Woflpack Continues to Improve at Pender Invite
Coach Brentlinger
Senior Alex Synder earned 9th place and Junior Jude Ridenour earned 8th place at the Pender XC Invite.Wolfpack runners continue to improve at Pender Invite…….
Just one week after setting new program records, the Wolfpack boy’s and girl’s set the bar even higher at the Pender Invitational.
Four athletes earned medals. Three in the top ten, and one just short at eleventh place, setting a first-time accomplishment.
The girls’ team finished fourth on the day, and the boys’ team just missed a runner-up plaque finishing third to Oakland-Craig.
Senior, Alejandra Hermosillo placed 8th in the girls’ competition, while Jude Ridenour and Alex Snyder placed 8th and 9th respectively in the boy’s division. Senior Rachael Bousquet nabbed 11th place just missing out on a top ten finish in the girls’ division.
Sophomore, Tucker Anderson crushed his best time, running nearly 2 minutes under any previous time that he has posted. Sophomore Hailey Millard also hit a career mark, dropping one full minute off any previous time she had posted.
Matthew Bousquet, Logan Kraemer, and Chloe Peters also flirted with their personal best times, but just couldn’t quite reach them on a day when all nine Wolfpack runners seemed to be clicking.
Team Scoring:
GIRLS: L-C-C 11, Ponca 31, Homer 36, TCNE 43, Oakland-Craig 47, Pender 57, Yutan 60, Cedar Bluffs 60, Winnebago 96, Plainview 99, LDNE 124
BOYS: Homer 11, Oakland-Craig 37, TCNE 39, Yutan 40, L-C-C 46, Winnebago 52, Archangels Catholic 59, Pender 84, Cedar Bluffs 84, Bancroft-Rosalie 94.
There were 53 varsity girls and 15 JV girl runners in the event totaling 68. There were 49 varsity boys and 28 JV boy runners in the event making it a 77-member race.
Athlete Breakdown
| 2024 | 2025 | Place | |
| Alejandra Hermosillo | 22:49 | 22:26 | 8th |
| Rachael Bousquet | Did not run | 22:39 | 11th |
| Chloe Peters | 28:51 | 25:20 | 3rd |
| Hailey Millard | 26:31 | 25:30 |
35th (Career Best) |
| Jude Ridenour | 18:32 | 18:48 | 8th |
| Alex Synder | 19:09 | 19:12 | 9th |
| Tucker Anderson | Did not run | 20:56 |
25th (Career Best) |
| Logan Kraemer | Did not run | 23:17 | 43rd |
| Matthew Bousquet | Did not run | 25:13 | 45th |
COACHES COMMENTS:
“Both Coach Brentlinger and I were very impressed with all the effort shown today. This group is slowly getting better each time they compete and are challenging themselves personally. It is the midpoint of the season, and things look promising heading into the latter part of the season. Great Day TEAM!”