FAULKTON – Runners battled stiff competition, a difficult course and some challenging conditions during the Lakeside Invitational cross country meet Wednesday at Lakeside Country Club in Faulkton.

Ella Boekelheide of Northwestern won the girls’ race with Dannika Kaup of Potter County second. Pierce Baumberger of Miller won the boys’ race with teammate Alex Schumacher runner-up.

Potter County won the girls’ team title, while Miller edged Northwestern by two points to win the boys’ team championship.

The meet was full of returning state-place winners in both races.

“This Faulkton meet usually is a good one,” said Aberdeen Roncalli coach Brady Lesnar. “It’s a tough course, too. They’ve got a hill, it’s brutal, and the wind was hitting them too as they were going up. It was a climb.”

The Cavaliers were led by seventh-grader Addison Cassady on the girls’ side. She finished 14th overall against some of the state’s top runners.

“For her to be 14^th in that mix was good to see,” Lesnar said.

Paul Gutenkauf topped the Roncalli boys, also with a 14th place finish. Garrett Griffin finished 22nd.

The Cavaliers are in the midst of a busy part of their season. They ran last Thursday and Saturday, and have upcoming meets on Saturday and Monday.

Lesnar said he isn’t too concerned about the demanding schedule at this point in the year.

“We’re still in the training part of the season,” he said. “Experience is a good way to train.”

Roncalli will get to experience something new on Saturday when they head to a meet in Grand Forks, N.D. The Cavaliers were planning to compete in a meet in Milaca, Minn., but that meet got canceled.

Grand Forks decided to host a meet and are calling it a border battle with teams from North Dakota, Minnesota and Canada scheduled to attend. Roncalli and Milbank Area are the only two squads from South Dakota who will be competing.

“I’m really excited about it. I got a course map. It looks really cool,” Lesnar said. “It looks like it’s very spectator friendly. It also looks like it’s in a wooded park, so you kind of get the real cross country feel there.”

GIRLS’ DIVISION

Team Points: Potter County 14, Kimball-White Lake 25, Frederick 28, James Valley Christian 30, Stanley County 46, Warner 57, Miller 67, North Central 73.

Individual Results

1, Ella Boekelheide, Northwestern, 20:17; 2, Dannika Kaup, Potter County, 20:49; 3, Autumn Baker, Kimball-White Lake, 21:04; 4, Autumn Fallis, Highmore-Harrold, 21:14; 5, Morgan Sumption, Frederick, 21:22; 6, Lily Baker, Kimball-White Lake, 21:42; 7, Emma Schlachter, Potter County, 21:44; 8, Abby Hasart, James Valley Christian, 21:45; 9, Hadasah Olson, James Valley Christian, 21:53; 10, Jadyn Ahlemeier, Potter County, 21:54;

11, Faith Heil, Mobridge-Pollock, 22:08; 12, Kaysen Magee, Stanley County, 22:11; 13, Sofia Losure, Frederick, 22:18; 14, Addison Cassady, Aberdeen Roncalli, 22:23; 15, Paige Ahlemeier, Potter County, 22:24; 16, Austina Sorensen, Faulkton, 22:25; 17, Madeline Nye, Miller, 22:38; 18, Kennadee Wiedebush, Warner, 22:43; 19, Tara Blachford, Northwestern, 22:44; 20, Avery Miles, Hitchcock-Tulare, 22:58;

21, Addisyn Heinrich, Warner, 23:05; 22, Laura Sumption, Frederick, 23:07; 23, Gracie Olson, Stanley County, 23:13; 24, Rhayonna Hood, James Valley Christian, 23:24; 25, Peyton Stevens, Potter County, 23:24; 26, Christine Gaulke, Kimball-White Lake, 23:31; 27, Grace Roth, North Central, 23:31; 28, Rayel Persoon, Potter County, 23:31; 29, McKayla Hanson, Herreid-Selby Area, 23:40; 30, Rachel Nemec, Stanley County, 24:02;

31, Kassandra Abbas, North Central, 24:21; 32, Lily Swanson, James Valley Christian, 24:23; 33, Micaiah Brantner, James Valley Christian, 24:30; 34, Taya Chelmo, Kimball-White Lake, 24:33; 35, Olivia Nye, Miller, 24:42; 36, Rylee Nelson, Sunshine Bible, 24:45; 37, Josie McCord, Kimball-White Lake, 24:49; 38, Andie Aughenbaugh, James Valley Christian, 24:50; 39, Olivia Hadrick, Faulkton, 25:01; 40, Akane Metcalfe, Kimball-White Lake, 25:05;

41, Sarah Fosheim, Stanley County, 25:53; 42, Allie Gortmaker, Miller, 26:03; 43, Kenna Wolberg, Warner, 26:16; 44, Kennadi Aman, North Central, 26:56; 45, Faith Baumberger, Miller, 29:32.

