Arcadia teams sweep B-T cross country meet

The Arcadia cross country teams took the top spots in the Blair-Taylor meet held last week Tuesday.

The Arcadia boys edged the host team by two points thanks to the depth of their team.

While B-T had the top two runners in the race, Arcadia had the next three with Nestor Badillo finishing third before Andy Monroy and Peyton Nelson crossed the finish line. Ival Aguilar was ninth and Nestor Badillo was 12th, rounding out Arcadia’s top five. Irbin Ortiz and Caden Dahl finished 13th and 16th, respectively.

Kristoffer Sandal was the individual champion, finishing about 50 seconds before teammate Delorean Peterson. Jacob Olson was eighth for the Wildcats while Ryan Flynn took 10th, Riley Lopez, 11th; Anthony Oldendorf, 18th and Ben Kidd, 25th.

The Arcadia girls were the only team with enough runners to qualify for a team score. They also had the individual champion in Tegan Michalak. The other Arcadia runners finished eighth-through-11th in the 11-runner race, starting with Edith Gonzalez, followed by Nayeli Reyes, Galy Barragan and Getsemani Maldonado. 

Emmalee Johnson was third for B-T, while Ella Halverson took fourth.

Runners from Black River Falls, Eleva-Strum and Alma Center Lincoln also competed in the meet. 

Boys cross country, B-T Cross Country Invite, Sept. 20 at B-T High School

Arcadia 33 B-T 35 BRF 57

Arcadia — N. Badillo, third, 19:25; Monroy, fourth, 19:58; Nelson, fifth, 20:07; Aguilar, ninth, 21:22; M. Badillo, 12th, 22:07; Ortiz, 13th, 22:47; Dahl, 16th, 23:31

B-T — Sandal, first, 18:10; Peterson, second, 19:01; Olson, eighth, 21:03; Flynn, 10th, 21:33; Lopez, 14th, 23:09; Oldendorf, 18th, 24:06; Kidd, 25th, 26:37

Girls cross country, B-T Cross Country Invite, Sept. 20 at B-T High School

Arcadia 15

Arcadia — Michalak, first, 23:39; Gonzalez, eighth, 35:37; Reyes, ninth, 36:26; Barragan, 10th, 29:36; Maldonado, 11th, 43:47

B-T — Johnson, third, 26:58; Halverson, fourth, 29:23

Arcadia boys ninth, Michalak 27th at Saturday XC invite

The Arcadia High School cross country team spent its Saturday on the run, competing in the Dick Mitchell Invitational race at Maple Grove Venues in West Salem.

The Raider boys paced to a ninth place finish and were led by an 18th place run from junior Nestor Badillo. Tegan Michalak was the Raiders’ only girl runner and finished 27th.

Olivia Yotter of Lake City won the girls’ race in 19 minutes, 41.7 seconds while Dylan Powell of Brookwood claimed the top spot in the boys’ race in 16:18.2.

Peyton Nelson ran to a 44th place finish for the Raider boys, followed by Andy Monroy in 52nd, Matthew Badillo in 70th and Caden Dahl in 89th. Johan Hernandez (95th) and Irbin Ortiz (99th) rounded out the runs for Arcadia.

Girls cross country, Dick Mitchell Invitational, Sep. 23 at Maple Grove Venues

Holmen 53, Eau Claire Memorial 62, Lake City 95, West Salem 109, Wisconsin Rapids 135, Westby 150, Brookwood 160, Aquinas 252, Tomah 261, Melrose-Mindoro 269, Viroqua 271, Central 273

Arcadia—Michalak, 27th, 21:25.70.

Boys cross country, Dick Mitchell Invitational, Sep. 23 at Maple Grove Venues

Stillwater 24, Eau Claire Memorial 60, West Salem 98, Holmen 130, Eastview 161, Wisconsin Rapids 208, Brookwood 257, Central 261, Arcadia 263, Lake City 265, Westby 293, Aquinas 300, Tomah 326, Viroqua 330, Black River Falls 369

Arcadia—N. Badillo, 18th, 17:26.9; Nelson, 44th, 18:33.5; Monroy, 52nd, 18:51.3; M. Badillo, 70th, 19:49.4; Dahl, 89th, 21:04.6; Hernandez, 95th, 21:32.1; Ortiz, 99th, 22:17.9.