The Lakeville North girls' cross country team, ranked #1 in the Class AA pre-season poll, eked out a tie-breaker victory over #6 Minnetonka after the two squads finished in a 74-74 deadlock at the season-opening Irish Invitational this morning in Rosemount.The Panthers won the meet because their #6 runner, senior Marie Ferguson who finished 28th, edged Minnetonka's #6, sophomore Colette Celichowski who was 31st. #7-ranked Chaska finished 3rd in the meet with 118 points, unranked Wayzata was 4th at 167, unranked Eastview was 5th with 180.
In boys varsity competition, unranked White Bear Lake upset #11 Minnetonka 50-91. Chaska was third with 90.
Stillwater sophomore Caitlin Hewes won the girls individual title running 12:04 over the two mile course. Chris Massey of host Rosemount was the boys medalist running 10:06 for the same distance.
Full results of the meet are HERE, thanks to RaceberryJam.
Archived video coverage of the meet -- the first Minnesota high school cross country meet to be broadcast live on the web -- is HERE, thanks to the Rosemount Town Pages.
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Photo of Irish Invite start by Charlie Mahler.
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