Game of the Week: Lakeville Hosts Annual Apple Jack Cross-Country Meet

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LAKEVILLE PATCH GAME OF THE WEEK

Cross-Country Running: Lakeville North Hosts Apple Jack Invitational

CHEAT SHEET

SITE: Aronson Park

TIME: Friday, Sept. 16. Races start at 3:30 p.m.; boys varsity at 5:05 p.m., girls varsity at 5:35 p.m.

ON THE LINE

Sixteen schools will send boys and girls teams to this annual event, with two more sending either a boys or a girls squad to race in either a four- or five-kilometer race around Aronson Park.

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Emma Johnson led the Lakeville North girls with a third-place finish in the Faribault Invitational on Friday, Sept. 9, running the 4,000-meter course in 15 minutes, 11.5 seconds. Ben Saxton paced the Panthers boys with a 12th-place run in Faribault, circumnavigating the 5,000-meter course in 16:40.4.

Kaytlyn Larson (15:10.7), Annie Brekken (15:13.7) and Megan Kilbride (15:17.8) took second, fourth and sixth at the Bauman/Rovn Invitational in Minnetrista on Thursday, Sept. 8. Mark Honetschlager topped the Cougars boys in Minnetrista, taking 24th in 17:07.2.

ALSO ENTERED FOR APPLE JACK:

Edina, Minnetonka, Shakopee, Eagan, Andover, Prior Lake, Farmington, Bloomington Jefferson, Math and Science Academy, Rosemount, Bloomington Kennedy, Rogers, Forest Lake, Heritage Christian Academy, Owatonna (girls only), Coon Rapids (boys only).