Evelynn Christenson of Martin County West cross country is headed back to the State Meet after leading the Mavericks effort at the Section 2A Championships on Thursday.
Christenson posted a season-best time of 19:34.4 to take fifth place in the varsity girls race at Baylor Regional Park in Norwood Young America. The Mavericks junior will make her third trip to State.
Kate Swanson ran a personal best of 22:49.9 in 43rd place, Elena De La Torre ran a PR of 24:05.4 in 62nd place, Sydni Fritz ran a PR of 24:53.3 in 74th place, and Paige Hartwig ran 27:15.8 in 92nd place for MCW among 103 girls.
The MCW girls collected 242 points for 10th place as a team.
Brody Cook led the MCW boys with a personal best of 17:35.8 in 23rd place.
Henry Fuller had a PR of 19:12.1 in 52nd place, Elliot Reynolds ran 19:24.2 in 56th place, Conrad Gwin ran a PR of 19:44.6 in 66th place, and Beckett White ran a PR of 21:37.8 in 106th place.
Lincoln Cepress with 21:41 in 107th place and Jaxson Baer with 22:04.3 in 113th place also ran for MCW among 126 boys.
Full results are available online.
The top two teams and top six individuals from a non-qualifying team advanced to the State Meet. Loyola-Cleveland-St. Clair had 38 points as the girls section champion. Sibley East scored 33 points for the boys section title. Mountain Lake Area-Comfrey was a dual State qualifier as a runner-up with 93 points for the boys and 132 for the girls.
The MSHSL Cross Country Running State Championship will take place on Saturday, November 7, at Majestic Oaks Golf Course in Ham Lake. The Class A girls race begins at 12:15 p.m.