The Tiger cross country team was in action twice last week at the Holdingford meet Sept. 15 and the Little Crow Invitational in New London Sept. 17. Anna Boyle led all runners for the Tigers, adding two more top-five finishes, placing third in both varsity competitions. 

Holdingford Meet

MACA kicked off the week in Holdingford against 11 other teams and had three runners finish in the top-20.

The MACA boys finished the meet in fifth place with 155 points. Wadena-Deer Creek won the team competition with just 32 points. 

Wesley Richards led the boys in 12th place with his fastest time of the season 18:22.97. Casey Raths also cracked the top-20, finishing in 19th with 19:12.40. 

The MACA girls did not compete as a team. Wadena-Deer Creek also won the girls team meet with 54 points. 

As she had in the previous three meets, Anna Boyle led the Tigers in third place with a season best time of 19:52.64. 

Boys Team Scores – (1) WDC 32 (2) Holdingford 66 (3) Frazee 88 (4) Osakis 143 (5) MACA 155 (6) EVW/Kimball 159 (7) Royalton 174 (8) OTC 201 (9) ABE 224 (10) Pillager 246 (11) UNC 253 (12) LPGE 276

MACA individual results – (12) Wesley Richards 18:22.97; (19) Casey Raths 19:12.40; (42) Wesley Odello 20:08.05; (53) Greyson Jost 20:34.77; (54) Sam Enberg 20:36.29; (57) Zachary Kleindl 20:41.50; (73) Colton Watson-Essary 21:55.73

Girls Team Scores – (1) WDC 54 (2) UNC 68 (3) OTC 87 (4) Parkers Prairie 112 (5) ABE 141 (6) Holdingford 146 (7) Frazee 159 (8) EVW/Kimball 166 (9) LPGE 169

MACA individual results – (3) Anna Boyle 19:52.64; (58) Gracee Lubenow 26:10.10; (60) Elizabeth Boyle 26:17.56

Little Crow Invitational

The week wrapped up in New London at the Little Crow Invitational with nine other teams. Both MACA boys and girls were able to compete as teams for just the second time this season with both teams finishing ninth. 

The MACA girls were ninth as a team with 247 points and New London-Spicer won their home meet with 57 points. 

Anna Boyle earned her fifth top-three finish in the first five meets, placing third with a time of 19:55.8 and was the only MACA runner to finish in the top-60. 

The MACA boys also finished the meet in ninth as a team with 192 points. Redwood Valley won the boys team meet with 41 points. 

Richards led the boys again in 22nd place with a time of 18:30.3. Casey Raths ran a season best time for the Tigers, finishing in 33rd with 19:00.30. Wesley Odello just cracked the top-50 in 49th with 19:46.0.

The Tigers were back in action at the Melrose meet Sept. 22 and will be in Granite Falls for the Yellow Medicine East meet Monday, Sept. 28.

Boys Team Scores – (1) Redwood Valley 41 (2) Sauk Centre 63 (3) Melrose Area 90 (4) WCA 119 (5) NLS 141 (6) St. Cloud Cathedral 162 (7) EV-W/Kimball 181 (8) Litchfield 191 (9) MACA 192 (10) Paynesville/BBE 224

MACA boys individual results – (22) Wesley Richards 18:30.3; (33) Casey Raths 19:00.3; (49) Wesley Odello 19:46.0; (62) Greyson Jost 20:48.0; (63) Zachary Kleindl 20:50.5; (67) Sam Enberg 21:07.6; (81) Colton Watson-Essary 22:45.3

Girls Team Scores – (1) NLS 57 (2) St. Cloud Cathedral 74 (3) Redwood Valley 74 (4) Paynesville/BBE 101 (5) Sauk Centre 110 (6) Minnewaska 165 (7) WCA 193 (8) Melrose Area 200 (9) MACA 247 (10) EV-W/Kimball 250

MACA girls individual results – (3) Anna Boyle 19:55.8; (64) Macy Seales 26:34.6; (65) Elizabeth Boyle 26:58.5; (67) Mia Lu Asche 29:59.0; (70) Gabriella Bartholet 32:14.8