Goessel runners hone up for league meet
By DELBERT PETERS
Sports writer
Nine of the Goessel High School boys set personal bests Sept. 27 for this season at the cross country meet hosted by Berean Academy.
Laird Goertzen and Jared Reimer each broke the 20-minute mark with runs of 19 minutes, 11 seconds, and 19:44 respectively.
Johnathan Berkholz finished the course in 20:24, Isaac Fast 20:38, Chad Wedel 20:39, Anthony Esau 21:15, and Chris Johnston at 22:00.
All of these athletes set season personal records.
Kristen Hoffman again led the Bluebird girls with a finish of 17:35, Sara Bowman finished just ahead of Lindsey Wedel with times of 20:03 and 20:05 respectively.
Shanna Klassen ran the course in 22:13, Jessika Jesse in 24:22, and Raney Schroeder in 26:48.
The Goessel teams will run at the 12-team Heart of America League meet Thursday hosted by Hutchinson Trinity.
