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Published October 20, 2010, 12:00 AM

PHOTO GALLERY: Hiawatha Valley League Cross-Country Championships

The conference meet was held Wednesday at the Zumbrota Golf Club. - R-E photos by Ryan Nilsson


Zumbrota-Mazeppa/Kenyon-Wanamingo eighth-grader Tianna Beniak runs Wednesday. She was the Cougars' seventh runner, finishing 51st overall (19 minutes, 17.1 seconds).

  • Zumbrota-Mazeppa/Kenyon-Wanamingo eighth-grader Tianna Beniak runs Wednesday. She was the Cougars' seventh runner, finishing 51st overall (19 minutes, 17.1 seconds).
  • Zumbrota-Mazeppa/Kenyon-Wanamingo senior Ellie Walch (left) runs alongside Adeline Angst, a Pine Island freshman. Walch was the Cougars' second runner. She finished 30th overall (17 minutes, 21.1 seconds).
  • Lydia Taylor, a Lake City eighth-grader, competes Wednesday at the Zumbrota Golf Club. She finished 35th overall at the Hiawatha Valley League meet.
  • Jami Simonson (left) runs with Pine Island eighth-grader Kaitlyn Champa at the Hiawatha Valley League Championships. Simonson, a Zumbrota-Mazeppa/Kenyon-Wanamingo senior, was the Cougars' fourth runner.
  • Lake City's Taylor Siewert runs at the Hiawatha Valley League meet Wednesday. The sophomore finished 48th.
  • Ashleigh Dralle runs Wednesday at the conference meet. The Cannon Falls freshman completed the Zumbrota Golf Club course in 19 minutes, 29.5 seconds and finished 54th.
  • Lake City senior Jennifer Martin competes Wednesday at the Zumbrota Golf Club. Martin placed eighth overall at the Hiawatha Valley League meet.
  • Kaite Bohn, a Zumbrota-Mazeppa/Kenyon-Wanamingo freshman, runs Wednesday en route to All-Hiawatha Valley League honors. She placed 21st (16 minutes, 43.5 seconds).
  • Lake City eighth-grader Hannah Alitz (left), Zumbrota-Mazeppa/Kenyon-Wanamingo eighth-grader Tianna Beniak and Lake City sophomore Alexis Befort compete at the Hiawatha Valley League Championships.
  • Lake City's Maddie Dwelle (left) and Zumbrota-Mazeppa/Kenyon-Wanamingo's Emily Karl run at the Zumbrota Golf Club during the conference meet.
  • Cannon Falls' Emma Thomley  runs Wednesday at the conference meet. The seventh-grader finished 33rd in a time of 17 minutes, 40.0 seconds.
  • Cannon Falls seventh-graders Katherine Hoffman (left) and Emma Thomley run at the conference meet Wednesday. Hoffman placed 34th and Thomley came in 33rd. Both crossed the finish line in 17 minutes, 40.0 seconds.
  • Chris Breuer, a Lake City junior, runs Wednesday at the Zumbrota Golf Club. He placed 29th and was the Tigers' No. 1 runner.
  • Cannon Falls junior Jordan Erlanson runs Wednesday. He crossed the finish line in a time of 19 minutes, 45.9 seconds.
  • Logan Hildebrandt, a Cannon Falls sophomore, runs Wednesday at the Hiawatha Valley League Championships. He finished 37th. La Crescent's Hunter Gross (left) and Pine Island's Eric Newman (right) were on his heels.
  • Sergey Duchelle, a Lake City eighth-grader, runs at the Hiawatha Valley League meet. He came in 34th Wednesday.
  • Brandon Stewart runs at the conference meet Wednesday. The Cannon Falls junior came in 41st. He finished with a time of 19 minutes, 31.2 seconds.
  • Mitchel Lexvold, a Zumbrota-Mazeppa/Kenyon-Wanamingo junior, runs Wednesday on his home course. He earned all-conference honors with a 20th-place finish.
  • Zumbrota-Mazeppa/Kenyon-Wanamingo freshman Ben Nystuen runs Wednesday. He crossed the finish line in 19 minutes, 14.1 seconds.