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At the 37th annual Roy Griak Invitational, held at Les Bolstad Golf Course, the Wayzata Girls Cross Country team secured the top spot in the girls championship race. Jazleen Mahlherek-Osorio played a pivotal role, leading the Trojans with an impressive time of 19:03 and securing an 11th place finish.

Ella Hagen from Summit High School in Breckinridge, Colorado took first overall individually, clocking a time of 17:55. Other top local girls runners were Sydney Drevlow from Hopkins taking 7th (18:45), Caitlyn Osanai of Robbinsdale Armstrong taking 22nd (19:40), and April Watson from Maple Grove taking 28th (19:46).

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On the boys side, Clay Shively from Trinity Academy in Topeka, Kansas took first in the high school championship heat, finishing in a time of 15:23. The top local runners were Will Weber of Wayzata taking 10th (15:56), Cade Sanvik of Osseo placing 11th (16:02), and Hopkins’ Landon Hering taking 12th overall (16:03).

“Saturday was a great day for the Wayzata cross country programs. The Trojans girls and boys each won state class AAA team titles. Abbey Nechanicky led a dominant Wayzata girls performance by easily capturing her first state title. Sydney Drevlow of Hopkins was second. Hamza Mohamed of Wayzata was the top local boys finisher, in fourth place. Noah Breker of Armstrong was seventh. The Heritage Christian Academy boys won the class A team title.” From CCX Media.

Wayzata senior Abbey Nechanicky appeared if she was making up for lost time on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. 

Nechanicky, who didn’t run in the Minnesota State High School League’s Cross Country State Meet in 2021 because of an injury, blazed to the Class AAA individual championship on the 5,000-meter course at St. Olaf College in Northfield. Her time was 16 minutes, 47.7 seconds. She finished 52.1 seconds in front of runner-up, Sydney Drevlow, a sophomore at Hopkins, and a top challenger of Nechanicky’s during the Lake Conference season. Forest Lake sophomore Norah Hushagen was third in 17:48.6. 

Nechanicky, the big-school runner-up in 2019, is ranked third nationally and has committed to run at the University of Colorado. She put on hold momentarily her postrace news conference because she wanted to cheer on not only her teammates, but all participants as they finished. She was full of high-fives and congratulations for all. 

The delay wasn’t long as the next four Wayzata runners finished quickly. 

Wayzata cruised to the team title with 39 points, 50 ahead of runner-up Minnetonka, which had 89. Mounds View was third with 127. 

Also scoring for the Trojans were senior Teegan Anderson, senior Grace Mignone, freshman Maddie Gullickson and sophomore Alyson Kleyman.

From CCX, “The Wayzata boys and girls cross country teams each brought home championship trophies Wednesday as the Trojans swept the team titles at the Section 6AAA meet. The Wayzata girls team total of 21 points was well ahead of section runner-up Hopkins—the Royals finished with 65 points. Both teams qualified for state. Trojans’ senior Abbey Nehanicky set a Gale Woods course record for girls and recorded a personal best time of 16 minutes, 43.70 seconds to win the meet. Hopkins’ Sydney Drevlow finished second in 17:36.11. Grace Mignone and Maddie Gullickson of Wayzata placed third and fourth respectively, just ahead of Armstrong’s Caitlyn Osanai. The Wayzata boys finished the 6AAA meet with 39 points with Minneapolis Washurn (60) placing second as a team. Sam Scott of Minneapolis Southwest took first place with a time of 15:08.69. Aidan Jones of Washburn finished second and Hamza Mohamed of Wayzata placing third in 15:30.86. Armstrong’s Noah Breker, last year’s race champion, finished fourth in 15:32.56. Daniel McCollor and William Weber from Wayzata placed fifth and sixth. The state cross country meet meet is Saturday November 5th at St. Olaf College in Northfield.“

From CCX Media, “Wayzata’s Abbey Nechanicky set a course record at Gale Woods en route to winning the Lake Conference cross country title Thursday. Hamza Mohamed of Wayzata beat defending state champion Nick Gilles of Minnetonka to win the boys individual title. Wayzata emerged as team champion in the girls and boys competition.”