CENTURY PANTHERS
Head coach: Paul Callahan. Assistants: Brian Purrington, Jens Boyum, Justin Kotajarvi, Josiah Swanson.
Season outlook: The defending Section 1AA champion Panthers will be captained by a strong group of four seniors, two of whom competed at the Class AA state meet last fall, where Century finished ninth out of 16 teams. Seth Massot (45th at state) and Matt Ryan (121st) both ran at state; Andrew Schweyen and Jack O'Hara will be the team's other captains. Massot could challenge for a section title this season; he placed third last year. Coach Callahan said newcomer Antonio Judson and junior Zeke Green will likely round out the team's top four, with Colin Weber, Schweyen, Josh Larson and Mark Lucivansky battling for the remaining varsity spots.
Coach says: "I cannot say enough positive things about the quality of our athletes on the team in sportsmanship and behavior at meets. At the end of races, our runners will make a line past the finish line and congratulate each runner who comes through the finish. They have decided to do this as a group without any prompting from us as coaches, and shows the respect that each runner earns as every athlete that finishes a race regardless of team, knows what the other runners are going through. Each year, the runners on our team inspire me to become a better coach, and a better runner myself. They are amazing individuals who have chosen a crazy sport to pursue."
ROSTER
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Seniors — Austin Berg, Christian Fiksdal, Jackson Gerber, Isaac Gullickson, Ray Larsen, Joshua Larson, Christian Leckband, Mark Lucivansky, Seth Massot, John Meier, Andrew Neshem, Douglas O'Hara, Joshua Palm, Savatore Panetta, Drew Persson, Bennett Robelia, Matthew Ryan, Andrew Schweyen, Nick Singh, Colin Weber. Juniors— Nathan Biddinger, Sean Carter, John Dougherty, Ty Eder, Zachary Feece, Ishaan Govindarajan, Zeke Green, Paula Guimaraes, Yugene Guo, Evan Harveland, Antonia Judson-Red Elk, Diego Lopez, Isaac Lynch, Jeffrey McEarchern, Patrick Mullon, Brandon Nee, Jacob Nelson, Joe Nielsen, Ryan Pearson, Jackson Robelia, William Schroeder, Nan Wang, David Will, Isaac Winemiller. Sophomores— Ravi Delehanty, Caleb Hedlund, Reed Kohlmeyer, Christian Koski, Nathan Larson, Lucas Lechner, Isaac Marquardt, Ben Morrow, Connor Nee, Noah Powell, Connor Smith, Andrew Swenson, Elijah Torbenson, Joseph Truszinski, Rajiv Verma. Freshmen— Silas Fisher, Austin Manuell, Ethan Manuell, Kyle Philpott, Ethan Poncelet. Eighth-graders— Caleb Berg, James Guenther, Benjamin Larson, Benjamin Ritz, Christian Swenson, Eric Welch. Seventh-graders— Joshua Brunholz, Kyson Burton, Ashtyn Houser, Carter Jack, Spencer Mechura, Paxton Pagel.
SCHEDULE
Sept. 1— Austin Invitational, 4:30 p.m.
Sept. 12— Luther College Invitational, 11 a.m.
Sept. 17— Mayo Invitational, 4 p.m.
Sept. 26— Jim Flim Invitational, 9:30 a.m.
Oct. 8— Owatonna Invitational, 4:30 p.m.
Oct. 13— All-City Invitational, 4 p.m. (at Century H.S.)
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Oct. 20— Big Nine Conference meet, 4 p.m.
Oct. 29— Section 1AA meet, 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 7— State meet, 10 a.m. (at St. Olaf, Northfield)
JOHN MARSHALL ROCKETS
Head coach: Colette Diedrich. Assistant: Aaron Worth.
Season outlook: The Rockets have four runners back from last season's team that placed 10th in the Section 1AA meet. They lost top runner Jake Houghton (9th in Section 1AA, 28th at state), but return their Nos. 2-5 runners from the section meet. That group includes seniors Kevin Andrews (34th in Section 1AA meet) and Andrew Jones (88th), junior Sam Sonnabend (82nd) and sophomore Mitch Olson (66th). JM will be able to develop some runners for future seasons, too, as it has just two seniors on the roster — Andrews and Jones.
