Pequot Lakes senior Carly Chaney finished fourth in 20:15.1 on Friday, Sept. 3, in the Run for the Melon at Forestview Middle School.
Calia Chaney, sidelined with an illness, did not run Friday, but the Pequot Lakes Patriots still finished fourth.
Rian Zutter ran a 13th-place 21:19.1. Allison Gladen finished 23rd. Emma Flaws placed 41st and Lilix Gustafson was 52nd.
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The Pequot Lakes boys saw senior Jesse Clausen record a fifth-place 17:53.2 to lead the Patriots to a sixth-place finish. Dawsin Ackerman was 12th overall, followed by Charlie Schiessl in 15th place.
Jacob Schooner was the top Pine River-Backus runner with a 22nd place finish. Andrew Bueckers placed 25th for the Tigers, who were one runner short to post a team score.
Mara Adams paced the Pine River-Backus girls with her 35th-place time of 23.59.1.

Boys results
Team scores: 1-Brainerd 42, 2-Sartell 71, 3-Rocori 86, 4-Albany 123, 5-Alexandria 128, 6-Pequot Lakes 145, 7-St. Cloud Tech 156, 8-Sauk Rapids 201, 9-Pillager 271
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Individual winner: Vincint Kaluza (Ro) 17:25.9
Pequot Lakes results: 5-Jesse Clausen 17:53.2, 12-Dawsin Ackerman 18:45.1, 15-Charlie Schiessl 18:56.1, 60-Caleb Toftness 23:51.2, 61-Benjamin Broskovetz 24:26.1, 62-Gavin Johnson 24:30.2
Pine River-Backus results: 22-Jacob Schnoor 19:41.2, 25-Andrew Bueckers 19:49.6, 52-Isaiah Aulie 22:51.6, 53-Ethan Burns 23:00.6

Girls results
Team scores: 1-Rocori 44, 2-Alexandria 49, 3-Brainerd 92, 4-Pequot Lakes 126, 5-Sartell 126, 6-Albany 145, 7-St. Cloud Tech 156, 8-Pillager 176
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Individual winner: Olivia Goebel (Albany) 19:14.7
Pequot Lakes results: 4-Carly Chaney 20:15.1, 13-Rian Zutter 21:19.1, 23-Allison Gladen 22:27.3, 41-Emma Flaws 25:12.2, 52-Lilix Gustafson 26:34.2, 54-Emma Bitzer 27:02.8, 55-Erika English 27:19.3
Pine River-Backus results: 35-Mara Adams 23:59.1, 60-Kelsey Bergem 30:25.1, 61-Kalie Trout 31:54.9