Saragh Fraser continues to blaze across cross country courses

News Release
LoW School

Park Rapids Cross Country Meet
Monday, October 16, 2006 @ Headwaters Golf Course, Park Rapids

Junior High Girls (3200 meters)
Saragh Fraser, 1st, 15:17
25 Total Runners
No Team Score

Junior High Boys (3200 meters)
Ryan Cooper, 35th, 19:14
37 Total Runners
No Team Score
Varsity/JV Girls (4000 meters)
Madie Heinrich, 7th, 16:22
Jennie Buegler, 49th, 18:43
Katie Laugtug, 55th, 19:23
Jamie Mollberg, 56th, 19:24
Felicia Schmutz, 59th, 19:33
Jennifer Blodgett, 62nd, 19:48
Karlie Eaton, 78th, 24:37
Becca Ney, 21st JV, 24:43
83 Varsity/21 JV Runners
Varsity Girls Team Score 7/10
Perham, 25
Staples-Motley, 65
East Grand Forks, 92
Wadena-Deer Creek, 101
Lake park-Audubon, 142
Roseau, 180
LWRR, 190
Pequot Lakes, 196
Deer River-Northland, 245
Bagley-Fosston, 253

Varsity Boys (5000 meters)
Andrew Friesen, 11th, 18:06
Dylan Davis, 18th, 18:43
Vincent Scott, 19th, 18:54
Timo Brielmann, 60th, 21:01
Taylor Poole, 61st, 21:02
Brandon Knutson, 68th, 21:32
Kevin Gubbels, 72nd, 21:55
Jason Kratzke, 27th JV, 22:56
Fred Schulte, 32nd JV, 23:37
86 Varsity/50 JV Runners
Varsity Boys Team Score 5/12
Perham, 17
Pequot Lakes, 81
Staples-Motley, 111
Park Rapids, 135
LWRR, 163
East Grand Forks, 164
Hawley-UH, 181
Roseau, 194
Wadena-Deer Creek, 207
Pine River-Backus, 227
Deer River-Northland, 328
Ottertail Central, 353

Coaches Comments & Quotes
Although the weather wasn’t the greatest for spectators ˆ mid-40s and rain ˆ it was a great day for running in Park Rapids Oct. 17.
Seventh grader Saragh Fraser won the girls junior high race in 15 minutes, 17 seconds ˆ 10 seconds ahead of Wadena-Deer Creek‚s Lauren Girard. The duo ran together the whole way and Fraser pulled ahead in the last 150 meters.
The varsity boys did well placing 5th of 12 teams in Park Rapids and pulling their times down to where they were earlier this season. Junior Andrew Friesen missed the top 10 by just one place, completing the course in 18:06. Senior Vincent Scott and junior Brandon Knutson ran their best races of the year - Knutson running more that three minutes faster than he did in International Falls last week. He wants a varsity spot and he‚s working for it every meet.
Senior Madie Heinrich ran her fastest 4000-meter race of the year and came within 21 seconds of her all-time record. She placed 7th, and paced the team to 7th place of 10. Five more varsity girls came within 29 seconds or less of their season best.
Bemidji Cross Country Meet
Tuesday, October 17, 2006 @ Maple Ridge Golf Course, Bemidji

Junior High Girls (3200 meters)
Saragh Fraser, 11th, 14:20
27 Total Runners
No Team Score

Junior High Boys (3200 meters)
Ryan Cooper, 41st, 16:20
50 Total Runners
No Team Score

Varsity/JV Girls (4000 meters)
Madie Heinrich, 10th, 16:12
Jennie Buegler, 37th, 17:45 (-14 second PR)
Felicia Schmutz, 49th, 18:42 (-34 second PR)
Jamie Mollberg, 50th, 18:43 (-22 second PR)
Katie Laugtug, 59th, 19:09
Jennifer Blodgett, 61st, 19:23 (-9 second PR)
Karlie Eaton, 86th, 21:51 (Season best)
Becca Ney, 87th, 21:58
93 Total Runners
Varsity Girls Team Score 7/10
Moorhead, 20
Bemidji, 44
Detroit Lakes, 95
Crosby-Ironton, 97
LWRR, 141
Warroad, 144
Thief River Falls, 210

Varsity Boys (5000 meters)
Andrew Friesen, 12th, 17:38
Dylan Davis, 19th, 18:12
Vincent Scott, 29th, 18:51 (season best)
Taylor Poole, 59th, 20:21 (-2 second PR)
Timo Brielmann, 69th, 20:45
Kevin Gubbels, 78th, 21:34
Jason Kratzke, 79th, 21:35
Fred Schulte, 91st, 22:22 (-1:11 PR)
Brandon Knutson, 97th, 23:20
100 Total Runners
Varsity Boys Team Score 5/12
Moorhead, 20
Bemidji, 56
Crosby-Ironton, 109
Detroit Lakes, 113
Warroad, 118
LWRR, 130
Thief River Falls, 225

Coaches Comments & Quotes
All nine girls ran faster in Bemidji than in Park Rapids the day before, and seven of them ran faster today than they did on the same course Sept. 8. The biggest improvements came from sophomore Felicia Schmutz and freshman Jamie Mollberg who both ran under 19 minutes for the first time. Schmutz had a 34-second PR of 18:42, and Mollberg clocked a 22-second PR in 18:43. Freshman Jennie Buegler ran under 18 minutes for only the second time of her running career, finishing in 17:45. Add senior Madie Heinrich‚s tenth place finish with a season best 16:12 ˆ just 11 seconds off her PR ˆ and senior Jennifer Blodgett’s 9-second PR of 19:23 and it was enough to earn the team 5th of 7 teams. Only one of those teams, Crosby-Ironton, is in our Section.
Sophomore Karlie Eaton and freshman Becca Ney have been struggling to go under 22 minutes most of the year, and both of them did so in Bemidji. Eaton ran a 21:51 - 55 seconds faster than any other race this year - and Ney‚s 21:58 was just 27 seconds off her best from the second meet of the season.
While only two boys ran faster today than on the same course in September, all ten ran faster in Bemidji than in Park Rapids. Two came out with personal records and one more with a season best.
Junior Andrew Friesen went back under 18 minutes in Bemidji, finishing 12th in 17:38. Though off his PR of 17:06, Friesen is still tweaking his race strategy and looking for a return trip to the state meet.
Senior Fred Schulte was more than a minute faster than anything he‚s done this season, and finished the 5000-meter course in 22:22; sophomore Taylor Poole’s 2-second PR was enough to put him fourth on the varsity squad; and senior Vincent Scott pushed closer to his goal by running a season best of 18:51. Senior Jason Kratzke reclaimed his varsity spot by running more than a minute faster than the day before, and under 22 minutes for the first time since Bagley Sept. 19. His 21:35 was only 9 seconds off his previous best.
We started going to back-to-back meets the end of the season when Crosby first came into our section. This year we did it so we could start and end the regular season on the same course. It worked well, despite the weather and long bus trips, for both the boys and girls. It’s an excellent confidence booster to see improvement from the early season and be able to take that into the section meet next week.