By Tobin Johnson
Grace
and Lauren Ping of Winona earned medals this past weekend at
the USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country Nationals in San Antonio to lead
the Minnesota
contingent. Grace placed fifth out of 308
runners in the 9-10 girls 3K race.in 11:22.93, 22 seconds out of first. Lauren placed tenth out of
194 runners in the 7-8 girls 2K race. She improved by 15 seconds from
the USATF Minnesota Championships to finish 8:16.07.
Max Johnson of Plymouth finished just outside the medals, placing 33rd out of 205 runners in the 7-8 boys 2K. He also improved upon his PR from
the state meet. Kurt TeBeest of Montevideo placed 149th out
of 444 runners in the 13-14 boys 4K race with a time of 14:26.83. Ben
Levin of the Park Flyers ran the same event as Kurt and finished 443rd. His 20:32.01 was a nearly two-minute
improvement from the state meet.
One
of the highlights for the kids was getting to meet US Olympic 1500m
silver medalist Leo Manzano. Manzano’s London medal was the first medal
earned in that
event by a US male in 44 years. Full results of the USATF Junior Olympic Nationals are HERE.
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