Six cross country runners from Martin County West earned all-conference recognition as both varsity teams finished fourth place at the Tomahawk/Valley Conference Meet on Thursday.
Evelynn Christenson led the way in fourth place with a time of 20:37.8 in the varsity girls race at Madelia Golf Course. She earned All-Valley honors with yet another Mavericks-leading performance.
Kate Swanson ran 25:32.2 in 21st place, Elena De La Torre ran 26:13.7 in 25th place, Paige Hartwig ran 28:25.6 in 28th place, and Sydni Fritz ran 29:11.8 in 30th place.
Reese Peters also ran 33:05.8 for the Mavericks to finish off 33 varsity girls runners.
Brody Cook led a handful of MCW boys after posting 19:24.6 to take 11th place in varsity boys race. That put him on the All-Valley team as well.
The four other Mavericks in the boys team score claimed honorable mentions. Marek Mulder ran 19:31.2 in 13th place, Elliot Reynolds ran 19:43.6 in 15th place, Henry Fuller ran 19:55.2 in 15th place, and Conrad Gwin ran 20:50.4 in 19th place.
Lincoln Cepress also ran 22:01.5 in 33rd place and Beckett White ran 25:11.8 in 46th place among 47 varsity boys runners.
Full results are available online.
The Mavericks are headed to Baylor Regional Park in Norwood Young America for the Section 2A Championships next Thursday.