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Sydney Lewis Secures Fourth State Cross‑Country Qualification

By Daily Herald

Austin senior Sydney Lewis earned her fourth qualification for the state cross‑country meet by finishing fifth at the Section 1AA meet in Faribault on Thursday. Lewis ran a time of 19:10.2, improving on her 42nd-place finish at the Class AA meet the previous year. Earlier in the season she broke her older sister Abby’s school record. Lewis is a three‑time state qualifier. Da’Mari Downer led the Packer boys with a 14th-place finish, clocking 17:07.4. The Austin girls team placed seventh overall with 197 points, while the boys team placed ninth with 216 points. The full individual results for the Austin girls were: Sydney Lewis (5th, 19:10.2), Alexcia Austin (44th, 22:11.4), Julia Cline (46th, 22:15.7), Anne Ekins (47th, 22:17.5), Eve Kewatt (56th, 22:50.8), and Louisa Sorenson (58th, 22:09.3). The Austin boys’ individual results were: Da’Mari Downer (14th, 17:07.4), Eben Pepper (47th, 18:15.8), Nathan Mullenbach (48th, 18:28.1), Jude Hovland (54th, 19:03.4), and Ryker Holtorf (58th, 19:13.7).