BOYS’ DIVISION

Team Points: Miller 17, Northwestern 19, Frederick 26, Aberdeen Roncalli 59, Faulkton 65, Highmore 67, James Valley Christian 88, Potter County 92, Stanley County 96, Kimball-White Lake 103, Herreid-Selby Area 118, Timber Lake 121, Hitchcock-Tulare 126, Sunshine Bible 153.

Individual Results

1, Pierce Baumberger, Miller, 17:38; 2, Alex Schumacher, Miller, 18:08; 3, Nicholas Schlachter, Potter County, 18:19; 4, Lincoln Woodring, Northwestern, 18:21; 5, Nathan Melius, Northwestern, 18:38; 6, Johnathan Bretsch, Frederick, 18:51; 7, Dawson Hale, Highmore, 18:55; 8, Dax Frandsen, James Valley Christian, 18:56; 9, Milo Sumption, Frederick, 19:07; 10, Ethan Boekelheide, Northwestern, 19:15;

11, Winston Clark, Frederick, 19:16; 12, Spencer Sargent, Stanley County, 19:21; 13, Anthony Miller, North Central, 19:23; 14, Paul Gutenkauf, Aberdeen Roncalli, 19:33; 15, Isaiah Gortmaker, Miller, 19:36; 16, Tyson Kindle, Miller, 19:36; 17, Stephen Achen, Frederick, 19:44; 18, Noah Kippley, Frederick, 19:46; 19, Korbin Stark, Faulkton, 19:50; 20, Remmington Ford, Mobridge-Pollock, 19:56;

21, Quintin Fischbach, Northwestern, 19:56; 22, Garrett Griffin, Aberdeen Roncalli, 19:56; 23, Eli Hamre, Herreid-Selby Area, 20:10; 24, Kellan Hurd, Miller, 20:14; 25, Philip Holsing, Faulkton, 20:16; 26, Mason Kaiser, Faulkton, 20:20; 27, Ricky Larson, Northwestern, 20:23; 28, Matthew Peterson, Aberdeen Roncalli, 20:24; 29, Jordan Erfman, Highmore, 20:27; 30, Dawson Miller, Kimball-White Lake, 20:29;

31, Austin Jenkins, Leola, 20:34; 32, Kelynn Mount, Aberdeen Roncalli, 20:43; 33, Porter Miller, Kimball-White Lake, 20:44; 34, Logan Vetch, Mobridge-Pollock, 20:46; 35, Josiah Wiebe, Hitchcock-Tulare, 20:53; 36, Aaron Blachford, Northwestern, 20:58; 37, Chase Hurd, Miller, 21:04; 38, Charlie Hornick, Timber Lake, 21:07; 39, Carson Stephenson, Highmore, 21:08; 40, Ethan Fyler, Highmore, 21:09;

41, Isaac Price, Aberdeen Roncalli, 21:11; 42, Kody Keller, Timber Lake, 21:11; 43, Sean Seurer, Potter County, 21:15; 44, Tayne Herrmann, James Valley Christian, 21:19; 45, Jimmy Burma, Sunshine Bible, 21:20; 46, Carson Ewalt, Northwestern, 21:24; 47, Logan Labrie, Hitchcock-Tulare, 21:40; 48, Colt Norman, Stanley County, 21:46; 49, Joel Olson, James Valley Christian, 21:47; 50, Paxton Johnson, Warner, 21:48;

51, Tyson Peterson, Stanley County, 22:09; 52, David Stagg, Highmore, 22:12; 53, Aidan Ferens, Highmore, 22:14; 54, Alex Ekstrum, Kimball-White Lake, 22:17; 55, Gavin Hirsch, Herreid-Selby Area, 22:17; 56, Tyler Berndt, Aberdeen Roncalli, 22:20; 57, Justin Trebbe, Stanley County, 22:23; 58, Rhys Truman, Kimball-White Lake, 22:37; 59, Cole Noon, Faulkton, 22:42; 60, Logan Niederbaumer, Faulkton, 22:43;

61, Keegan Russell, Herreid-Selby Area, 23:14; 62, Tanner Eide, Potter County, 23:18; 63, Louis Scholtz, Timber Lake, 23:29; 64, Rylan Evenson, Warner, 23:30; 65, Darron Moeller, Kimball-White Lake, 23:31; 66, Max Quinn, Faulkton, 24:04; 67, David Leiferman, Kimball-White Lake, 24:42; 68, Isaac VanScharrel, Hitchcock-Tulare, 24:52; 69, Sean Roseland, Faulkton, 25:33; 70, Garrett Van Zee, Sunshine Bible, 25:39;

71, Matthew Neely, Herreid-Selby Area, 26:00; 72, Owan Watson, Sunshine Bible, 26:02.