A pair of Pierre runners produced personal best performances at Lee Park Golf Course on Friday.
Rachel Propst and Matthew Monfore each ran away from their respective fields during the Bob Salmi-Al Sahli Cross Country Invitational.
Aberdeen Central won the girls' team title with 27 points, edging Pierre which had 29.
Pierre ran away with the boys' team crown with 19 points. Central was second with 37.
Propst, the defending Class AA state champion in the 1,600-meter and 3,200-meter runs, was untouchable in her race. The sophomore clipped 37 seconds off her previous best time by covering the course in a time of 15:04.
"I've been training a lot more and I'm in better shape than last year," Propst said.
After trailing early in the race, Propst pulled away and won the event by nearly 30 seconds.
When asked when she picked her spot to make a move, Propst responded, "I just kind of decided after I felt good, maybe when we were coming back through the trees again on the 3,000 loop."
Monfore led from start to finish in his race and shaved a few seconds off his personal best time in the process.
"I enjoy running fast," Monfore said.
The senior said he enjoyed the nice weather and being out competing with his teammates.
"I had a lot of fun out there," he said. "It's all hard work, but a lot of God-given ability. I just thank God for the beautiful day."
He said he and Propst attend the same church fellowship and both were quick to credit their Creator following their victories.
"I just want to give glory to God through all my running," Propst said.
The Central girls, led by a runnerup finish from Hannah Kastigar, placed six runners among the top 12 finishers on the way to winning the team championship.
"I thought we had a strong team effort today," said Central girls' coach Bill Martens. "We didn't have big gaps between all of our runners and that always helps."
Martens figured it would be a tightly contested race for the team title.
"It was a great race between Pierre and us today," Martens said, "and it's going to be all season long the way it looks right now."
Overall, Martens said the Golden Eagles received contributions from everyone on the day.
"We just really look at that team effort and I thought it was good," he said. "We're going in the right direction."
Pierre had the top four runners in the boys' race, but the Central runners are making progress.
Central boys' coach Greg Murley noted that his runners were much closer to the Pierre pack than they were at a meet earlier this season.
"We're certainly closing the gap on that group of kids," Murley pointed out.
Griffin Hieb led Central with a fifth-place finish, with teammates Tanner Peltier and Jake Anderson next in line.
The Eagles are just coming off a tough week of training.
"We had a great week of workouts," Murley said. "Our legs are a little bit sore and tired and that's the way we want them to be. We're not resting for meets."
That said, Murley was pleased with what he saw out of his troops during the meet.
"I thought our kids did a great job of competing today," he said.
The Eagles are now off until heading to the Clyde Cotton Invitational in Huron on Sept. 15.
The meet, which is run on the state-meet course, traditionally draws a large field of runners.
"It's a big meet," Murley said. "It's always a fun one."
l=10f=Helvetica s=6 l=6.5|VARSITY|
|Boys' Division|
|5,000 Meters|
Team Points: Pierre 19, Aberdeen Central 37.
Results: 1, Matt Monfore, Pierre, 16:41; 2, Weston Christensen, Pierre, 17:01; 3, Steven Gordon, Pierre, 17:12; 4, Jebben Keyes, Pierre, 17:20; 5, Griffin Hieb, Aberdeen Central, 17:27; 6, Tanner Peltier, Aberdeen Central, 17:52; 7, Jake Anderson, Aberdeen, 18:02; 8, Matthew Zirbel, Summit, 18:04; 9, Micah Reierson, Aberdeen Central, 18:41; 10, Wyatt Rumrill, Pierre, 19:01;
11, Caleb McKinley, Pierre, 19:15; 12, Seth Moore, Aberdeen Central, 19:53; 13, Jacob Gooding, Aberdeen Central, 19:57; 14, Alex Leschisin, Webster, 20:01.
|Girls' Division|
|4,000 Meters|
Team Points: Aberdeen Central 27, Pierre 29, Webster 84.
