The Tracy-Milroy-Balaton boys' and girls' cross country teams competed at the five-team Luverne Invite Thursday, with the Panther girls placing fourth and the boys taking fifth.
Luverne won the girls' title with 31 points, holding off Adrian by 10. Luverne eighth-grader Madison Schandelmeier had the top overall time at 15 minutes, 44.3 seconds over the 4,000-meter run.
TMB's Elodie Tholen had a 12th-place finish for the Panthers with a time of 17:12.9. She was joined in the top 20 by teammate Kendra Nelson, who was 18th (18:27.0). The team had score of 106.
The boys' title was won by Worthington, which had its top five runners place in the top eight overall. The Trojans finished with a score of 21. Luverne was second with 40 points.
TMB finished fifth with a score of 124. Matt Lavoy took 10th place overall (18:23.4). The top individual in the boys' 5,000-meter race was Worthington's Amanuel Fissiha. He finished the course in 17:09.1.
Boys Team Results: 1. Worthington 21; 2. Luverne 40; 3. Flandreau Indian School 90; 4. Pipestone 111; 5. Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 124.
TMB Individual Results: 10. Matt Lavoy 18:23.4; 28. Ben Alberg 20:10.9; 38. Nathanael Przybilla 20:23.1; 44. Mark DeSmith 20:56.5; 45. Shane Parker 21:02.0; 50. Nick Timmerman 21:24.8; 52. Mason Van Essen 22:00.5.
Girls Team Results: 1. Luverne 31; 2. Adrian 41; 3. Worthington 75; 4. Tracy-Milroy-Balaton 106; 5. Pipestone 107.
TMB Individual Results: 12. Elodie Tholen 17:12.9; 18. Kendra Nelson 18:27.0; 22. Cassandra Iverson 18:36.4; 25. Hannah Brockway 18:49.1; 33. Galiya Bitton 20:13.6; 34. McKynna Cochran 20:14.3; 43. Ellie Tiegs 22:17.2.