On Thursday, October 14, the Madison Cross Country Team ran the SDHSAA Region 2A Cross Country Meet in their hometown at the Madison Golf & Country Club. The head coach of the Madison Bulldog Cross Country team is Robert Cordts and the assistant coach is Nicole Troxell. At this meet, there was a girls' varsity race, boys' varsity race, girls' junior varsity race, and boys' junior varsity race. This was Madison’s last race before the SDHSAA Class A State Cross Country Meet which is October 23, 2021.
The medalists for the girls' varsity were 11th- Jessie Tappe and 16th -Ellie Keller. The other placers: 27th, Sammy Troxell; 40th, Piper Davies; and 41st, Katharine Comes. The girls got 5th place overall as a girls' varsity team. Jessie Tappe and Ellie Keller qualified for the SDHSAA Class A State Cross Country Meet.
The medalists for the boys' varsity were 8th Elijah Sims and 10th Dylan Gerdes. The other placers: 21st, Braeden Keller; 26th, Aaron Hawkes; 27th, Deion Cross; and 49th, Chuck Callahan. The boys won 3rd place overall as the boys' varsity team and qualified for the SDHSAA Class A State Cross Country Meet.
The medalists for the girls' junior varsity were 16th, Emersyn Havlik, and 17th, Kyra Wiese. The other placers: 24th, Laney Misar; 25th, Kylee Oines; 29th, Delaney Feistner; 33th, Eden DuRandt; 52nd, Eleni Sims; 59th, Addy Meyer; 63rd, Mallorie Schultz; 65th, Hannah Meyer, and 67th, Cheyenne Wallowingbull. The girls' junior varsity team won 3rd place.
The medalists for the boys' junior varsity were 20th, Henry Meyer. The other placers: 26th, Nathan Hasleton; 27th, Chase Steuerwald; 33rd, Zach Ryan; 36th, Enoch Martin; 43rd, Kai Thompson; 48th, Grant Haselton; 50th, Elijah Olson; 61st, Cooper Johnson; 75th, Ranick Fjerstad; 76th, Spencer Reverts; 79th, Alex Collins; 89th, Carter Downs; 92nd, Landry Brown; 97th, Ollie Meyer; 98th, Isaiah Johnson; 102nd, Milo Osborne; and 106th, Tristan Brown. The boys' junior varsity team won 3rd place.
The next race for the Madison boys' varsity team, Ellie Keller, and Jessie Tappe is at the Yankton Trail Park in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on Saturday, October 23 at 12:30 pm.