The Menomonie Mustangs’ cross country teams both placed first at the Marshfield 

Nightfall Classic on September 26th, 2025. 

The girls’ team ran a phenomenal race. Four of the racers beat the goals they had set for themselves in the 3200m Goal Split.

“The girls ran very well.  There were over 340 runners, and we had 5 girls finish in the top 15, which is pretty nice.  The weather was perfect, the course was relatively flat and fast, so times were really good.  We had most of the team run season personal bests, and we even had a few lifetime bests.  It was a very good day.” Said Coach Olson

Still, it was a great night for a meet; many runners had PRs, and a couple of them achieved lifetime PRs, even though the course was long due to the extra distance between the starting boxes.

Table of results women’s MHS cross country

                                  Goal Pace     3200m Goal Split      3200m Actual Split       Time         

Lauren                          17:19                    11:08                                      10:59                           17:32*

Bree/Bennett              18:40                    11:42                              12:00/12:28        19:05*/19:34       

Bella                              19:00                    12:08                                     12:04                          19:13*

Addie                            20:00                    12:30                                     12:31                           19:44

Sara, Kyah                   21:00                    13:15                                 13:10/13:19          20:56/21:07     

Rylee                            22:00                    13:40                                     13:25                           21:25*

Aubrie PR                   22:30                     15:00                                     15:15                          23:45*

Shay                            30:00                      18:00                                    18:59                          31:31*

The boy’s Cross Country team competed at Marshfield for the Nightfall Classic for the fourth time. They took first place, earning the least amount of points with a team score of 68, and weren’t close. The second team earned 132, making this a great victory. 

The boys did well, with Luke Ray coming in fourth place with a time of 16:08.79. to become the first All-American for the boys’ team. He ran it extremely well also, with splits of 5:05, 5:1,4 and 5:10

Notable mentions are Noah Winder (13th place), Owen Pelzel (14th place), Evan Olson (19th place), and Logan Topper (20th place). This makes five Menomonie boys make it into the top 20 overall of 382 boys from 31 teams. 

It was a big night for some other athletes. Matthew Snavely had a huge PR by 70 seconds. His PR was 21:21.1 and ended up with a fast 19:11.4. Timmy Berends achieved a 25-second PR, earning a 22:30.0. Ben Seguin also had a great night with a 40-second improvement, running a 18:24.64.