By Chad Koenen

Publisher

In a meet featuring 96 teams from across the tri-state area, including several from the Twin Cities area, the Otter Tail Central Bulldogs traveled to Grand Forks for the annual Border Battle cross country meet on Saturday.

Sophomore Drew Robinson had the highest finish on the day for any OTC varsity member as he took 28th place overall with a time of 17:44.6. Oren Brackin finished in 206th place with a time of 20:48.2, Fred Scott finished in 207th place with a time of 20:48.3, Jack Robinson finished in 266th place with a time of 23:03.1 and Ethan Sonju finished in 268th place with a time of 23:04.8.

As a team, OTC finished in 35th place with 884 points. Hawley won the Class A meet with 139 points, while Wadena-Deer Creek finished in second place with 147 points. There were 41 complete teams who competed in the meet.

There was a total of 295 boys who competed in the Class A meet.

The Bulldog girls team was led by Claire Mansker who finished in 62nd place with a time of 21:41.9. Brielle Malone finished in 69th place with a time of 21:53.6, Tegan Brandon finished in 103rd place with a time of 22:44.7, Trinity Baker finished in 119th place with a time of 23:16.2, Quinn Hagemeister finished in 128th place with a time of 23:35.9, Delia Tebrugge finished in 174th place with a time of 24:36.7 and Mar Lopez finished in 239th place with a time of 31:03.

As a team the Bulldogs finished in 15th place overall with 395 points. Hillsboro/Central Valley won the meet with 51 points, while Bowman County took second place with 53 points. 

A total of 239 people finished the Class A girls cross country meet.