Results: 1, Rachel Propst, Pierre, 14:27; 2, Hannah Kastigar, Aberdeen Central, 14:58; 3, Kaitlyn Volk, Aberdeen Central, 15:26; 4, Sarah Polak, Pierre, 15:32; 5, Kaylee Kappes, Aberdeen Central, 15:34; 6, Mary Krause, Mitchell, 15:39; 7, Hannah Shaffer, Pierre, 15:46; 8, Aspen Iverson, Pierre, 15:52; 9, Elizabeth Dickson, Huron, 15:59; 10, Molly Hogg, Aberdeen Central, 16:01;
11, Allison VanVeen, Aberdeen Central, 16:02; 12, Madisyn Waage, Aberdeen Central, 16:41; 13, Mariah Fuchs, Pierre, 16:19; 14, Allison Meintsma, Pierre, 16:31; 15, Morghan Waage, Aberdeen Central, 16:41; 16, Morgan Ham, Lemmon, 16:46; 17, Emily Wiley, Webster, 16:55; 18, Courtney Brandt, Pierre, 17:05; 19, Libby Gortmaker, Pierre, 17:10; 20, Sydney Waterman, Aberdeen Central, 17:14;
21, Mariah Volesky, Webster, 17:23; 22, Katie Appl, Aberdeen Central, 17:25; 23, Courtney Somsen, Webster, 19:03; 24, Whitney Zirbel, Summit, 19:44; 25, Hannah Block, Webster, 20:02; 26, Dylan Hanson, Webster, 20:31; 27, Hannah Leschisin, Webster, 21:44; 28, Taylor Eberline, Webster, 22:29; 29, Karlee Chapin, Webster, 22:58.
|JUNIOR VARSITY|
|Boys' Division|
|4,000 Meters|
Team Points: Pierre 14, Mitchell 34, Aberdeen Central 44, Huron 54.
Results: 1, Jack Wollman, Pierre, 14:22; 2, Micah Howard, Pierre, 14:34; 3, Christian Fossum, Mitchell, 14:53; 4, Riley Cowins, Mitchell, 14:53; 5, Alec Williams, Pierre, 15:01; 6, Ryan Sheldon, Pierre, 15:02; 7, Ryan Mikkelsen, Pierre, 15:09; 8, Cody Henrichsen, Pierre, 15:15; 9, Alex Tiede, Aberdeen Central, 15:17; 10, Jon Fisk, Aberdeen Central, 15:20;
11, Zach Weber, Huron, 15:44; 12, Gage Jewett, Aberdeen Central, 15:44; 13, Collin Smith, Huron, 15:46; 14, Josh Loecker, Mitchell, 15:48; 15, Martin Simonsen, Mitchell, 15:52; 16, Nick Mahowald, Pierre, 15:54; 17, Arthur Hines, Huron, 15:59; 18, Joseph Schueller, Pierre, 16:07; 19, Chauncy Goethals, Aberdeen Central, 16:08; 20, Ryan Chase, Huron, 16:12;
21, Braden Roberts, Aberdeen Central, 16:34; 22, Thorn Dramstad, Huron, 16:39; 23, Connor Fischer, Webster, 16:50; 24, John Schueller, Pierre, 16:54; 25, Zahn Snyder, Pierre, 16:55; 26, Paul Cramer, Huron, 17:11; 27, Seth Snyder, Pierre, 17:12; 28, Jayme Skaggs, Aberdeen Central, 20:27.
|Girls' Division|
|3,000 Meters|
Team Points: Aberdeen Central 14, Huron 24.
