It's Championships Galore On Conference Tuesday!

Weather: High 60's, sunny

BOYS

Top Teams: Pine City (28 points), Rush City (64), Braham (77), Hinckley-Finlayson (81)

Top Individuals: Tommy Ryan (Pine City, 17:18), Nate Webster (Pine City, 17:32), Ashton Langworthy (Rush City, 18:00)

The Skinny: With five of the top ten runner in the conference based on season-bests, Pine City is in very good shape to take this competition easily. Both of their top runners, Tommy Ryan and Nate Webster, have been steadily improving all season to the point that they are on the verge of perhaps individual State births out of Section 5A. A good race here will give them a lot of momentum towards that goal.

GIRLS

Top Teams: Pine City (18 points), Hinckley-Finlayson (69)

Top Individuals: Alaina Steele (Pine City, 20:08), Ashli Webster (Pine City, 21:42)

The Skinny: Pine City is the only team in the conference to have a runner go sub-22 minutes this year, and they have five of the seven who have gone sub-23. The team competition is their to lose, just as the individual competition seems to belong to All-State 800m runner Alaina Steele. While Steele struggled to find her form last school year, she appears to be putting thing together in 2017 as her season-best of 20:08 is also her career-best.