It All Comes Down To This - A State Championship Preview

Minnesota has been blessed this year to be the home state of several of the nation's best female runners who are making the biggest headlines, as both returning defending champions on the girls side have been experiencing their most extraordinary season yet. On the one side, senior Emily Covert has broken both meet and course records everywhere she has run this year and may be ready to put her name alongside the likes of Carrie Tollefson, Kara Goucher, Bria Wetsch, and Elizabeth Yetzer as the grestest prep runner Minnesota has ever producced. On the other side, sophomore Tierney Wolfgram may be on the verge of doing something unprecedented for any high school runner, as a win from her would come just four weeks after an Olympic Trials-qualifying effort in her first marathon. But the national talent extends to well beyond just those two girls, or even the two regular NXN team qualifiers of Wayzata and Edina who are potential favorites to add to their growing totals of State Championships. And on the boys side, if recent race results are any indication, we could see finishes just as exciting and dramatic as those we're been blessed to see in the Class A races both of the past two years.