Fond du Lac’s Kiernan Koepke placed 4th in 16:42 to earn a trip to the WIAA Division 1 state meet
BOYS
Team scores: Slinger 58, West Bend West 61, Oshkosh North 117, Fond du Lac 123, Beaver Dam 141, Manitowoc Lincoln 160, Oshkosh West 178, West Bend East 180, Hartford 207, Sheboygan South 251, Sheboygan North 255, Menasha 315
Top finisher: Wesley Schiek ON 16:01.
Fond du Lac: 14, Jeffrey Heuer Jr. 17:29; 17, Henry Hughes 17:37; 40, Joe Gruening 18:38; 48, Michael Deschand 18:48.
PORT WASHINGTON INVITATIONAL
Team scores: Slinger 79, Port Washington 91, Brookfield East 94, Fond du Lac 128, Cedar Grove-Belgium 187, West Bend East 217, Wauwatosa West 220, Plymouth 231, Appleton East 242, Beaver Dam 279, West Bend West 300, Sheboygan South 304, Neenah 326, Cedarburg 344, Sheboygan North 383, New Berlin Eisenhower 403, Cudahy/St. Francis 442, Whitefish Bay 460, Dominican 504, Random Lake/Ozaukee 591
Fond du Lac:8, Kiernan Koepke 16:55; 13, Jeffrey Heuer 17:03; 21, Henry Hughes 17:30; 42, Evan Bloedorn 17:55; 44, Ben Schmitz 17:59.
Kiernan Koepke leading way for Cardinals
Kiernan Koepke came within inches of qualifying for the WIAA state cross country meet last year — literally.
Koepke finished eight-tenths of a second out of the final individual qualifying spot at the Oshkosh North sectional meet, placing 10th overall. He has returned this year as the No. 1 runner for Fond du Lac and had a strong showing at the Bay Port Invitational recently where he took second overall.
BAY PORT INVITE
APPLETON NORTH 32, FOND DU LAC 71, DE PERE 79, BAY PORT 85, MARINETTE 175, SHEBOYGAN SOUTH 191, SHAWANO 202, KIMBERLY 216, TWO RIVERS 235, COLEMAN 243, WEST DE PERE 318, WRIGHTSTOWN 332
Top finisher: Thomas Weed AN 16:50.
Appleton North: 3, Tommy Flood 17:10; 5, Ethan Cruz 17:23; 9, Sidney Hestres 17:39; 14, Stephen Dinkler 17:44.
Fond du Lac: 2, Kiernan Koepke 17:01; 8, Jeffrey Heuer Jr. 17:30; 15, Henry Hughes 17:45; 22, Ben Schmitz 18:12; 27, Evan Bloedorn 18:22.
Sheboygan South: 10, Austin Boeldt 17:42; 23, Ben Boldt 18:17; 45, Ben Hoyt 19:12; 61, Ben Souik 19:59; 69, Kurtis Scharenbrach 20:14.
Kimberly: 28, Logan Hartman 18:32; 37, Ethan Karls 18:57; 47, Alex Jansen 19:21; 59, Grant Bosch 19:58; 66, Zane Smith 20:09.
At Menomonee Falls, Fond du Lac’s Kiernan Koepke finished fifth overall with a time of 16:26.47to lead the Cardinals to a seventh-place finish overall with 145 points.
Jeffrey Heuer, Jr. placed 18th with a time of 17:06 for Fond du Lac. Evan Bloedorn was 36th (17:45) and Henry Hughes was 39th (17:56). Ben Schmitz also competed for the Cardinals (47th, 18:07).
