Cross Country runners compete in Pierre

Ipswich traveled to Pierre last Friday for a multi-class, multi-division season-opening high school cross country meet.

Tessa Kilber placed eighth among 33 individual contestants with her 16:44.13 clocking. Melanie Jacobs of Aberdeen Central edged her runner-up teammate Zoe Douglas 15:17.28 to 15:36.90. Ipswich's Emily DeRaad also finished 16th in 17:40.86.

Meanwhile, Maxwell Geditz competed for Ipswich in the boys' varsity race and placed eleventh among 28 boys (14:33.98). Again the boys' champion represented Aberdeen Central in 12:48.46, as did second-place Daniel Street in 13:40.08.

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