It was a very hot weather day on Tuesday, September 6 when the Andes Central/Dakota Christian Thunder cross country runners competed in the Scotland Invitational Meet. Anna DeHaan and Lexi Schoenfelder continued to be top runners and earned medals placing 11th and 12th. Their times were 23:27 and 23:49. Top finisher in the Meet was Allison Haugh from Chamberlain (21:04) after her first place teammate Kinsey Evans collapsed in the high heat.

Eilie DeHaan, for the Thunder, placed 29th (26:41) to give the team a score of 47 behind Chamberlain (8) and Kimball (13) while finishing in front of Scotland (56) and Platte-Geddes (58).

Tony Hansum ran a 22:39 5K to place 25th. Tony is setting in 14th for the best 5K time in the Boys Region 3B and is hopeful to qualify for the State Meet.

Coach Larry Lucas stated, “If we look at the big picture we did well at the Scotland Meet. Our times and places were down a bit, but when you look at our training plan it is a much different picture. I like to say there is always value in what you do as an athlete and you have to see it and bank the value for another competition.”

This past Monday, September 12 the Thunder ran in the Wagner Meet at Pickstown and on Thursday they are at Chamberlain (3:00 pm).

Anna DeHaan and Lexi Schoenfelder – Medal Winners at the Scotland XC Meet