BALSAM LAKE, WI – While the outcome of the cross country team’s sectional performance didn’t yield any state competitors for the Spring Valley Cross Country team, it did give the members of the team some things to be very proud of.
Freshman Bryson Hoolihan led the boys’ team to a sixth place team finish with a 22nd place finish in a personal record time of 18:18.
The boys’ race was won by Unity junior Oliver Gariepy with a winning time of 16:39, just ahead Cadott junior Beau Steinke (16:43) and McDonell Central senior Owen Clark (16:45). Gariepy and Clark qualified for the WIAA State Meet individually as did Unity sophomore Isaiah Morales and junior Dominic Fox and Eau Claire Regis junior Benjamin Hoeft, the 8th place finisher in 17:26. The top two finishing teams and the top five individual finishers not on those teams all qualify for the WIAA State Meet this Saturday at The Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids.
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