Cross country runners from all over the state — roughly 170 of them — will be running their hearts out this afternoon at the Minnesota State High School League Meet at St. Olaf College in Northfield. And six of those racers are from the Iron Range.
Eveleth-Gilbert’s Reed Melicher, Ely’s Seth Prigge and Mesabi East’s contingency of Sam Johnson and Dan Radtke will embark on the boys Class A 5,000-meter course at 2 p.m. For the girls, Giants Emma Greenlee and Abbey Whiting made the Section 7A cut. Their 4,000-meter race begins at 1 p.m.
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