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North Woods’ Burckhardt places second at Duluth East meet
DULUTH- North Woods’ junior Alex Burckhardt continued his assault on the cross-country leaderboards in the region on Saturday with a second-place finish in the Duluth East invitational. Running …
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North Woods’ Burckhardt places second at Duluth East meet
DULUTH- North Woods’ junior Alex Burckhardt continued his assault on the cross-country leaderboards in the region on Saturday with a second-place finish in the Duluth East invitational.
Running on the Lester Park 5K circuit, Burckhardt was just two seconds shy of defeating Ben Westholm of Duluth East, clocking in at 18 minutes and 6.8 seconds. Burckhardt spoiled the Greyhounds’ bid for a sweep of the top three spots, with Duluth East runners finishing third and fourth.
Other Grizzlies runners competing for the South Ridge Panthers included seventh-grader Khalil Spears, who recorded a time of 19:48.7 to finish 24th, and Lincoln Antikainen, who placed 34th with a time of 20:42.5.
North Woods eighth-grader Zoey Burckhardt led the way for the Panthers’ girls squad with a tenth-place 21:44.6 effort. Junior Addison Burckhardt ran the course in 22:21, good enough for 14th. Tatum Barto placed 23rd with a time of 23:41.9.
