Matt Lundstrom ran 16:19.7 to capture the Section 8AA individual boys’ cross country championship and punched a return ticket to St. Olaf to compete in the Minnesota State Class 2A meet Saturday, Nov. 1 continuing a stellar senior cross country career for one more race with the victory Thursday in Alexandria. “That was the goal,” Lundstrom said. “I wanted to do the best I could and give the most points I could to my team.” “Matt really controlled the race,” Head Coach Bill Kvebak said. “He ran pretty conservative at the beginning and finished pretty strong at the end. He did what he expected and what we expected him to do.” The Laker boys placed third overall, one position from qualifying for state as a team. The third place mark is the best section finish for the boys’ program in the modern era. DL’s prior best finish was sixth place. “It was really exciting making history,” Lundstrom said. “We’ve got some young guys that are up and coming,” Kvebak said. “We are excited about the future here. We’ve got some guys that are hungry and have some talent.”
Aaron Johnson had an excellent finish cracking the top 20 in 17th position (17:19.1). The top eight individuals not on a state qualifying team also qualify to run at St. Olaf. Johnson’s finish was four places from qualifying as a sophomore. Johnson was not 100 percent for the race with stomach ailments but put in a quality finish. Fellow sophomore Zach Buboltz was third on the team finishing 31st overall with a time of 17:44.5. “Zach ran an unbelievable race,” said Kvebak. “That guy really stepped up.” Freshman Austin Gedrose was on pace with Buboltz placing 35th in 17:50.1. “He was real leader for us at this meet,” said Kvebak. Connor Haugrud was 39th (18:01.9) to complete the top five scoring finishes. Jace Engelstad was 75th and Sam Priem placed 78th overall. Engelstad’s time was 19:11.0 and Priem finished in 19:22.6. The day, however, belonged to DL’s lone senior section title holder, the reigning Mid-State Conference champion and the champion at the Milaca Mega Meet, all huge wins by Lundstrom and for the Laker program. “He’s a pretty smart runner; he knows what to do to win a race and that is a tribute to way he sets up and establishes his race,” Kvebak said. “He knows he can finish well and put himself in a position to win those races.” Lundstrom employed a cautious race before taking the lead and the finish line near the end. “I sat back and let the front guys take the lead and then the last 300-400 to go I turned it up. I didn’t want to put any more in than I needed.” Lundstrom has eight days to recuperate and prepare for a second run at St. Olaf. Lundstrom placed 27th last year running 16:13. “Looking for top 10, top 5,” said Lundstrom. “I feel a lot more comfortable having been there already. It’s always uncomfortable that first time; you’re a little bit nervous and you don’t know what the course is like. I’m going to run my race, do the best I can; It’s going to be a lot of fun this year.” Winning the state championship is not beyond the realm of possibility. Lundstrom has been ranked consistently this year in the top 12 state 2A runners and will compete to take the big hill at the end of the state race with a chance to win in the straightaway. “I have a chance,” he said. “It depends on what the weather is like and where I am with 800 to go.” Underclassmen girls place 11th The Lakers were led by the duo that has been the lead pair all season, when healthy, junior Sarah Schumacher and sophomore Makenzie Ostlie. Schumacher was the top DL finisher in 34th place running a time of 16:21.8. Ostlie ran 16:38.6 to finish 46th. Both runners gambled early running atypical sub-six-minute first miles and did what is sometimes necessary at sections - to get out front and test your self. “They went out faster than I would have liked to see them go,” Head Coach Jon Freeman said. “At this point, sometimes you have to roll the dice and take some chances. It cost them in the end. You can’t blame them for trying. You have to test it. If you don’t test yourself, how do you know?” [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1246609","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"480","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"455"}}]] The section championships, especially this season, with an Alexandria one-two punch up front setting the pace, can present the need to run up front. The bigger the race; the bigger the pace. Alexandria’s sisterly duo of Megan Hasz and Bethany Hasz finished one-two individually for the girls 8AA title. Bethany is the defending 2A champion; Megan was last year’s runner-up. Thursday, Megan ran 13:41.6 for first place; Bethany’s runner-up time was 13:49.6. The DL girls ran against the best runners in the state. Laker junior Haley Groth placed 