Goessel runners hold their own against bigger schools
By DELBERT PETERS
Sports writer
In one of the biggest cross country meets in the state Sept. 6 at Hesston two Goessel High School cross country runners earned medals.
Freshman Laird Goertzen earned seventh place in the freshman division with a time of 20 minutes, 34 seconds.
Kristen Hoffman took 11th in the 4000-meter race, finishing with a time of 17:43.
As a team the Goessel boys finished 19th out of 26 teams.
At Peabody Thursday the junior varsity boys took second place.
Nobody broke the 20-mintue barrier, but Johnathan Berkholz won the race in 20:47.
Goertzen finished third at 21:12, Isaac Fast earned eighth place with a time of 22:20, and Chad Wedel finished 13th in 22:50.
In the tough competition in the varsity boys' race, Jared Reimer ran his best time of the season at 20:58 and came in 36th out of 57 runners.
Boys results:
hesston, sept. 6
seniors
Jake Schrag - 22:10, 33rd.
Chris Johnston - 23:01, 46th.
Travis Duerkson - 25:49, 58th.
Matt Johnston - 28:19, 63rd.
juniors
Marius Schrewe - 20:32, 22nd.
Anthony Esau - 23:43, 39th.
sophomores
Jared Reimer - 21:20, 34th.
Chad Wedel - 21:44, 44th.
Isaac Fast - 22:52, 55th.
Derek Kruger - 27:29, 82nd.
freshman
Laird Goertzen - 20:34, seventh.
peabody, sept. 13
varsity
Jared Reimer - 20:58, 36th.
Jake Schrag - 22:14, 48th.
Chris Johnston - 22:46, 51st.
Anthony Esau - 22:50, 53rd.
junior varsity
Johnathan Berkholz - 20:47, first.
Laird Goertzen - 21:12, third.
Isaac Fast - 22:20, eighth.
Chad Wedel - 22:50, 13th.
Travis Duerksen - 25:21, 28th.
Matt Johnston - 26:36, 35th.
Derek Kruger - 26:53, 36th.
Girls' results:
hesston
junior/senior
Jessika Jesse - 23:50, 87th.
freshman/sophomore
Kristen Hoffman - 17:43, 11th.
Lindsey Wedel - 20:55, 45th.
Sara Bowman - 22:23, 61st.
peabody
varsity
Kristen Hoffman - 16:55, sixth.
Sara Bowman - 19:04, 33rd.
Lindsey Wedel - 19:24, 35th.
junior varsity
Shanna Klassen - 20:36, 15th.
Jessika Jesse - 22:30, 21st.
Raney Schroeder - 24:39, 26th.
