Overby Orthodontics Prep Athletes of the Week named!

Congratulations to this week’s KAUS Overby Orthodontics Prep Athletes of the Week, Marissa Shute and Sydney Lewis of the Austin Packers girls cross-country team, and Thomas Herrick of the Austin Packers boys cross-country team!

Shute, a sophomore and Lewis, an 8th grader qualified for the State Class AA Girls Cross-Country meet at the Section 1AA meet at Bancroft Bay Park in Albert Lea last Thursday as Shute finished fourth overall with a time of 19:46.14, and Lewis finished eighth to also qualify for state with a time of 20:33.81.  Herrick, a senior, is on his way to the state meet after finishing fifth overall with a final time of 17:13.01 on the 5000 meter course.  All three runners will be competing in the State Class AA Individual Cross-Country Meet at St. Olaf College in Northfield on Saturday, November 5th. The Class AA girls’ portion of the meet for Shute and Lewis will get underway at 2:30 p.m. that afternoon, while Herrick will take to the course as a part of the boys’ competition to follow at 3:30 p.m.  The awards ceremony for Class AA is scheduled for 4:15 p.m. that afternoon.

Congratulations again to this week’s Overby Orthodontics Prep Athletes of the Week, Marissa Shute and Sydney Lewis of the Austin Packers girls cross-country team, and Thomas Herrick of the Austin Packers boys cross-country team.  Dr. Eric Overby and his staff at Overby Orthodontics, with offices in Austin, Stewartville and Rochester, smile with us!  See the many services they have to offer by logging on to their webpage at overbyorthodontics.com.