Brainerd girls second, boys fourth; LF girls, boys 5th

ST. CLOUD - Anna Gessell, Hannah McAlister and Rebecca Yeh finished in the top 15 to earn all-Central Lakes Conference honors and place the Brainerd Warriors girls' cross country team in second Tuesday.

The Warrior boys placed fourth and were led by Thomas Ruttger's third-place time of 16:24, and Jimmy Dean's sixth-place time of 16:54. Both runners earned all-conference honors.

The top 15 runners earn all-conference honors.

Gessell ran a 10th-place time of 15:52. McAllister finished 13th and Yeh placed 15th.

Brainerd's Gretchen Kletscher was all-conference honorable mention finishing 20th.

The Little Falls Flyers girls' team, which placed fifth, was led by Manon Gammon-Deering's fifth-place time of 15:18 and Beth Hauer's 16:01, which placed her 14th.

Preston Zimmy and Eli Ploof ran all-conference times of 17:17 for 11th and 17:18 for 13th as the Flyers boys' team finished fifth.

Boys' team scores: 1-Alexandria 41, 2-Willmar 69, 3-Sartell 74, 4-Brainerd 118, 5-Little Falls 122, 6-St. Cloud Tech 138, 7-St. Cloud Apollo 217, 8-Sauk Rapids-Rice 218, 9-Fergus Falls 223, 10-Rocori 235

Individual winner: Mahad Hassan (Wil) 16:03

Brainerd results: 3-Thomas Ruttger 16:24, 6-Jimmy Dean 16:54, 30-Brad Wolhart 17:59, 37-Christopher Knutson 18:21, 44-Riley Nelson 18:49

Little Falls results: 11-Preston Zimmy 17:17, 13-Eli Ploof 17:18, 23-Justin Posterick 17:41, 31-Ricky Devine 18:04, 45-Isaac Thoma 18:52, 48-Matt Hanowski 19:02, 49-Cody Neu 19:06, 50-Austin Gessell 19:12

Girls' team scores: 1-Sartell 65, 2-Brainerd 86, 3-Willmar 88, 4-Rocori 97, 5-Little Falls 113, 6-Alexandria 114, 7-St. Cloud Apollo 143, 8-St. Cloud Tech 200, 9-Fergus Falls 225

Individual winner: Jamie Piepenberg (Alex) 14:32

Brainerd results: 10-Anna Gessell 15:52, 13-Hannah McAllister 15:58, 15-Rebecca Yeh 16:04, 20-Gretchen Kletscher 16:30, 28-Michaela Quast 16:51, 32-Jenna Riley 16:56

Little Falls results: 5-Manon Gammon-Deering 15:18, 14-Beth Hauer 16:01, 26-Maria Hauer 16:47, 27-Kayla Meyer 16:48, 43-Nicole Maleski 17:20, 57-Kallie Baumgartner 18:49

Next: Brainerd, Little Falls in Section 8-2A meet at Alexandria 3:30 p.m. Oct. 23.