Results: 1, Cortney Dowling, Pierre, 12:12; 2, Jory Mullen, Pierre, 12:29; 3, Katherine Erickson, Aberdeen Central, 12:33; 4, Sami Shields, Aberdeen Central, 12:40; 5, Cassidy Moon, Huron, 12:41; 6, Sam Ullmann, Pierre, 12:44; 7, Jordan Adams, Huron, 12:45; 8, Tessa Kimbler, Aberdeen Central, 12:47; 9, McKenzie Holty, Aberdeen Central; 10, Kylie Kaven, Aberdeen Central, 13:14;
11, Shelby Gauer, Huron, 13:22; 12, Sloane Mack, Huron, 13:37; 13, Baillie Beer, Lemmon, 13:55; 14, McCamey Kimbler, Aberdeen Central, 13:59; 15, Taylor Volesky, Mitchell, 14:05; 16, Kaitlyn Jacobson, Mitchell, 14:08; 17, Arianna Arampatzis, Aberdeen Central, 14:11; 18, Sydney Wright, Aberdeen Central, 14:15; 19, Megan Salo, Aberdeen Central, 14:45; 20, Madison Russman, Aberdeen Central, 14:50;
21, Rachel Barclay, Aberdeen Central, 14:50; 22, Sakura Higa, Mitchell, 15:37; 23, Gisselle Ramires, Huron, 16:54; 24, Shannon Pappas, Webster, 17:25; 25, Kayla Schimmel, Webster, 17:33; 26, Dayza Nelson, Huron, 18:02.
|MIDDLE SCHOOL|
|Boys' Division|
|4,000 Meters|
Team Points: Pierre 15, Huron 24, Aberdeen Central 49.
Results: 1, Porter Jones, Pierre, 11:14; 2, Landon Claeys, Huron, 11:18; 3, Caleb Lusk, Pierre, 11:28; 4, Michael Lusk, Pierre, 11:35; 5, Edsson Guispe, Huron, 11:39; 6, Brendon Corbett, Huron, 11:41; 7, Rusty Munsen, Mitchell, 12:05; 8, William Turman, Pierre, 12:08; 9, Peyton Zirbel, Pierre, 12:09; 10, Josti Rice, Pierre, 12:11;
11, Thomas Erickson, Pierre, 12:15; 12, Dawson Puepke, Pierre, 12:16; 13, Brandon Kusler, Aberdeen Central, 12:19; 14, Tristan Moeding, Huron, 12:25; 15, Brock Baker, Aberdeen Central, 12:31; 16, Lincoln Turman, Pierre, 12:32; 17, Seth Martens, Aberdeen Central, 12:33; 18, Jacob Moore, Aberdeen Central, 12:34; 19, Shane Ritter, Aberdeen Central, 12:35; 20, Carsten Moeller, Pierre, 12:36;
21, Jackson Harrison, Aberdeen Central, 12:36; 22, Gabe Rieger, Huron, 12:41; 23, Isaac Nelson, Aberdeen Central, 12:55; 24, Chase Peterson, Aberdeen Central, 12:56; 25, Jordan Kjenstand, Aberdeen Central, 13:03; 26, Dylan Hansen, Mitchell, 13:05; 27, Brandon Ritter, Aberdeen Central, 13:08; 28, Mike Peltier, Aberdeen Central, 13:19; 29, Kristopher Jensen, Pierre, 13:20; 30, Tyrese Theus, Huron, 13:35;
31, Nik Voss, Huron, 13:36; 32, David Schnell, Aberdeen Central, 13:37; 33, Jordan Lotmer, Pierre, 13:43; 34, Zady Johnson, Aberdeen Central, 13:45; 35, Logan Flack, Aberdeen Central, 13:46; 36, Pedro Vaglio, Pierre, 13:46; 37, Austin Burns, Aberdeen Central, 13:53; 38, Malik Nez, Pierre, 14:05; 39, Evan Rumrill, Pierre, 14:12; 40, Alex Eisenbeisz, Aberdeen Central, 14:13;
41, Parker Minh, Lemmon, 14:13; 42, Jacob Wehde, Huron, 14:14; 43, Jacob Grebner, Aberdeen Central, 14:15; 44, Jaxon Block, Aberdeen Central, 14:32; 45, Blake Cruse, Huron, 14:49; 46, Aaron Knox, Aberdeen Central, 14:52; 47, Isaac Hoerner, Aberdeen Central, 14:54; 48, Regan Dykema, Aberdeen Central, 15:37; 49, Dylan Adams, Huron, 15:46; 50, Mat Katz, Huron, 16:08;
51, Cole Holmes, Aberdeen Central, 17:02; 52, Eric Woods, Aberdeen Central, 17:47; 53, Austin Jensen, Aberdeen Central, 17:59; 54, Isaac Wagemann, Aberdeen Central, 18:45.
