1953 MSHSL State Cross Country Championship
October 30th 1953
Lake Nokomis
Team Scores
Place Team Points
1 Minneapolis Southwest 85
2 Minneapolis Roosevelt 106
3 St. Paul Central 124
4 Grand Rapids 138
5 Duluth Central 163
6 St. Louis Park 174
7 Saint James 254
8 Minneapolis Vocational 292
9 Mankato 316
10 Minneapolis North 324
11 Duluth Denfeld 353
12 Minneapolis Central 354
13 Minneapolis Henry 456
14 Minneapolis Washburn 468
15 Minneapolis West 500
16 Duluth East 502
17 Garden City 533
18 St. Paul Murray 545
19 St. Paul Johnson 598
20 Detroit Lakes 645
21 Minneapolis South 699
22 Moorhead inc
23 Park Rapids inc
24 Thief River Falls inc
25 Hibbing inc
26 St. Paul Mechanic Arts inc
27 Crookston inc
28 Fergus Falls 499
Boys 1.8 Mile
Place Name Team Grade Time
1 Rudy Arechigo Moorhead 12 9:09.2
2 Jerry McNeal Southwest 12 9:10.0
3 Al Miller Mpls Vocational 12
4 Bill Mees Roosevelt 11
5 Buddy Edelen St. Louis Park 11
6 Jim Schlaeppi St. P Central 11
7 Alvin Oachs Garden City 11
8 Gary Anderson St. P Central
9 Don Armstrong Southwest 11
10 Ray Lessard Southwest
11 Ronald Surface Grand Rapids
12 Don Phillips Dul East
13 Boyd Patton Park Rapids
14 Morgan Clarity Southwest
15 Burt Hoverson Roosevelt
16 James Miller Vocational
17 Paul Tinquist Grand Rapids
18 John Jenkins Grand Rapids
19 James LeBlanc Dul Central
20 Robert Downey Mankato
21 Clyde Johnson Dul Denfeld
22 Larry Johnson St. P Central
23 Duane Cedarblade St. Louis Park
24 Marvin Hegres Roosevelt
25 Duane Eide Moorhead
26 Walter Holmes Mpls North
27 Harold Tuset Roosevelt 11
28 James Lockwood Dul Central
29 Sheldon Spizman St. P Central
30 Jerry Lewis Dul Central
31 Joe Poole Thief River Falls
32 Douglas Rudolf Murray
33 John Paradise Mpls Central
34 Ronald Nelson St. James
35 Nick Law Washburn
36 James Midtbo Roosevelt
37 Vic Zarich Hibbing
38 Andy Olson St. James
39 Larry Lewis Dul Central
40 Melvin Rosholt Grand Rapids
41 James Talle Roosevelt
42 Fred Ledin Mpls Henry
43 Richard Tuchner St. P Mechanic Arts
44 Peter Tinker St. Louis Park
45 Paul Petterson Roosevelt
46 Allan Wigand Crookston
47 Eugene Laulunen Dul Central
48 Richard Johnson St. Louis Park
49 Jim Crewe Mpls West
50 Dick Duxbury Southwest
51 Gary Roam Southwest
52 Roger Erickson Grand Rapids
53 Evan Jones Thief River Falls
54 Leslie Hill St. Louis Park
55 Ron Daws Mpls Central
56 Bill Borovsky Southwest
57 Dewey Sandmeyer St. James
58 Dan Oehler Fergus Falls
59 Al Page St. P Central
60 Howard Hakala Dul Denfeld
61 Edwin Lappi Mpls Henry
62 Burton Lofgren St. James
63 Lloyd Curtis St. James
64 Verne Statema Grand Rapids
65 Rod Lazorik St. Louis Park
66 Bob Williams Fergus Falls
67 Grant Cooper Mpls North
68 Elizar Ruiz St. P Johnson
69 Gary Peterson Mankato
70 William Humphrey Mpls North
71 Ray Woodward Mpls Vocational
72 Perry Hanson Mankato
73 David Johnson St. James
74 Marty Wiltgen Mankato
75 Harry Podgorski Dul East
76 Dick Edman Hibbing
77 Robert Soli Mpls Central
78 Raymond Nelson Dul Central
79 Robert Hanson Mpls North
80 Guy Spitzberg Fergus Falls
81 Sam Hanson Mankato
82 Milton Broude Mpls North
83 Elmo Brair Mankato
84 Maynard Nelson Mankato
85 Ray Mickolajak Dul Denfeld
86 Gerald Anderson St. P Central
87 Lawrence Gargano Hibbing
88 LeRoy Bender Detroit Lakes
89 Ray LaBrosse Dul Denfeld
90 David Lockwood Dul Central
91 Jim Jamison Mpls Washburn
92 Ronald Gageby Mpls Henry
93 Rodney Johnson Mpls Washburn
94 Leon Cheney Mpls Central
95 Wayne Timmerman Mpls Central
96 William Montgomery St. James
97 Dave Bratrud Mpls Central
98 Ron Vedo Dul Denfeld
99 George Atchley Mpls Central
100 Thomas Gray Mpls Vocational
101 Louis Hallfin St. P Central
102 Robert Landmark Mpls Vocational
103 Dennis Carlson St. Louis Park
104 Dan Murphy Mpls North
105 Del Ray Sanders Thief River Falls
106 Alfred Madsen Grand Rapids
107 Jim Jones Mpls West
108 Duane Chapman Mpls North
109 Dave Norris Mpls West
110 Dennis Borich Dul Denfeld
111 James Ames Dul East
112 Jerry Mercil Thief River Falls
113 Tom Miletich Dul Denfeld
114 LaVane Johnson Detroit Lakes
115 George Tselos St. P Murray
116 Dick Phelps Mpls West
117 William Lammers Mpls Washburn
118 Melvin Schmidt Grand Rapids
119 Doug Schelske Mpls West
120 Steve Chase Mpls West
121 Russ Adelsman Fergus Falls
122 Jim Weed Garden City
123 Terry Lee Mpls West
124 Jim Rude Fergus Falls
125 Stan Anderson St. P Johnson
126 William Larson St. P Johnson
127 Dave Bailey St. P Murray
128 Larry Hagsfors Mpls Henry
129 Roger From Mpls South
130 Charles Pentico Garden City
131 Darold Bergemann Garden City
132 Tom Kilbride Mpls Washburn
133 Ronald Lucas Mpls Henry
134 Bill Stone Mpls Washburn
135 Dennis Sherman St. P Murray
136 James Nelson St. P Murray
137 Roger Dreyling St. P Johnson
138 Eldon Ferch Mpls South
139 Willis Miller Mpls Vocational
140 Harry Johnston Detroit Lakes
141 Ronald Nida Mpls South
142 James Wrich St. P Johnson
143 Phil Malvin Garden City
144 Herman Dilliard Mpls South
145 Joe Tokar Mpls Washburn
146 Dale Spitzberg Fergus Falls
147 Leonard Sefcik Mpls South
148 Dick Helander Fergus Falls
149 Ronald Starker Mpls Vocational
150 Bob Rakowsky Dul East
151 Thomas Agmenoni Detroit Lakes
152 LeRoy Tiegen Detroit Lakes
153 Dan Gumpphrey Mpls South
154 Dick Wild Duluth East