ROSTER
Seniors — Kevin Andrews, Andrew Jones. Juniors— Jiwon Kim, Joshua Kim, Brandon Lam, Jason Mitchell, Steele Mitchell, Sam Sonnabend. Sophomores— Alexander Baldwin, Chris Berry, Egan Choi, Grant Engle, Peter Folkerts, Dylan Foy, Henrik Gilbertson, Tim Jirik, Anders Narum, Kyle Ny, Mitchell Olson, Diego Perez, Anthony Poirier, Noah Sy. Freshmen— Ambrose Dukek, Eric Eagen, Samson Ellis, Caleb Feda, Ethan Gilbertson, Dainel Hunsberger, Henry Larson, Joshua Ranfranz, Logan Schuster, Benjamin Trantow, Soren Wiedmann, Nicholas Younk. Eighth-graders— Tanner Biermeier, Jonathan Devlin, Dakota Dowd, Peter Haug, Chase Larsen, Andrew Novak, Payton Richard, Ogden Sikel, Zachary Wahlen. Seventh-graders— Peter Dahlen, Nick Wiest.
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SCHEDULE
Sept. 1— Austin Invitational, 4:30 p.m.
Sept. 10— La Crescent Invitational, 4:30 p.m.
Sept. 12— Luther College Invitational, 11 a.m.
Sept. 17— Mayo Invitational, 4 p.m.
Sept. 26— Jim Flim Invitational, 9:30 a.m.
Sept. 29— Mankato Invitational, 4 p.m.
Oct. 8— Owatonna Invitational, 4:30 p.m.
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Oct. 13— All-City Invitational, 4 p.m. (at Century H.S.)
Oct. 20— Big Nine Conference meet, 4 p.m.
Oct. 29— Section 1AA meet, 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 7— State meet, 10 a.m. (at St. Olaf, Northfield)
LOURDES EAGLES
Head coach: Katie Stinson. Assistant: Heather Phillips.
Season outlook: Coach Stinson has high hopes and expectations for the Eagles this season, after a sixth-place finish at last year's Section 1A meet. They lost state meet qualifier Dakota Streit (6th in Section 1A meet, 36th at state), but have their next four runners back this season. That group is led by junior captain Ian Dewey (36th in Section 1A meet). Other top runners back include junior Dominic Sieve (47th) and sophomores David Bauer (64th) and Peter Monk (68th). Stinson said Dewey has his goals set high and he should be a good role model and leader for younger runners.
Coach says: "For our varsity squad, I think our boys are hungry this year to be a contender for a top-five finish team in both the HVL and in Section 1A. Overall we just need to get/keep everyone healthy, have fun, and keep our focus on those goals throughout the next few months."
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ROSTER
Seniors — Ryan Rademacher. Juniors— Ian Dewey, Michael Kaiya, Dominic Sieve. Sophomores— David Bauer, Alex Bowron, Eric Chestolowski, Patyon Leis, Peter Monk. Freshmen— Andrew Deick, Mark Ustby, Trevor Price. Eighth-grader— Nick Adamson. Seventh-graders— Derek Nguyen, Jonathan Onigkeit.
SCHEDULE
Sept. 1— Austin Invitational, 2:30 p.m.
Sept. 11— Faribault Invitational, 4 p.m.
Sept. 17— Mayo Invitational, 4 p.m.
Sept. 24— Pine Island Invitational, 4:30 p.m.
Oct. 1— Zumbrota-Mazeppa Invitational, 4 p.m.
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Oct. 8— Lewiston-Altura Invitational, 4:30 p.m.
Oct. 13— All-City Invitational, 4 p.m. (at Century H.S.)
Oct. 20— HVL Championships, 4:30 p.m. (at Zumbrota)
Oct. 29— Section 1A meet, 4 p.m. (at Northern Hills G.C.)
Nov. 7— Class A state meet, 10 a.m. (at St. Olaf, Northfield)
MAYO SPARTANS
Head coach: Brett Carroll. Assistants: Sarah Osberg, Jane Brandt.
