Miners senior Nori Korsman won the girls meet by more than a minute and a half, while fellow Negaunee senior Henry Plummer took the boys title by not quite 40 seconds.

Westwood gave the Miners a battle for both team championships, particularly in the boys meet, but Negaunee held on as Ishpeming didn’t field a full team in either meet.

For the boys, the Miners scored 27 points to 28 for the Patriots, while in the girls competition, Negaunee scored 23 as Westwood had 32.

“I am extremely proud of the way both our girls and boys teams performed,” Miners head coach Vickie Paupore said in an email. “The girls have been running solid times all season and Nori Korsman had another great race.

The eight medalists in the girls race at the WIN Meet in high school cross country are, from left in order from first to eighth place, Nori Korsman of Negaunee, Addy Hallum of Westwood, Sophie Mahoski of Ishpeming, Riley Conklin and Adela Miller of Negaunee, Elizabeth King of Westwood, Maija Roberts of Negaunee and Oni Heinzel of Westwood. The meet was held on Thursday, at the Negaunee Township Trails. (Photo courtesy Cara Kamps)

“Our boys have been battling with Westwood’s boys all season long. The Westwood boys are a strong team and they have beaten us a number of times by just a few points.

“(Thursday) was the first time our boys were able to defeat them and I was so proud of the heart that they ran with.

“Our top two boys, Henry and Simon (Jaklin) had excellent races. They are really bringing their times down and having each other to run (against), which is beneficial to both of them.”

WIN meets are held in a number of sports throughout the school year, with “WIN” standing for the three western Marquette County schools involved — Westwood, Ishpeming and Negaunee.

Korsman finished the five-kilometer (3.1-mile) course in 21 minutes, 27.3 seconds, well ahead of girls runner-up Addy Hallum of Westwood, also a senior, who came in at 23:09.3.

The eight medalists in the boys race at the WIN Meet in high school cross country are, from left in order from first to eighth place, Henry Plummer and Simon Jaklin of Negaunee; Kemper Gearhart of Ishpeming; Calvin Carlson, Jared Waterman, Breckin Jensen and Johnny Jestila of Westwood; and Tyler Rautiola of Negaunee. The meet was held on Thursday at the Negaunee Township Trails. (Photo courtesy Cara Kamps)

Ishpeming freshman Sophie Mahoski was third in 23:17.4, while the Miners took three of the next four places to cement their team victory.

The rest of the top 10 included Negaunee junior Riley Conklin, fourth in 23:49.5; NHS sophomore Adela Miller, fifth in 24:19.4; Westwood senior Elizabeth King, sixth in 25:07.3; Miners sophomore Maija Roberts, seventh in 25:10.8; Patriots junior Oni Heinzel, eighth in 25:24.6; WHS senior Madeline Rye, ninth in 25:56.1; and Hematites sophomore Madison Longtine, 10th in 26:13.3.

Plummer won the boys race in 17:06.5, beating out Jaklin, his senior teammate, in 17:45.9.

Ishpeming junior Kemper Gearhart was third in 18:13.8, followed by a quartet of Patriots who kept Westwood in the hunt for the team title.

That group included freshman Calvin Carlson, fourth in 18:26.9; senior Jared Waterman, fifth in 18:36.6; senior Breckin Jensen, sixth in 19:00.7; and senior Johnny Jestila, seventh in 19:30.5.

Following that Patriots group was Negaunee freshman Tyler Rautiola, eighth in 19:31.6; Ishpeming senior Mateusz Wozniak, ninth in 19:41.6; and Miners sophomore Quin Karlstrom, 10th in 20:06.3.

Starting the second 10 finishers for the boys were Negaunee sophomore Anders Johnston, 11th in 20:09.0; Westwood junior Caleb Christensen, 12th in 20:13.9; Miners senior Blayne LaCosse, 13th in 20:15.7; Patriots senior William Niemi, 14th in 20:24.1; WHS junior Everett Boburka, 15th in 20:31.1; and Negaunee junior Joshua Frederick, 16th in 20:31.8.

While the girls race had just 13 finishers, there were 32 that completed the boys run.

Among area teams, Marquette is scheduled to run in the high school portion of the Roy Griak Invitational to be held at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis on Saturday.

Most area schools plan to be at the El Harger Invitational on Tuesday afternoon at Pictured Rocks Golf Club in Munising.

Story contents based on email received from Negaunee head coach Vickie Paupore and an examination of results posted at Superior Timing, www.superiortiming.com. Journal Sports Editor Steve Brownlee’s email address is sbrownlee@miningjournal.net.