The contributing staff at MileSplit Minnesota follows up the boys list with the a look at the best girls Minnesota cross country runners of the last ten years. It's always difficult to narrow a list down to just seven so we made a first, second and third team of the ten year span from 2010-2019. Performances at big meets like the Roy Griak Invitational and at championships like conference, section and state meets long with NXR, NXN results were all taken into consideration.
***note MN race times from pre-2015 are 4k***
(Names within each team are listed alphabetical order. Athlete's graduation year listed after high school.)
SECOND TEAM | THIRD TEAM
Minnesota Girls Cross Country All-Decade First Team:
Emily Covert (Minneapolis Washburn, 2019)
- Section 6AA
2013- 11th (15:05)
2014- 2nd (14:22)
2015- 2nd (18:44)
2016- 6th (18:51)
2017- Individual Champion (17:40)
2018- Individual Champion (16:56)
Class AA Championship
2013- 24th (14:48)
2014- 5th (14:15)
2015- 8th (18:16)
2016- 8th (18:35)
2017- Individual Champion (17:30)
2018- Individual Champion (17:03)
NXR Heartland
2013- 27th (18:37)
2014- 13th (18:04)
2015- 10th (17:45)
2016- 36th (18:25)
2017- 2nd (16:55, 2nd fastest 5k of decade)
2018- Individual Champion (17:06)
Footlocker Midwest Region
2015- 22nd (18:19)
2017- 3rd (17:17)
2018- Individual Champion (17:58)
Nike Cross Nationals
2017- 77th (19:08)
2018- 4th (17:10)
Footlocker Nationals
2017- 9th (17:58)
2018- 5th (17:29)
2018 Minnesota Gatorade POY Girls Cross Country
Anna Fenske (Farmington, 2021)
Section 1AA
2015- 3rd (17:57)
2016- Individual Champion (17:12)
2017- Individual Champion (17:24)
2018- 2nd (17:39)
2019- Individual Champion (17:52)
Class AA Championship
2015- 9th (18:17)
2016- Individual Champion (17:41)
2017- 2nd (17:34)
2018- 3rd (17:54)
2019- 3rd (17:58)
NXR Heartland
2015- 8th (17:36)
2016- 3rd (17:00, 3rd fastest 5k of decade)
2017- 3rd (17:05)
2018- 4th (17:31)
2019- 5th (17:29)
Footlocker Midwest Region
2017- 16th (18:02)
2018- 33rd (19:48)
2019- 27th (19:01)
Nike Cross Nationals
2016- 22nd (18:06)
2017- 10th (17:58)
2018- 87th (18:34)
2019- 51st (18:45)
Clare Flanagan (Blake, 2014)
Section 4A
2008- 14th (16:12)
2009- Individual Champion (14:59)
2010- Individual Champion (14:42)
2011- Individual Champion (14:17)
2012- Individual Champion (13:56)
Class A Championship
2009- 3rd (15:17)
2010- 8th (15:12)
2011- Individual Champion (14:21)
2012- Individual Champion (14:04)
NXR Heartland
2012- 2nd (17:50)
Nike Cross Nationals
2012- 56th (20:54)
- 13:55- 8th fastest 4th of Decade
Megan Hasz (Alexandria, 2016)
Section 8AA
2011- 3rd (14:25)
2012- Individual Champion (14:10)
2013- Individual Champion (14:05)
2014- Individual Champion (13:41)
2015- 2nd (17:38)
Class AA Championship
2011- 4th (14:29)
2012- 6th (14:14)
2013- 2nd (14:13)
2014- Individual Champion (13:40, 3rd fastest 4k of decade)
2015- 2nd (17:39)
NXR Heartland
2011- 29th (19:08)
2012- 9th (18:25)
2013- 2nd (17:21)
2014- 3rd (17:17)
2015- 9th (17:40)
Nike Cross Nationals
2013- 53rd (18:29)
2014- 5th (17:40)
2014 Minnesota Gatorade POY Girls Cross Country
Bethany Hasz (Alexandria, 2016)
Section 8AA
2011- 4th (14:28)
2012- 2nd (14:10)
2013- 2nd (14:09)
2014- 2nd (13:49)
2015- Individual Champion (17:32)
Class AA Championship
2011- 5th (14:32)
2012- 3rd (14:05)
2013- Individual Champion (13:53)
2014- 2nd (13:44, 5th fastest 4k of)
2015- Individual Champion (17:32)
NXR Heartland
2011- 6th (18:26)
2012- 5th (18:00)
2013- Individual Champion (17:17)
2014- Individual Champion (17:06, 4th fastest 5k of decade)
2015- 4th (17:17)
Nike Cross Nationals
2012- 37th (20:31)
2013- 13th (17:54)
2014- 9th (17:42)
2015- 5th (17:17)
2013 Minnesota Gatorade POY Girls Cross Country
2015 Minnesota Gatorade POY Girls Cross Country
Maria Hauger (Shakopee, 2013)
Section 2AA
2008- 2nd (14:46)
2009- Individual Champion (15:14)
2010- Individual Champion (14:46)
2011- Individual Champion (13:36)
2012- Individual Championship (13:39)
Class AA Championship
2008- 9th (14:49)
2009- Individual Champion (14:40)
2010- Individual Champion (14:18)
2011- Individual Champion (14:04)
2012- Individual Champion (13:42)
NXR Heartland
2009- 5th (18:16)
2010- 5th (18:06)
2011- Individual Champion (17:52)
2012- Individual Champion (17:33)
Footlocker Midwest Region
2009- 15th (18:47)
2010- 30th (18:37)
2011- 5th (17:40)
2012- 3rd (17:07, 5th fastest 5k of decade)
Nike Cross Nationals
2009- 48th (18:42)
2010- 64th (20:11)
2011- 24th (18:24)
2012- 14th (20:01)
Footlocker Nationals
2011- 21st (18:06)
2012- 3rd (17:29)
2009 Minnesota Gatorade POY Girls Cross Country
2010 Minnesota Gatorade POY Girls Cross Country
2011 Minnesota Gatorade POY Girls Cross Country
2012 Minnesota Gatorade POY Girls Cross Country
- 13:35- Fastest 4k of decade
Tierney Wolfgram (Math & Science/Woodbury, 2021)
Section 4A
2015- 3rd (19:36)
2016- Individual Champion (18:05)
2017- Individual Champion (17:42)
2018- Individual Champion (17:29)
Class A Championship
2015- 10th (19:26)
2016- Individual Champion (18:23)
2017- Individual Champion (17:31)
NXR Heartland
2015- 98th (19:21)
2016- 9th (17:45)
2017- Individual Champion (16:48, fastest 5k of decade)
Footlocker Midwest Region
2017- 9th (17:45)
2018- 13th (19:02)
2019- 23rd (18:57)
Nike Cross Nationals
2017- 27th (18:19)
Footlocker Nationals
2017- 7th (17:51)
2017 Minnesota Gatorade POY Girls Cross Country
- 13:43- 4th fastest 4k of decade