By Les Knuston
Sports Reporter
Paced once again by the winning performance of sophomore Morgan Gehl, the Murray County Central / Fulda varsity girls’ cross country team made an excellent team showing at the 10-team Lac qui Parle Valley / Dawson-Boyd Invitational last Tuesday (September 18) at the Madison Golf Course.
Gehl completed the 5,000-meter distance in a sensational time of 18:48.72, entering the finish chute 90 seconds before individual runner-up Isabel Schirm of LQPV / D-B (20:18.18).
Five of Gehl’s teammates placed among the top 28 runners in the field of 71 individual finishers, combining their performances to give the Rebels a second-place team finish.
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