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Marquette Wins GNC Girls Title; Eskymos Take 2nd
 ESCANABA---She was so far ahead of everybody else that she could have walked to the finish line and still won the race. Marquette High School freshman Lindsey Rudden sprinted to a big lead and cruised past the other 37 girls to win the Great Northern Conference championship Thursday at the Escanaba Country Club. Rudden finished the race in 19 minutes and 16 seconds, a full 47 seconds ahead of second place Kameron Burmeister of Menominee (pictured). Marquette's Calla Martysz was third in 20:09, and Escanaba's Aimee Giese took fourth in 20:28.  Escanaba and Menominee were tied with 49 points in second place, and the Eskymos got second place because their sixth runner finished higher than the Maroons' sixth runner. Gladstone was a distant fourth with 120 points. Individually, Eskymo Aubree Peterson was fifth (20:55) and freshman Callie Heller finished in the seventh spot at 21:01. Marquette had five of the top ten finishers. Escanaba's Joanie Stacey was 16th (21:45), and Eskymo Isabelle Wellman took 17th in 2149. The Gladstone Braves were led by Sadie Strasser in 18th place (21:51), tied with Eskymo Jordan VanPortfleit. Gladstone's Josie Gardiner was 20th in 21:56. Click the thumbnails in the "ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS" box at the top of this page to see more photos from the meet.  |