Season outlook: The Spartans are coming off an seventh-place finish in the Section 1AA meet. They had just one senior in the lineup in that meet, Cole Geschwind, who placed 22nd. Mayo was led in that meet by Chad Couser, who earned a top-10 finish at the Section 1AA meet by placing eighth. Couser went on to place 82nd at state. He is in his fifth season on the varsity and will be a team leader for Mayo. Junior Andrew Gathje, senior Jack Mallman and sophomore Spencer Moore should round out Mayo's top four.
Coach says: "We will need our top four, along with someone else, to step it up as the season progresses. We will need more depth if we want to be running past the section meet in Minnesota. Couser has been a fixture on the varsity since 2011 and is now entering his senior season. He is coming off a trip to the state meet as an individual last year and would like to return with the Mayo team."
ROSTER
Seniors — Jake Carlson, Thomas Carlson, Chad Couser, Seth Dobie, Brock Grafstrom, Eric Mallman, Jack Mallman, Christopher Peterson, Brian Rud, Travis Turner. Juniors— Jared Baudoin, Jack Beebe, Jonathan DeLone, Andrew Gathje, Grayson Goss, Alex Hamernik, Brenden Hamernik, Peter Hansel, Steven Kasperski, Sam Poppen, Sam Rowekamp, Andrew Werning, Alex Williamson, Jackson Winter. Sophomores— Ethan Couser, Andrew Cramer, John Kappler, Alexander McPhail, Spencer Moore, Chance Sine, Sebastian Vile. Freshmen— Jacob Anglin, Samuel Benscoter, Maxwell Conte, Jacob Gathje, Connor Haskins, Joseph Hemenway, Ryan Ihrke, Mete Kremers. Eighth-graders— Parker Atherton, Bryce Baker, Cole Beetcher, Joseph Carlson, Maxwell Cothern, Gabriel Hanson, David Martinson, Daniel Parney. Seventh-graders— Jack Elfstrand, Samuel Gathje, Carter Johnston, Benjamin Magambo, Anh McGeeney, Tristan Moore, Lance Pfrimmer, Dominic Presa, William Roden, Ethan Vanderwaerdt.
SCHEDULE
Sept. 4— Rosemount Invitational, 8:45 a.m.
Sept. 11— Faribault Invitational, 4 p.m.
Sept. 17— Mayo Invitational, 4 p.m.
Sept. 26— Jim Flim Invitational, 9:30 a.m.
Sept. 29— Mankato Invitational, 4 p.m.
Oct. 8— Owatonna Invitational, 4:30 p.m.
Oct. 13— All-City Invitational, 4 p.m. (at Century H.S.)
Oct. 20— Big Nine Conference meet, 4 p.m.
Oct. 29— Section 1AA meet, 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 7— State meet, 10 a.m. (at St. Olaf, Northfield)
ROCHESTER HOME SCHOOL
Head coach: Wayne Dickie.
Season outlook: Most of the Jaguars' top runners from a year ago are back, led by No. 1 runner Josiah Eide and Evan Ouverson, who is expected to be the team's No. 2 runner. Coach Dickie says a handful of other runners are not far behind and will compete for varsity spots. A majority of the team's top runners are underclassmen.
Coach says: "We may be a year or two away from our full potential, but we anticipate a very positive season. It appears the hard work over the summer is helping each of them and we are excited to see what they can do against the strong competition in southern Minnesota."
ROSTER
Seniors — Johnathan Beardall, A.J. Phillips, Daniel Reichmann. Juniors— Aiden Allen, Eli Church, Josiah Jones. Sophomores— Josiah Eide, Garrett Hoffman, Caleb Jones, Marcus Krajewski, Evan Ouverson. Freshmen— Andrew Krajewski, Sam Ouverson, Ben Phillips. Eighth-graders— Stephen Akin, Ezra Craven, Sam Fulton, Justin Harding, Jordan Harding, Josiah Novinger, John Poulin. Seventh-graders— Hyrum Beardall, Eamon Driscoll, Gavin Hoffman, Caleb Luster, Austin Reynolds.
— Compiled by Jason Feldman
