MELROSE — Eli Hall ran a second-place time of 16:24.79 to lead the Pequot Lakes boys to second place at the Melrose Invitational Tuesday, Sept. 20.
Liam Zins captured a top-10 finish for the Patriots as he ran 18:23.25.
Rian Zutter paced the Patriots girls to seventh as she ran a seventh-place 21:31.11. She was followed by Erika English and Allison Gladen, who finished 22nd and 25th, respectively.
Team scores: 1-Sauk Centre 55, 2-Pequot Lakes 85, 3-New London Spicer 94, 4-West Central Area 125, 5-Litchfield 137, 6-Minnewaska 173, 7-Breckenridge/Wahpeton 183, 8-Melrose 195, 9-Wadena-Deer Creek 213, 10-Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 224, 11-Paynesville 274, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 292, 13-Brandon-Evansville 302
Individual winner: Brandon Kampsen (Sauk Centre) 16:14.68
Pequot Lakes results: 2-Eli Hall 16-24.79, 10-Liam Zins 18:23.25, 28-Charlie Schiessl 19:32.58, 39-James Johnson 20:10.6, 80-Elijah Toftness 22:42.11, 81-Caleb Toftness 22:49.66
Team scores: 1-Wadena-Deer Creek 61, 2-Minnewaska 73, 3-New London-Spicer 92, 4-Litchfield 143, 5-Melrose 176, 6-Breckenridge/Wahpeton 180, 7-Pequot Lakes 187, 8-Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 200, 9-Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 216, 10-West Central 218, 11-Sauk Centre 263, 12-Paynesville 269, 13-Brandon-Evansville 329
Individual winner: Caroline Kuehne (LPGE) 20:03.94
Pequot Lakes results: 7-Rian Zutter 21:31.21, 22-Erika English 23:08.08, 25-Allison Gladen 23:15.79, 65-Emily Held 26:05.96, 78-Emma Bitzer 27:54.23
Next: Pequot Lakes at Foley 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29