Coon Rapids made some improvement over Apollo at the District 11 Meet. Finishing second to Anoka for the third straight year, the Cardinals had some fine performances. Matt Sullivan led the way again, finishing in a time of 18:23, coming in third. Jake Heidkamp (19:20), Matt Holton (19:24), Brandon Heebink (19:32), and Drew Ditlefsen (19:56) rounded out the top five. Anoka dominated the race with five of the top six places. Kevin Voss won for the third consecutive time, in 17:38.
Some other performances from the Cardinals included: Phil Johnson (23:07), John Kennedy (22:02), Nic Sabatke (19:57), Matt Wenger (22:29), and Justin Taube (20:20). In all the Cardinals placed nine runners in the top twenty.
RUNNER PLACE TIME
*1 Matt Sullivan, 9 3 18:23*
2 Jake Heidkamp, 11 7 19:20
3 Matt Holton, 12 8 19:24
4 Brandon Heebink, 11 11 19:32
5 Drew Ditlefsen, 10 13 19:56
6 Nic Sabatke, 12 14 19:57
7 Quinn Sullivan, 12 17 20:15
8 Justin Taube, 11 19 20:20
9 Jeff Erickson, 12 20 20:23
10 Grant Ellingson, 12 22 20:45
11 Drew Reiter, 12 28 21:02
12 Isaac Huss, 11 29 21:10
13 Mike Blilie, 11 34 21:36
*14 John Kennedy, 8 37 22:02*
*15 Nathan Randall, 9 38 22:15*
16 Matt Wenger, 11 40 22:29
17 Matt Mullerleile, 10 43 22:37
18 Phil Johnson, 8 44 23:07
*19 Joe Trapp, 9 45 23:13*
20 Mike Mullerleile, 8 50 24:07
*21 Troy Dey, 9 51 24:08*
*22 Andy Thews, 9 53 24:20*
*23 Chris Lafean, 9 55 24:27*
24 Greg Elsner, 11 58 25:03
25 Jake Kreye, 11 59 25:10
*26 Shane Fors, 10 61 25:19*
27 Jon Grivna, 10 66 26:38
*28 Ray Swanson, 9 67 27:06*
29 Mark Kelley, 9 70 28:09
* indicate a P.R. (personal record).