Ten Class A Boys Gunning For The Win In 2018

Hugo Ruiz made himself known to the distance running world in the 1600 during Track season, running 4:28 at the Section 2A championships. He went on to finish 8th in the state a week later finishing just shy of his Section time in 4:29. Ruiz proved himself to still have a lot of endurance during Cross Country though, finishing All-State at 22nd, running 16:42. With most of Ruiz's returning teammates also being underclassmen, he just may be able to help lead his team to the State Meet for the first time since the Tri-City United High School was built in 2012. Ruiz, just like all the other previous runners on this list, is not a senior, which is an interesting fact that again points towards how bright the future is for Class A running in Minnesota.

2017 XC Results

TIME MEET DATE PLACE
16:43.40 MSHSL State Cross Country Championships 11/04/17 22nd
16:42.27 MSHSL Section 2A Championships 10/26/17 4th
17:49.14 Minnesota River Conference Championships 10/17/17 9th
17:21.00 USC No Frills Invite 10/10/17 2nd
16:56.30 New Prague Trojan Invitational 09/26/17 2nd
16:51.00 NRHEG Invite 09/19/17 1st
17:01.28 Loyola/Cleveland Crusader Invitational 09/15/17 1st
16:46.56 Norwood-Young America Lions Invitational 09/12/17 2nd
16:59.40 Tri-City United Gerry Smith Invitational 09/07/17 7th
16:48.27 Loyola/Cleveland Invitational 08/31/17 1st