MARQUETTE — It appears it will be challenging for Upper Peninsula cross country teams to catch Marquette again this season.

The Sentinels swept both ends of Wildcat Open here Friday with the boys placing five in the top seven and scoring 20 points. Ishpeming Westwood edged Negaunee 62-68 for the runner-up spot. Manistique took sixth with 139.

Marquette’s girls placed all their runners in the top 12 and tallied 25 points. They were followed by Negaunee 66, Kingsford 82 and Stephenson 83.

Sentinels’ senior Rorik Holmquist won the 3.1-mile race in 16:34.2, followed by classmate Peter Argeropoulos at 16:49.3 and Negaunee senior Henry Plummer (17:38.8).

Marquette junior Lucas Ballard, who’s normally near the top, was feeling under the weather and settled for seventh place (18:32.6) on this warm and humid morning at Northern Michigan University’s Superior Dome.

“I’m not feeling good,” he said. “I just treated this as a training day. It was a good race, though. Our top two guys did well.”

Sophomore Kavin Jackson was Manistique’s top finisher in 18th (20:51.2) and senior teammate Alex Harrison took 27th (22:10.7).

Marquette senior Ella Fure won the girls’ race in 20:57.2 and Kingsford sophomore Maria Murvich placed second (21:16.2).

“I just did what I had to do to win the race,” Fure said. “I had mono during the summer and missed about four weeks of training. I’m feeling a lot better now. I didn’t lose much fitness and had two workouts so far. I’m really happy about how our team did. We have a lot of freshmen. This is new to them.”

Murvich was followed by Marquette freshman Emma Ziegler at 22:00.6.

“I tried to stay with Ella which definitely helped me out,” she said. “This is a confidence builder. It’s only up from here. We had perfect conditions. It felt comfortable running.”

Menominee junior Winley Brandt shaved eight seconds from Tuesday’s winning time at Munising, placing fourth this time in 22:21.

“I think everybody did a little slower today, although I moved up three places from last year,” she said. “I’m happy with that. I still had a good time.”

Stephenson senior Faith Cappaert took seventh (22:56.9) and junior Lily Knaffla was Manstique’s top finisher in 37th (37:10.9).

“This wasn’t my best race, but I’m still happy with it,” Cappaert said. “My goal is to improve in every meet. It was a little hard to breathe, but that’s not an excuse. Everyone else has to do it.”

Manistique travels to Pickford for Tuesday’s Northwoods Invitational at 1 p.m.

Boys

Marquette 20, Ishpeming Westwood 62, Negaunee 68, Kingsford and Stephenson 125, Manistique 139. Gwinn, Ishpeming and Menominee NTS.

Top 10 — Rorik Holmquist, Marquette, 16:34.2; 2, Peter Argeropoulos, Marquette, 16:49.3; 3, Henry Plummer, Negaunee, 17:38.8; 4, Beepsee Teeple, Marquette, 18:04.8; 5, Cavin Mulligan, Kingsford, 18:26.3; 6, Lake Skytta, 18:27.9; 7, Lucas Ballard, Marquette, 18:32.6; 8, Calvin Carlson, Ishpeming Westwood, 18:47.7; 9, Kemper Gearhart, Ishpeming, 18:58.6; 10, Simon Jaklin, Negaunee, 19:00.2

Girls

Marquette 25, Negaunee 66, Kingsford 82, Stephenson 83, Ishpeming Westwood 103. Manistique, Ishpeming, Menominee, Gwinn NTS.

Top 10 — 1, Ella Fure, Marquette, 20:57.2; 2, Maria Murvich, Kingsford, 21:16.2; 3, Emma Ziegler, Marquette, 22:00.8; 4, Winley Brandt, Menominee, 22:21; 5, Evelyn Grant, Marquette, 22:35.5; 6, Keira Waterman, Negaunee, 22:43; 7, Faith Cappaert, Stephenson, 22:56.9; 8, Nori Korsman, Negaunee, 23:09; 9, Eryn Veverka, Marquette, 23:17.4; 10, Ava Cantway, Marquette, 23:28.7.