WIAA State Cross Country Results

Monday, November 4th, 2024 -- 7:00 AM

Teams and individuals earned titles in three divisions at the 2024 Boys & Girls State Cross Country Championships at The Ridges Golf Course Saturday.

Cedar Grove-Belgium won its second State boys team championship in the program’s history, capturing the Division 3 team title. Prentice/Rib Lake finished second this season.

Senior Declan Gregg of Aquinas ran to the boys Division 3 individual championship with a time of 15:52.7. His time ranks sixth-best on the all-time in Division 3.  From our area: 5: Isaac Scheer, Columbus, 11: Cree DeFoe, Stratford, 16: Beau Steinke, Cadott, 29: Logan Peters, Marathon,  30: Colton Paczkowski, Owen-Withee and 42: Nathan Scheer, Columbus

Kohler won the Division 3 girls team championship, the program’s first State team title. Aquinas finished in second place.  Senior Mallory Kohn of Dodgeland earned Division 3 individual medalist honors by covering the 5-kilometer course in a time of 18:08.4, which is the second-fastest time recorded in Division 3 history.  From our area for the girls: 18: Brianna Sheahan, Athens,  28: Annamarie Schmitt, Colby,  51: Shilo Blake, Marathon and  62: Shaylie Zarza, Thorp.

The Kohler boys, the team champion in Division 3 the past two seasons, moved up to win the Division 2 championship this season. West Salem finished in second place.  Senior Jack Hefty of Whitewater ran to the Division 2 boys individual championship.

University School of Milwaukee captured the program’s first girls championship by winning the Division 2 title.  Bloomer finished runner-up for the second year in a row.  Junior Emmerson Drobac of Deerfield/Cambridge won the girls Division 2 with a time of 17:38.9, which set an all-time State Meet record in all divisions for 5-kilometers.  Sophomore Ciara Hartman of Bloomer came in second with a time of 17:43.2.  Her time also eclipsed the former meet record for all divisions.

Stevens Point Area Senior High raced to the boys Division 1 team championship for the third straight season and for the 14th time in program history.  Marquette finished second.  Senior Manny Putz of Onalaska become the seventh boy in State Meet history to earn the individual medalist honors three times. He captured the crown by racing to a time of 15:07.5, which ranks fifth-best to Meet history.  

Neenah was the Division 1 girls team champion.  It’s the program’s fourth State championship. Wauwatosa East finished second.  Junior Ella Anschutz Muskego won the girls individual championship in Division 1 for the second year in a row.

***Complete State Cross Country Results here..........State Cross Country

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