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Kimball/White Lake’s Alli McCord, Mitchell Christian’s Sawyer Holdeman claim titles at Cougar Invitational
Kimball/White Lake's Alli McCord won the Cougar Invitational on Thursday, Oct. 2 in Burke.
(Rodney Haas / 605 Sports)
Oct 2, 2025
 

By 605 Sports Staff

BURKE — Mitchell Christian’s Sawyer Holdeman and Kimball/White Lake’s Alli McCord captured individual titles at Thursday’s Cougar Invitational. 

Holdeman covered the 5,000-meter distance at the Burke Golf Course in 18 minutes and :00.46 seconds, clipping teammates Luke Mentele (18:00.63) and Silas Holdeman (18:00.74). KWL’s Darron Moeller (18:17.25) and Avon’s Cale Cooper (18:31.81) rounded out the top-five finishes. 

McCord won the girls race in 20:35.79, finishing ahead of teammates Lily Baker (20:56.10) and Autumn Baker (21:09.28). Scotland’s Elle Hlavac (21:25.82) and Bon Homme’s Claire Guthmiller rounded out the top-five finishers. 

The Mitchell Christian boys won the team title with nine points, well ahead of Freeman (37) and Kimball/White Lake (59). The KWL girls won the team title with nine points, ahead of Platte-Geddes (43) and Mitchell Christian (53). 


Boys team scores: 1. Mitchell Christian, 9; 2. Freeman, 37; 3. Kimball/White Lake, 59; 4. Irene-Wakonda, 63; 5. Avon, 68; 6. Gregory, 72; 7. Platte-Geddes, 80.

Top-15 boys results: 1. Sawyer Holdeman, Mitchell Christian, 18:00.46; 2. Luke Mentele, Mitchell Christian, 18:00.63; 3. Silas Holdeman, Mitchell Christian, 18:00.74; 4. Darron Moeller, Kimball/White Lake, 18:17.25; 5. Cale Cooper, Avon, 18:31.81; 6. Lane McCune, Freeman, 18:34.99; 7. Luke Barreto, Gregory, 18:36.82; 8. Collin Randall, Freeman, 18:38.54; 9. Grady Bartunek, Wagner, 18:54.54; 10. Luke Miller, Freeman, 18:55.73; 11. Gram Messler, Gayville-Volin, 18:56.90; 12. Isaac Haich, Irene-Wakonda, 19:07.37; 13. Jeferson Montepeque, Irene-Wakonda, 19:12.13; 14. Brady Asbenson, Mitchell Christian, 19:39.62; 15. CJ Bjorum, Scotland, 19:42.44.

Girls team scores: 1. Kimball/White Lake, 9; 2. Platte-Geddes, 43; 3. Mitchell Christian, 53; 4. Scotland, 56; 5. Gayville-Volin, 64; 6. Gregory, 100.

Top-15 girls results: 1. Alli McCord, Kimball/White Lake, 20:35.79; 2. Lily Baker, Kimball/White Lake, 20:56.10; 3. Autumn Baker, Kimball/White Lake, 21:09.28; 4. Elle Hlavac, Scotland, 21:25.82; 5. Claire Guthmiller, Bon Homme, 21:31.71; 6. Jolie Westrum, Gayville-Volin, 21:39.98; 7. Berklee Mills, Platte-Geddes, 21:41.38; 8. Jordan Chessmore, Tripp-Delmont/Armour, 21:56.89; 9. Laura Nemec, Mitchell Christian, 21:58.92; 10. Hannah DeLine, Mitchell Christian, 21:59.80; 11. April Skluzak, Kimball/White Lake, 22:13.59; 12. Charlotte Qualm, Platte-Geddes, 22:50.06; 13. Marlee Meyerink, Platte-Geddes, 22:58.10; 14. Lyndsey Chessmore, Tripp-Delmont/Armour, 23:00.00; 15. Jordyn Zeisler, Burke, 23:24.45.