Jordan senior cross country runner Pedro Velasco qualified for the Class A state cross country meet on Thursday afternoon.
Velasco finished in 10th place at the Class A, Section 4 meet to qualify. He was the last individual runner to qualify for the state meet.
Velasco finished the race with a time of 17 minutes, 29.3 seconds to lead the Hubmen to a 13th place finish in the 18 team section meet.
On the girls side, Jordan finished in 13th place with freshman Michaela Vogel leading the way in 38th place with a time of 17:13.2.
Jordan resident Jensen Orlow finished in 12th place with a time of 17:30.3 to lead Holy Family Catholic to a second place finish and a trip to the state meet.
HUBMEN 10 Pedro Velasco, 12 17:29.3 81 Jaimen Neisen, 9 20:19.6 82 Tony Eichten, 8 20:20.6 83 Austin Hovland, 8 20:21.2 88 Chris Huss, 9 20:40.7 104 Brady Ruthford, 7 22:05.3 105 Nick Hunstad, 9 22:10.1 Total Time = 1:39:11.4 Total Places = 344 JAGUARS 38 Michaela Vogel, 9 17:13.2 40 Alex Sopata, 10 17:19.9 65 Kate Gunderson, 11 18:21.6 78 Hannah Hooper, 12 18:46.5 91 Rachel Beck, 12 19:49.0 100 Britta Baker, 9 21:15.9 106 Nikki Rykhus, 9 22:31.5 Total Time = 1:31:30.2 Total Places = 312

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(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)
A big congrats to Pedro!!!...
Back to page topA big congrats to Pedro!!! Best of luck at state!
For anyone interested - the state cross country meet is on Saturday, Nov 7, at St. Olaf College in Northfield. The Boys Class 1A race is at 1 pm.