|Girls' Division|
|3,000 Meters|
Team Points: Aberdeen Central 16, Pierre 20, Huron 58.
Results: 1, Brooke Malsam, Aberdeen Central, 12:03; 2, Emily Mikkelson, Pierre, 12:22; 3, Hailey Holland, Aberdeen Central, 12:45; 4, Morgan Leiferman, Pierre, 12:57; 5, Emma Ahlberg, Aberdeen Central, 13:04; 6, Michaela Mohr, Pierre, 13:21; 7, Adrianna Hase, Aberdeen Central, 13:28; 8, Marlee Dravland, Pierre, 13:29; 9, Sydney Thesbald, Pierre, 13:30; 10, Sophia Schnell, Aberdeen Central, 13:31;
11, Kaylee Becker, Pierre, 13:32; 12, Eryn Schlotte, Pierre, 13:33; 13, Amanda Jacobs, Aberdeen Central, 13:49; 14, Addison Eisenbeisz, Pierre, 13:51; 15, Alissa Gauer, Huron, 13:57; 16, Haley Kastigar, Aberdeen Central, 14:02; 17, Hannah Schmierer, Aberdeen Central, 14:03; 18, Olivia Schnell, Aberdeen Central, 14:05; 19, Maggie Fouberg, Aberdeen Central, 14:06; 20, Amber Ellison, Lemmon, 14:25;
21, Emily Haberling, Pierre, 14:30; 22, Taylor Larson, Pierre, 14:32; 23, Karma Paw, Huron, 14:34; 24, Samantha Schultz, Huron, 14:36; 25, Kyra Tullar, Aberdeen Central, 14:58; 26, Trista Eaglestaff, Aberdeen Central, 15:01; 27, Bradi Heinz, Aberdeen Central, 15:02; 28, Jeanne Rasmussen, Aberdeen Central, 15:07; 29, Jenna Zantow, Aberdeen, Central, 15:08; 30, Chloe Honabarger, Aberdeen Central, 15:11;
31, Marilyn Wolff, Huron, 15:13; 32, Alice Scott, Aberdeen Central, 15:14; 33, Callie Weig, Aberdeen Central, 15:19; 34, Arianna Cournoyer, Pierre, 15:26; 35, Hannah Sahli, Aberdeen Central, 15:37; 36, Clair Lentsch, Pierre, 15:38; 37, Emlyie Tuberquia, Pierre, 15:39; 38, Allison Severson, Aberdeen Central, 15:40; 39, Harley Hermansen, Aberdeen Central, 15:42; 40, Chloee Waiflein, Aberdeen Central, 15:46;
41, Keeley Fear, Aberdeen Central, 15:48; 42, Sierra Kamin, Aberdeen Central, 15:48; 43, Augustine Boland, Pierre, 15:59; 44, Cymbria Tveit, Aberdeen Central, 16:01; 45, Traci Albrecht, Huron, 16:02; 46, Rylee Trapp, Aberdeen Central, 16:30; 47, McKenzie Sandquist, Aberdeen Central, 16:36; 48, Hannah Bootn, Pierre, 16:55; 49, Madison Ivy, Aberdeen Central, 17:13; 50, Morgan Prouse, Aberdeen Central, 17:22;
51, Bailey Siebrasse, Pierre, 17:30; 52, Mikayla Deleon, Aberdeen Central, 17:34; 53, Shaylyn Loder, Lemmon, 18:25.