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Willmar Invitational Results
The Willmar Invitational provided for some fireworks on both the boys and girls side despite the famous Roy Griak Invitational being held at the U of M.  On the boys side there was MN#5/#6 boys teams and MN#1/#4/#5/#9/#10 individuals. On the girls side there was MN#7/#10 girls teams and MN#2 individual.
The boys race started out very hot with a pack of 6 runners including MN#1 Drew Paradis (Alexandria), MN#4 Besufekad Tamrot (Hopkins), MN#5 Mahad Hassan (Willmar), MN#9/#10 Jakob Lindaas and Lukas Gemar of Moorhead and Sadam Abdi (Willmar) taking the first mile out in 5:01.  The second mile thinned the lead pack out to three runners consisting of Tamrot, Hassan and Lindaas coming through the second mile in 10:10!  These 3 runners would be neck and neck until the final 300 meters where Hassan took a strong kick into the finish to win in a time of 16:09. Tamrot and Lindaas stayed right behind going 16:11 and 16:12 respectively.  Moorhead won the overall team title with 51 points and MN#6 Alexandria was second with 80 points. Willmar finished 3rd led by first place finisher Mahad Hassan and Sadam Abdi in 8th place.
The girls race was all about the MN#2 runner Jamie Piepenburg of Alexandria. From the start Piepenburg, one of the elite runners this year took the lead and never looked back. She cruised to an easy win and a course record of 15:03.  The girls from Bismarck took the team title by 4 points over MN#10 Moorhead. The Willmar girls were led by Jayne Cole in 10th place in 16:13 and first time varsity runner Paige Kester in 17:21.  The girls took 6th at their home invitational. Next up for the Cardinals is the Meet of Champions in Alexandria on Saturday October 4th.
Girls Results:
1.) Jamie Piepenburg (Alexandria) 15:03
2.) Nikki Huelsman (Bismarck) 15:33
3.) Tess Boucher (Alexandria) 15:41
4.) Andrea Markwartz (Bismarck) 15:49
5.) Kathy Amundson (Canby) 15:59

Team Results:
1.) Bismarck 51
2.) Moorhead 55
3.) Hopkins71
4.) Canby 103
5.) Alexandria 158
6.) Willmar 172

Willmar Top 7:
10.) Jayne Cole 16:13
35.) Paige Kester 17:21
39.) Cassandra Johnson 17:29
43.) Erin Sheehan 17:43
45.) Emily Ellingson 17:45
50.) Danielle Erickson 17:54
Boys Results:
1.) Mahad Hassan (Willmar) 16:09
2.) Tyler Iverson (Hopkins) 16:11
3.) Jakob Lindaas (Moorhead) 16:12
4.) Lucas Gemar (Moorhead) 16:24
5.) Drew Paradis (Alexandria)16:29

Team:
1.) Moorhead 51
2.) Alexandria 80
3.) Willmar  97
4.) Hopkins 98
5.) Bismarck Century

Willmar Top 7:
1.) Hassan
8.) Sadam Abdi 17:00
7.) Mowlid Mohammed 17:51
8.) Matt Weitzel 18:14
11.) Alex Johannes 18:21
17.) Danny Voss 18:42