67th overall running 17:10.6 for the third best Laker time. Sophomore Anna Hokenson is just getting into race-ready form after having only participated in the last four meets. Hokenson finished 71st overall in a time of 17:14.5 followed closely by Heather Kunkel in 73rd (17:21.3). “Across the board we improved from the last time we were here,” Freeman said. DL raced in Alexandria Oct. 4. “That’s really a measurement of what happened today,” said Freeman. “The whole focus was better than expected. I anticipated that we’d be 11th if everything panned out the way it should. We tried to up the game.” Auroura Eckberg and Elizabeth Kvebak ran 18:03.2 and 18:16.6, respectively, to round out the Laker team. “Auroura Eckberg woke up at the end of the season and learned how to compete,” said Freeman. All seven starting runners and the full team will return next season. “We are bringing everybody back,” Freeman said. “I feel the excitement is still there at the end of the season. First time in a long time where I’ve felt that...today there was an excitement. There was a little bit of ‘I don’t want this to be all over.’ That’s a piece that hasn’t been there for a long time.” Both XC teams have bright futures, with Lundstrom being the only runner lost to graduation on either team in 2014-15. “What we tried to get the girls to understand is what we do today is really for next year,” Freeman said. Willmar won the girls’ team title with 38 points and will advance to state with runners-up Bemidji (69). For Lundstrom, the next race is two Saturdays from now, Nov. 1 and the daunting state championship course at St. Olaf. The boys’ 2A race is scheduled for the starting gun at 1 p.m. Section 8AA Cross Country Championships Boys Team results (* state qualifier):Alexandria 72*, Bemidji 77*, Detroit Lakes 123, Moorhead 148, Willmar 158, Little Falls 159, Rocori 178, Sartell 183, Brainerd 197, Monticello 215, St. Cloud Tech 231, Becker 307, St. Cloud Apollo 421, Sauk Rapids-Rice 422, Thief River Falls 442, Fergus Falls 447. Girls Team Results:Willmar 38*, Bemidji 69*, Moorhead 83, Monticello 145, Alexandria 147, Sartell 152, St. Cloud Tech 199, Brainerd 236, Rocori 269, Becker 278, Detroit Lakes 291, St. Cloud Apollo 320, Thief River Falls 335, Little Falls 341, Fergus Falls 371, Sauk Rapids-Rice 455. For full meet results click here. Tweets by @DLNewspapersMatt Lundstrom ran 16:19.7 to capture the Section 8AA individual boys’ cross country championship and punched a return ticket to St. Olaf to compete in the Minnesota State Class 2A meet Saturday, Nov. 1 continuing a stellar senior cross country career for one more race with the victory Thursday in Alexandria. “That was the goal,” Lundstrom said. “I wanted to do the best I could and give the most points I could to my team.” “Matt really controlled the race,” Head Coach Bill Kvebak said. “He ran pretty conservative at the beginning and finished pretty strong at the end. He did what he expected and what we expected him to do.” The Laker boys placed third overall, one position from qualifying for state as a team. The third place mark is the best section finish for the boys’ program in the modern era. DL’s prior best finish was sixth place. “It was really exciting making history,” Lundstrom said. “We’ve got some young guys that are up and coming,” Kvebak said. “We are excited about the future here. We’ve got some guys that are hungry and have some talent.” [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1246606","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"358","style":"line-height: 1.538em;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"480"}}]] Aaron Johnson had an excellent finish cracking the top 20 in 17th position (17:19.1). The top eight individuals not on a state qualifying team also qualify to run at St. Olaf. Johnson’s finish was four places from qualifying as a sophomore. Johnson was not 100 percent for the race with stomach ailments but put in a quality finish. Fellow sophomore Zach Buboltz was third on the team finishing 31st overall with a time of 17:44.5. “Zach ran an unbelievable race,” said Kvebak. “That guy really stepped up.” Freshman Austin Gedrose was on pace with Buboltz placing 35th in 17:50.1. “He was real leader for us at this meet,” said Kvebak. Connor Haugrud was 39th (18:01.9) to complete the top five scoring finishes. Jace Engelstad was 75th and Sam Priem placed 78th overall. Engelstad’s time was 19:11.0 and Priem finished in 19:22.6. The day, however, belonged to DL’s lone senior section title holder, the reigning Mid-State Conference champion and the champion at the Milaca Mega Meet, all huge wins by Lundstrom and for the Laker program. “He’s a pretty smart runner; he knows what to do to win a race and that is a tribute to way he sets up and establishes his