The New Prague Trojan boys cross country meet had two good showings last week. On Tuesday, Sept. 17, they competed at the Waconia meet, placing fifth of 15 teams, and on Saturday, Sept. 21, they competed in the Milaca Mega meet, placing 16th of 29 teams in Division 4, for the largest schools.
Waconia meet New Prague finished with 147 points, placing fifth behind first placee Buffalo, with 44, Mankato East with 64, Chanhassen with 96 and Delano with 131.
Top Trojan was Jacob Malecha, who placed eighth in 14 minutes, 39.8 seconds on the 4,000-meter course. Adam Brandt was 18th in 15:15.8, followed by Josh Anderson (32nd, 15:42.5), Carson Davis (42nd, 16:02.4), John Taylor (47th, 16:11.9), Mitch Krostue (50th, 16:20.8) and Chase Trygestad (73rd, 17:45).
Milaca Mega meet New Prague finished 116th of 29 teams in the large-school division with 428 points. The top five teams were....
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