Antigo harriers finish season at state meet, all to return in 2008 Oct. 29, 2007 For the Antigo High School cross country team, the season ended Saturday the Ridges in Wisconsin Rapids, where two of the Red Robins four WIAA qualifiers nearly cracked the top 100.
None did, but with all four—Nicole Blahnik, Erik Artymiuk, Lauren Boodry and Mitch Easker—all returning next season, 2008 should shape up to be one of the team’s best seasons.
“All four ran well and represented the Antigo cross country team very well,” Red Robin coach Kevin Kubacki noted afterward.
“It was a beautiful day for racing, but once again, the course was difficult. All four heeded my advice to start conservative, but all four found themselves too far back at the mile to make a run at something better. It was a learning experience for everyone.”
Under sunny, somewhat windy conditions, Artymiuk brought back the best finish. Coming in at 17:26 in the boys’ 5,000 meter race, he was 101st among a field of 189 boys.
Boodry took 102nd out of 190 females, with a mark of 16:12 in the 4,000-meter race.
“Our times and placements were respectable due to the fact that it was our first time at the Ridges,” Kubacki added.
“All four were just off the top half, which was our goal. With such a tough sectional, all four had to run their best races just to get to the state meet.”
Blahnik’s time of 16:17 earned her 111th place, while Easker came in 117th, in 17:26.
“I told them, the bottom line is that we made it to state,” Kubacki emphasized.
“So many other runners will never get the chance. All four have some valuable experience. And with some hard work and a little luck, all four could be back next year.”
Madison’s LaFollete High School easily out-paced runner-up Stevens Point, scoring 44 points compared to the Panthers’ 139.
Elliot Krause, a senior from Appleton North was boys champion, with a time of 15:37.
Arrowhead scored 92 points to squeak past second-place Whitefish Bay, which scored 95, and capture the girls title.
Kimberly senior Kelly Bogard took home the medal after she was timed at 14:41.
“I’m proud of the way my four athletes competed and kept the tradition of state qualifiers alive,” Kubacki concluded.
“It was a great day for Antigo cross country.”
THE WIAA
CROSS COUNTRY MEET
At the Ridges Gold Course
Wisconsin Rapids
Oct. 27, 2007
Team Results
DIVISION I
Boys
La Follette 44
Stevens Point 139
Marquette University 157
Waukesha West 163
Milwaukee King 185
Neenah 196
Hudson 217
Bay Port 263
Arrowhead 266
South Milwaukee 284
Menomonee Falls 295
West Bend West 299
Shawano 322
Sauk Prairie 334
Muskego 362
Verona Area 373
Racine Horlick 375
Janesville Craig 407
Pulaski 412
Holmen 420
Girls
Arrowhead 92
Whitefish Bay 95
Bay Port 103
Middleton 172
Stoughton 208
Onalaska 209
Germantown 231
Divine Savior 235
Waukesha West 243
Janesville Craig 248
Waterford 269
Marshfield 298
Pulaski 309
Holmen 312
Reedsburg 329
Mukwonago 359
Kenosha Tremper 376
Fond du Lac 385
Stevens Point 409
Neenah 441
DIVISION II
Boys
Port Washington 35
Shorewood 67
McFarland 97
Chilton 124
Tomahawk 161
Nekoosa-Port Edwards 196
Catholic Memorial 216
Whitewater 236
Monroe 254
Ripon 261
Osceola 270
Little Chute 270
Peshtigo 280
New Richmond 280
Berlin 369
Medford Area 379
Girls
Lakeside Lutheran 104
Wisconsin Lutheran 114
Dodgeville-Mineral Point 141 Catholic Memorial 147
Mauston 180
Mount Horeb-Barneveld 199
Plymouth 225
Ripon 226
Hayward 231
Tomahawk 237
Shorewood 250
Sheboygan Falls 256
Mayville 256
West Salem 261
New Richmond 274
Freedom 385
DIVISION III
Boys
Aquinas 78
Webster 115
Brookfield Academy 122
Gillett 150
Oshkosh Lourdes 154
Frederic 176
Sevastopol 184
Sheboygan Lutheran 215
Edgar 234
Fennimore 249
Arcadia 259
Prairie School 275
Prentice-Rib Lake 284
Belleville 295
Flambeau 345
Elkhart Lake 348
Girls
Boscobel 92
Cedar Grove-Belgium 112
Sevastopol 151
Regis 176
Oshkosh Lourdes 178
Edgar 179
Darlington 201
Flambeau 207
Park Falls 211
Aquinas 218
Colfax 222
Bangor 237
Iola-Scandinavia 272
Sheboygan Lutheran 291
Lake County Lutheran 334 Shoreland Lutheran 364
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