race,” Kvebak said. “He knows he can finish well and put himself in a position to win those races.” Lundstrom employed a cautious race before taking the lead and the finish line near the end. “I sat back and let the front guys take the lead and then the last 300-400 to go I turned it up. I didn’t want to put any more in than I needed.” Lundstrom has eight days to recuperate and prepare for a second run at St. Olaf. Lundstrom placed 27th last year running 16:13. “Looking for top 10, top 5,” said Lundstrom. “I feel a lot more comfortable having been there already. It’s always uncomfortable that first time; you’re a little bit nervous and you don’t know what the course is like. I’m going to run my race, do the best I can; It’s going to be a lot of fun this year.” Winning the state championship is not beyond the realm of possibility. Lundstrom has been ranked consistently this year in the top 12 state 2A runners and will compete to take the big hill at the end of the state race with a chance to win in the straightaway. “I have a chance,” he said. “It depends on what the weather is like and where I am with 800 to go.” Underclassmen girls place 11th The Lakers were led by the duo that has been the lead pair all season, when healthy, junior Sarah Schumacher and sophomore Makenzie Ostlie. Schumacher was the top DL finisher in 34th place running a time of 16:21.8. Ostlie ran 16:38.6 to finish 46th. Both runners gambled early running atypical sub-six-minute first miles and did what is sometimes necessary at sections - to get out front and test your self. “They went out faster than I would have liked to see them go,” Head Coach Jon Freeman said. “At this point, sometimes you have to roll the dice and take some chances. It cost them in the end. You can’t blame them for trying. You have to test it. If you don’t test yourself, how do you know?”
The section championships, especially this season, with an Alexandria one-two punch up front setting the pace, can present the need to run up front. The bigger the race; the bigger the pace. Alexandria’s sisterly duo of Megan Hasz and Bethany Hasz finished one-two individually for the girls 8AA title. Bethany is the defending 2A champion; Megan was last year’s runner-up. Thursday, Megan ran 13:41.6 for first place; Bethany’s runner-up time was 13:49.6. The DL girls ran against the best runners in the state. Laker junior Haley Groth placed 67th overall running 17:10.6 for the third best Laker time. Sophomore Anna Hokenson is just getting into race-ready form after having only participated in the last four meets. Hokenson finished 71st overall in a time of 17:14.5 followed closely by Heather Kunkel in 73rd (17:21.3). “Across the board we improved from the last time we were here,” Freeman said. DL raced in Alexandria Oct. 4. “That’s really a measurement of what happened today,” said Freeman. “The whole focus was better than expected. I anticipated that we’d be 11th if everything panned out the way it should. We tried to up the game.” Auroura Eckberg and Elizabeth Kvebak ran 18:03.2 and 18:16.6, respectively, to round out the Laker team. “Auroura Eckberg woke up at the end of the season and learned how to compete,” said Freeman. All seven starting runners and the full team will return next season. “We are bringing everybody back,” Freeman said. “I feel the excitement is still there at the end of the season. First time in a long time where I’ve felt that...today there was an excitement. There was a little bit of ‘I don’t want this to be all over.’ That’s a piece that hasn’t been there for a long time.” Both XC teams have bright futures, with Lundstrom being the only runner lost to graduation on either team in 2014-15. “What we tried to get the girls to understand is what we do today is really for next year,” Freeman said. Willmar won the girls’ team title with 38 points and will advance to state with runners-up Bemidji (69). For Lundstrom, the next race is two Saturdays from now, Nov. 1 and the daunting state championship course at St. Olaf. The boys’ 2A race is scheduled for the starting gun at 1 p.m. Section 8AA Cross Country Championships Boys Team results (* state qualifier):Alexandria 72*, Bemidji 77*, Detroit Lakes 123, Moorhead 148, Willmar 158, Little Falls 159, Rocori 178, Sartell 183, Brainerd 197, Monticello 215, St. Cloud Tech 231, Becker 307, St. Cloud Apollo 421, Sauk Rapids-Rice 422, Thief River Falls 442, Fergus Falls 447. Girls Team Results:Willmar 38*, Bemidji 69*, Moorhead 83, Monticello 145, Alexandria 147, Sartell 152, St. Cloud Tech 199, Brainerd 236, Rocori 269, Becker 278, Detroit Lakes 291, St. Cloud Apollo 320, Thief River Falls 335, Little Falls 341, Fergus Falls 371, Sauk Rapids-Rice 455. For full meet results click here. Tweets by @DLNewspapersMatt Lundstrom ran 16:19.7 to capture the Section 8AA individual boys’ cross country championship and punched a return ticket to St. Olaf to compete in the Minnesota State Class 2A meet Saturday, Nov. 1 continuing a stellar senior cross country career for one more race with the victory Thursday in Alexandria.