squad took second place out of 12 complete teams, while the Streeters girls were third out of 11.

Read more on the Streeters' performance at NL-S in next week's Sauk Centre Herald.

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