MSHSL State Cross Country Championships 2012

Marisa Shady, the seasoned senior, and Kiminski, a speedy sophomore, helped steer the Eskomos to the Class A girls team title at the Minnesota state high school cross country championships Saturday morning on the campus of St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. (via www.pinejournal.com)

  Spectators lined the hilly and twisted course while watching 176 runners compete for the Class AA cross country state title on Saturday, where Forest Lake senior Jacob Jankowski represented the Ranger boys’ program with a 14th-place finish. “I felt good,” Jankowski said. “The race went really fast and that’s something you can’t control, but I stuck with it and kept my pace somewhat decent so I could finish strong.” (via forestlaketimes.com)  

In his final high school cross-country race, East Ridge senior Nate Roese went out on a high note. (via www.swcbulletin.com)

Hopkins High School’s Joe Klecker placed third in a tight state boy’s cross-country running meet Saturday at St. Olaf College in Northfield.  (via Minnetonka Patch' property='og:site_name)

Garry Bjorklund of Fort Collins, Colo., recently sent a letter to Matt Welch wishing him well at the Minnesota high school cross country meet. (via www.duluthnewstribune.com)

Results from the MN State Cross Country Meet posted as available.

Results from the MN State Cross Country Meet posted as available.

Erin Finn dominated in MI! Montoya rips up state in AZ! Finn and Bos bring it in MI! Neale flies in WA! Hauger gets record 4th title in MN! (Photo by Pat Davey, runmichigan.com)

Moorhead - Moorhead’s Taylor Janssen crossed the finish line at the Minnesota Class 2A, Section 8 cross country section meet 30th overall. (via www.inforum.com)

After the section meet, Orono High School sends freshman and rookie Sarah Harrison to the Minnesota State Tournament this Saturday. (via Lake Minnetonka Patch' property='og:site_name)

Fargo - David Taylor, a distance running junkie who once got to try on Steve Prefontaine’s Olympic warmup uniform, proclaims this fall as the golden age of high school cross country. (via www.inforum.com)

LUVERNE — A consistent season for the hard-working Luverne High School boys’ cross country team reaches its peak Saturday when the Cardinals will again be competing in the prestigious Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) sponsored Class A state meet, which begins at 10 a.m. on the campus of St. Olaf College in Northfield. (via www.dglobe.com)

State meets are routinely part of Jerry Zimny’s season as Esko High School cross country coach. (via www.duluthnewstribune.com)

ADRIAN — Qualifying, as a team, for the 2012 Minnesota State High School League’s (MSHSL) annual state cross country meet was the overwhelming goal of four veteran Adrian High School girls’ distance runners who have a combined total of 17 years of experience competing in the elite meet on the campus of St. Olaf College in Northfield. (via www.dglobe.com)