“That was the goal,” Lundstrom said. “I wanted to do the best I could and give the most points I could to my team.”“Matt really controlled the race,” Head Coach Bill Kvebak said. “He ran pretty conservative at the beginning and finished pretty strong at the end. He did what he expected and what we expected him to do.”The Laker boys placed third overall, one position from qualifying for state as a team. The third place mark is the best section finish for the boys’ program in the modern era. DL’s prior best finish was sixth place.“It was really exciting making history,” Lundstrom said.“We’ve got some young guys that are up and coming,” Kvebak said. “We are excited about the future here. We’ve got some guys that are hungry and have some talent.”
Aaron Johnson had an excellent finish cracking the top 20 in 17th position (17:19.1). The top eight individuals not on a state qualifying team also qualify to run at St. Olaf. Johnson’s finish was four places from qualifying as a sophomore. Johnson was not 100 percent for the race with stomach ailments but put in a quality finish.Fellow sophomore Zach Buboltz was third on the team finishing 31st overall with a time of 17:44.5.“Zach ran an unbelievable race,” said Kvebak. “That guy really stepped up.”Freshman Austin Gedrose was on pace with Buboltz placing 35th in 17:50.1.“He was real leader for us at this meet,” said Kvebak.Connor Haugrud was 39th (18:01.9) to complete the top five scoring finishes.Jace Engelstad was 75th and Sam Priem placed 78th overall. Engelstad’s time was 19:11.0 and Priem finished in 19:22.6.The day, however, belonged to DL’s lone senior section title holder, the reigning Mid-State Conference champion and the champion at the Milaca Mega Meet, all huge wins by Lundstrom and for the Laker program.“He’s a pretty smart runner; he knows what to do to win a race and that is a tribute to way he sets up and establishes his race,” Kvebak said. “He knows he can finish well and put himself in a position to win those races.”Lundstrom employed a cautious race before taking the lead and the finish line near the end.“I sat back and let the front guys take the lead and then the last 300-400 to go I turned it up. I didn’t want to put any more in than I needed.”Lundstrom has eight days to recuperate and prepare for a second run at St. Olaf. Lundstrom placed 27th last year running 16:13.“Looking for top 10, top 5,” said Lundstrom. “I feel a lot more comfortable having been there already. It’s always uncomfortable that first time; you’re a little bit nervous and you don’t know what the course is like. I’m going to run my race, do the best I can; It’s going to be a lot of fun this year.”Winning the state championship is not beyond the realm of possibility. Lundstrom has been ranked consistently this year in the top 12 state 2A runners and will compete to take the big hill at the end of the state race with a chance to win in the straightaway.“I have a chance,” he said. “It depends on what the weather is like and where I am with 800 to go.”Underclassmen girls place 11thThe Lakers were led by the duo that has been the lead pair all season, when healthy, junior Sarah Schumacher and sophomore Makenzie Ostlie.Schumacher was the top DL finisher in 34th place running a time of 16:21.8. Ostlie ran 16:38.6 to finish 46th.Both runners gambled early running atypical sub-six-minute first miles and did what is sometimes necessary at sections - to get out front and test your self.“They went out faster than I would have liked to see them go,” Head Coach Jon Freeman said. “At this point, sometimes you have to roll the dice and take some chances. It cost them in the end. You can’t blame them for trying. You have to test it. If you don’t test yourself, how do you know?”[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1246609","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"480","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"455"}}]]The section championships, especially this season, with an Alexandria one-two punch up front setting the pace, can present the need to run up front. The bigger the race; the bigger the pace.Alexandria’s sisterly duo of Megan Hasz and Bethany Hasz finished one-two individually for the girls 8AA title.Bethany is the defending 2A champion; Megan was last year’s runner-up. Thursday, Megan ran 13:41.6 for first place; Bethany’s runner-up time was 13:49.6.The DL girls ran against the best runners in the state.Laker junior Haley Groth placed 67th overall running 17:10.6 for the third best Laker time.Sophomore Anna Hokenson is just getting into race-ready form after having only participated in the last four meets.Hokenson finished 71st overall in a time of 17:14.5 followed closely by Heather Kunkel in 73rd (17:21.3).