Minnesota Class AA Girls Pre-Season Individual Watch List

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.

2018 XC Results

TIME MEET DATE RESULT
17:59.2 Nike Cross Nationals Heartland Regional 11/11/18 12th
18:16.7 MSHSL State Cross Country Championships 11/3/18 lay Video
12th
18:12.6 MSHSL Section 6AA Championships 10/24/18 4th
18:13.8 Lake Conference Championships 10/15/18 2nd
18:20.4 Chaska Victoria Lions Invitational 10/2/18 1st
18:17.4 Milaca Mega Meet 9/22/18 2nd
19:13.1 Metro Invitational 9/15/18 2nd
18:40.2 Hopkins Bauman/Rovn Invitational 9/6/18 2nd