WIAA State Boys And Girls Cross Country Meet Preview

Wednesday, October 28th, 2026 -- 9:48 AM

The 114th running of the WIAA Boys Cross Country Championships and the 52nd Annual Girls Cross Country Championships will take place this Saturday at The Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids.  

Girls:

Noon - Division 3

12:40 p.m. - Division 2

1:20 p.m. - Division 1

Boys:

2 p.m. - Division 3

2:35 p.m. - Division 2

3:10 p.m. - Division 1

Girls Division 1:  Two-time defending state champion Neenah leads a Division 1 field that includes eight of the top 10 teams from last year’s state meet.  Stevens Point, Marshfield and Bloomer will be competing as teams.  Senior Clara Hartman of Bloomer was the Division 2 runner-up in 2024 and returns this year after not competing at state last season.

Girls Division 2: With defending champion Mount Horeb elevated to Division 1, the next highest four finishing teams from last year lead the way in competition for a new Division 2 champion. 

Girls Division 3: There will be a new look atop the Division 3 leaderboard this season as the top four teams from last season are not in the field. The top three teams were elevated to Division 2. Defending champion Darlington and runner-up Kohler failed to qualify, while Aquinas qualified in Division 2.  Auburndale and Stanley-Boyd will be competing as teams.  Phoenix Losievski of Pittsville and Ellie Doubler of Regis will compete as individuals

Boys Division 1: Four-time defending Division 1 state champion Stevens Point is in the state meet field for the record 52nd time.  Marshfield will also be competing as a team.

Boys Division 2: Only two of the top seven teams from last year’s Division 2 competition are back to contend for the 2026 title.

Boys Division 3: Five teams from last year’s Division 3 top 10 will compete at this year’s state meet. Phillips lost its top three runners to graduation, but is back after placing third a year ago. Marathon has four of its top five runners returning to build on its fourth place finish, while Cadott also has four runners back from a fifth place team finish.  Stratford, Assumption and Mondovi will also be competing as teams.  Ben Hartwig of Athens,  Zale Pettis of Augusta, and Hunter Ogle and John Smit of Stanley-Boyd will compete as individuals.

Results may be accessed live throughout the meet at pttiming.com

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