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Leader Photo by Chris Caporale Menominee Indian High School runner Tyler Komanekin leads the field at the Wolf River Lutheran Invitation on Monday at Maple Hill Ski Trails. Komanekin (19 minutes, 34 seconds) finished more than a minute in front of Gresham/Bowler runner-up Neal Cerveny.
Menominee Indian senior Tyler Komanekin dominated the competition at the Wolf River Lutheran High School cross-country meet Monday at the Maple Hills Ski Trails in Shawano.
Komanekin (19 minutes, 34 seconds) finished a full minute in front of second-place finisher Neal Cerveny (20:38) of Gresham/Bowler. Cerveny outsprinted Lena/STAA’s Conner Heise (20:39) to the finish line.
Menominee Indian was the only complete team at the five-team invite on the hilly course around the RC Flying Club Field.
Menominee Indian’s Sonny Nacotee (21:03) finished fourth, ahead of teammate Jason Komanekin (21:10). Richard Wayka and Jerome Munson finished in eighth and ninth, respectively.
Gresham/Bowler added sixth- and seventh-place finishes by Drew Haffner (21:11) and Levi Schick (21:20).
Blaine Andrada and Ben Schmidt, Wolf River Lutheran’s two runners, were separated by just 10 seconds at 10th- and 11th-place, respectively.
The girls race had four runners. Lena/STAA runner Alexis Misco (27:03) placed first; Haily Jorgenson (32:48), Washington Island, second; Georgia Thomson, Lena/STAA, third; and Ciara Urbanek, Lena/STAA, fourth.