By DELBERT PETERS

Contributing writer

The Thursday afternoon storms stayed away long enough for the cross-country meet at Peabody to be completed. Several Goessel runners improved their times again for the season.

Ben Wiens edged in front of Heath Goertzen to lead the Bluebird boys in the varsity race. They finished 25th and 26th individually in a field dominated by Halstead, Hesston, and Clearwater.

For the girls, Sophie Freuler finished in eighth place and Jen Meysing improved her time with a 10th place finish. Goessel will run at Marion on Thursday.

Results

Boys

25. Ben Wiens, 20:14.79.

26. Heath Goertzen, 20:21.74.

30. Zach Wiens, 20:53.93.

36. Nil Edroesi, 22:36.72.

43. Dane Kruger, 24:23.49.

Girls

8. Sophie Freuler, 17:55.42.

10. Jen Meysing, 18:01.41.

25. Mayuko Kanda, 19:37.57.

31. Riley Jarvis, 20:13.75.