More than a dozen teams from Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota enjoyed a warm, breezy afternoon of running at Thursday's South Sioux City Invitational, held at the Dible Soccer Complex.
The SSC boys earned runner-up honors while the Lady Cardinals finished eighth in the 14-team girls race.
Five area boys and two girls finished in the top 20 in their respective races. Ponca's Ava Brennan was the fastest area girl, placing ninth, while South Sioux's Jacqueline Salgado was 11th.
In boys action, Luke McGinty (ninth), Melchisedek Munzambi (10th) Leandro Magana (13th) and Melusi Ngeleka (15th) finished at the front of the pack for SSC. Ponca's Gannon Pfister was 18th.
Complete story in next week's edition of the Dakota County Star.
Girls Team Standings
Sioux Falls Lincoln 30, Yankton 46, Bishop Heelan 68, Omaha Central 76, Crofton 76, Sioux City North 106, LeMars 163, SSC 163, Sioux City West 169, Lawton-Bronson 176, Sioux City East 192, Ralston 192, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 217, Winnebago 270.
Area Results
SSC — 11. Jacqueline Salgado, 21:58.39; 44. Melanie Magana Perez, 24:07.13; 60. Kalianne Norton, 25:25.38; 73. Abigail Cisneros, 26:17.15; 80. Katherine Nunez Cruz, 27:35.84; 84. Abigail Perez, 28:27.03; 89. Yilin Reynoso, 31:04.24; 91. Lexi Chavez, 32:57.59.
PONCA — 9. Ava Brennan, 21:51.45; 24. Laken Pfister, 23:00.45; 50. Addyson Chytka, 24:32.22.
Boys Team Standings
Sioux Falls Lincoln 12, South Sioux City 45, Yankton 58, Sioux City North 60, Sioux City East 100, Bishop Heelan 137, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 147, Crofton 158, Lawton-Bronson 170, LeMars 189, Omaha Gross 200, Ralston 202, Sioux City West 251.
Area Results
SSC — 9. Luke McGinty, 18:03.61; 10. Melchisedek Munzambi, 18:09.97; 13. Leandro Magana, 18:34.87; 15. Melusi Ngeleka, 18:37.59; 22. Nabiil Yussuf, 19:00.42; 40. Misael Orozco, 19:45.05; 41. Nathan Robles, 19:48.10; 42. Yahir Mejia-Covarrubias, 19:56.92.
PONCA — 18. Gannon Pfister, 18:46.43; 35. Broderick Hogan, 19:28.25; 48. Zyan Conrad, 20:12.49.
