It was a fun night at the Nightfall Classic, a first for the West boys’ team. Like Watertown, it was one field, and the team finished 5th place. Nate led the way for 2nd, followed by Summit (26th), Ben (37th), Freddie (51st), Ryan (64th), Eddie (72nd), and Sirio (74th). Special shout-out to the Bechle brothers, who moved up combined for 93 spots in the race. On to the Don Loker City Championships.

After being rained out at Marquette, the boys ran many season and personal bests at the Midwest Invite. The JV blue squad finished 9th with 257 points, led by Eddie Clay (30th), Owen Dunn (46th), Eagan Wiederhoeft (60th), Javi Funk (69th), William Zuckerman (74th), Clark McKelvey (86th), and Liam Chiriboga (104th). Nathan ran the 3rd fastest time in school history, finishing second with a time of 15:16. Summit Todd (130th), Ben Lubner (145th), Freddie Berkelman (153rd), Sirio Dicarlantonio (178th), Alistair Welham (237th), and Ryan Zimmerman (246th), moved up throughout the race to finish 23rd overall. In the JV white race, Ryan Adamczyk led the way in 21st, followed by Sam Garland (43rd), Eli Bailey (65th), Oscar Kuplic (90th), Gaige Carlson (120th), Wesley Hickman-Ball (121st), and Gabriel Poser (138th) for 8th place overall.

The boys took a step in the right direction this week, putting together solid races by getting off the line faster. Nate ran 15:33 in a great race to the finish line, putting him 7th on the all-time list and 3rd fastest in school history. Varsity finished 7th, with Summit (30th), Sirio (43th), Ryan (45th), Ben (53rd), Freddie (58th), and Clark (65th). On the JV side, William, Alistair, and Owen took it upon themselves to get out hard, leading the squad to a 3rd place finish. Alistair (6th), William (13th), Oliver Cooper (18th), Niles (19th), Owen (20th), Eagan (21st), and Soren (24th) made up the top 7. Onto Marquette (and Kopp’s!).

A humid, muddy day made for some tough running at Verona. The varsity squad finished 13th, with a strong 3rd-place performance by Nathan in 15:57. Summit (70th), Sam (85th), Sirio (89th), Ben (115th), Freddie (131st), and Alistair (141st) had solid races, with 5 of them in a varsity race for the first time! On the JV side, Ryan Zimmerman finished 14th to lead a top 7 with Clark (32nd), William (49th), Owen (57th), Javi (59th), Oliver Cooper (68th), and Eagan (82nd), earning 4th place. On to River Valley!

The boys kicked off the 2026 season with a good 3rd-place finish. Nathan Schwoerer paced the field, winning in 15:55 (21st on the all-time list), followed by Jasper Darley (15th), Summit Todd (31st), Sam Senatori (32nd), Ben Lubner (40th), Freddie Berkleman (49th), and Sirio Dicarlantonio (51st). West XC takes on the field at Verona next week!

The boys finished 7th at the State Championships in Wisconsin Rapids, moving up each mile as a whole team. At the mile mark, West was 10th; at mile 2, they were 9th; and at the end, they were 7th with 222 points! Summit (160th), Timon (80th), Stevie (69th), Nate (47th), Clay (45th), Ruben (31st), and Jasper (30th) worked up through the field for showings at The Ridges. Thank you to all the fans and teammates who came to support West XC!

Congrats on an amazing season by all! There were so many great showings of improvement, season / personal bests, and team finishes, but it was also a very fun, enjoyable season! Looking forward to recapping it all at the end-of-season banquet on November 11th.

West boys battled it out against other top-state teams to qualify for the State Meet! Smart racing led to a second-place team with 61 points, 14 points behind DeForest and 3 points ahead of Verona. Summit (38th), Stevie (23rd), Timon (20th), Clay (15th), Jasper (11th), Nate (9th), and Ruben (6th) packed up and moved positions from the mile mark on, finishing strong to earn a state berth. This is now the 20th time in 23 years West boys’ XC has qualified for the State meet as a team. Thank you to all the teammates and families that came out to support the team at Sectionals!

West takes 2nd place in both the Varsity and JV races out at Sheehan Park. In the Varsity race, the boys moved up throughout the racing, finishing in packs and only 7 points behind Verona. August (45th), Summit (31st), Stevie (21st), ran great races, with Clay (13th), Nathan (9th), Ruben (8th), and Jasper (7th) earning conference-honors.

In the JV race, Sirio (25th) and Owen (18th) ran in the 6-7 positions, with Colin (13th), Ryan (12th), Hunter (11th) Danny (3rd), and Timon (1st!) earning JV conference recognition.

Congrats to the team on a great season!

What a great evening of racing out at Lake Farm Park! In the JV race, the boys scored a perfect 15, led by Eddie (8th), Walt (6th), Ben (5th), Ryan (4th), Freddie (3rd), Owen (2nd) and Colin Ruchala (1st!). The Varsity took care of business, putting all 10 runners in the top 30. Danny (29th), Hunter (20th), Timon (19th), Stevie (14th), August (12th), Summit (11th), Clay (10th), Jasper (8th), Ruben (4th), and Nathan (3rd), packed up and got the job done. Congrats to the whole team on a great showing at Lake Farm Park.

A combined JV and Varsity race led to some exciting performances, great team scores, and first place wins! JV scored a sweet 16 with Dez (9th), Nathan (8th), Owen (6th), Freddie (4th), Ryan (3rd), Collin (2nd), and Danny (1st!) leading the JV pack. On the Varsity side, an incredible day of pack-running gave only 24 points. Hunter (11th), Stevie (8th), Clay (7th), Summit (6th), Ruben (5th), Jasper (4th), and Nathan (2nd) executed a stellar race. Onto the Don Loker City Championships!