Liesl Paulsen has found her way through the gauntlet that is section 6AA to reach the State XC Meet the last four years. Steadily, she's moved up since debuting in 63rd place as an eighth grader and following up with two 15th place results before getting 12th last fall. Despite not finding a way through that same section in track she did set PR's of 5:10.13/11:12.61 at 1600 & 3200m last year.. Her PR of 17:59.20 placed 12th at NXR last year and ranks her seventh among Class AA returners. Already solid credentials in cross country and improved track numbers indicate that if Paulsen can once again get through to state, she's a battle tested runner with the tools to challenge the front runners.