Warrior girls 11th at nation's largest meet

WELCH -- The Brainerd Warrior girls' team placed 11th in Friday's Welch Village Invitational, the nation's largest high school Alpine skiing race.

Brainerd was led by Kaitlyn Ziebell's time of 47.38, which was 99th fastest overall.

In the boys' division, the Warriors placed 35th and were paced by Tim Nelson's time of 42.19, which was 30th overall.

Forty-eight high school teams, and more than 500 individuals, skied in the event.

Boys team scores -- 1-LaCrosse Central 676, 2-St. Thomas Academy 654, 3-Chisago Lakes 609, 4-Bloomington Jefferson 608, 5-Mankato East 602, 35-Brainerd 327

Individual winner -- Nate Peterson (Mankato West) 38.27

Brainerd results (overall place) -- 30-Tim Nelson 42.19, 47-David Miller 43.54, 63-Mike Garry 44.42, 417-Mike Qualey 1:53.06, 448-Ryan Ruttger 2:23.89, Pat Majka DQ

Girls team scores -- 1-Chisago Lakes 743, 2-Stillwater 700, 3-Mankato West 616, 4-Mounds View 601, 5-Minnehaha Academy 600, 11-Brainerd 532

Individual winner -- Ali Zander (Mankato West) 41.83

Brainerd results (overall place) -- 99-Kaitlyn Ziebell 47.38, 123-Ashley Hillstrom 49.22, 126-Jenny Beilke 49.58, 312-Taryn Ruttger 1:25.15, 388-Rachel Cross 1:39.76, 446-Adrianne McAlpin 2:18.47

Next meet -- Brainerd at Alexandria Invitational 6 p.m. Monday.