“Across the board we improved from the last time we were here,” Freeman said.DL raced in Alexandria Oct. 4.“That’s really a measurement of what happened today,” said Freeman. “The whole focus was better than expected. I anticipated that we’d be 11th if everything panned out the way it should. We tried to up the game.”Auroura Eckberg and Elizabeth Kvebak ran 18:03.2 and 18:16.6, respectively, to round out the Laker team.“Auroura Eckberg woke up at the end of the season and learned how to compete,” said Freeman.All seven starting runners and the full team will return next season.“We are bringing everybody back,” Freeman said. “I feel the excitement is still there at the end of the season. First time in a long time where I’ve felt that...today there was an excitement. There was a little bit of ‘I don’t want this to be all over.’ That’s a piece that hasn’t been there for a long time.”Both XC teams have bright futures, with Lundstrom being the only runner lost to graduation on either team in 2014-15.“What we tried to get the girls to understand is what we do today is really for next year,” Freeman said.Willmar won the girls’ team title with 38 points and will advance to state with runners-up Bemidji (69).For Lundstrom, the next race is two Saturdays from now, Nov. 1 and the daunting state championship course at St. Olaf. The boys’ 2A race is scheduled for the starting gun at 1 p.m.Section 8AA Cross Country ChampionshipsBoys Team results (* state qualifier):Alexandria 72*, Bemidji 77*, Detroit Lakes 123, Moorhead 148, Willmar 158, Little Falls 159, Rocori 178, Sartell 183, Brainerd 197, Monticello 215, St. Cloud Tech 231, Becker 307, St. Cloud Apollo 421, Sauk Rapids-Rice 422, Thief River Falls 442, Fergus Falls 447.Girls Team Results:Willmar 38*, Bemidji 69*, Moorhead 83, Monticello 145, Alexandria 147, Sartell 152, St. Cloud Tech 199, Brainerd 236, Rocori 269, Becker 278, Detroit Lakes 291, St. Cloud Apollo 320, Thief River Falls 335, Little Falls 341, Fergus Falls 371, Sauk Rapids-Rice 455.For full meet results click here.Tweets by @DLNewspapersMatt Lundstrom ran 16:19.7 to capture the Section 8AA individual boys’ cross country championship and punched a return ticket to St. Olaf to compete in the Minnesota State Class 2A meet Saturday, Nov. 1 continuing a stellar senior cross country career for one more race with the victory Thursday in Alexandria.“That was the goal,” Lundstrom said. “I wanted to do the best I could and give the most points I could to my team.”“Matt really controlled the race,” Head Coach Bill Kvebak said. “He ran pretty conservative at the beginning and finished pretty strong at the end. He did what he expected and what we expected him to do.”The Laker boys placed third overall, one position from qualifying for state as a team. The third place mark is the best section finish for the boys’ program in the modern era. DL’s prior best finish was sixth place.“It was really exciting making history,” Lundstrom said.“We’ve got some young guys that are up and coming,” Kvebak said. “We are excited about the future here. We’ve got some guys that are hungry and have some talent.”[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1246606","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"358","style":"line-height: 1.538em;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"480"}}]]Aaron Johnson had an excellent finish cracking the top 20 in 17th position (17:19.1). The top eight individuals not on a state qualifying team also qualify to run at St. Olaf. Johnson’s finish was four places from qualifying as a sophomore. Johnson was not 100 percent for the race with stomach ailments but put in a quality finish.Fellow sophomore Zach Buboltz was third on the team finishing 31st overall with a time of 17:44.5.“Zach ran an unbelievable race,” said Kvebak. “That guy really stepped up.”Freshman Austin Gedrose was on pace with Buboltz placing 35th in 17:50.1.“He was real leader for us at this meet,” said Kvebak.Connor Haugrud was 39th (18:01.9) to complete the top five scoring finishes.Jace Engelstad was 75th and Sam Priem placed 78th overall. Engelstad’s time was 19:11.0 and Priem finished in 19:22.6.The day, however, belonged to DL’s lone senior section title holder, the reigning Mid-State Conference champion and the champion at the Milaca Mega Meet, all huge wins by Lundstrom and for the Laker program.“He’s a pretty smart runner; he knows what to do to win a race and that is a tribute to way he sets up and establishes his race,” Kvebak said. “He knows he can finish well and put himself in a position to win those races.”Lundstrom employed a cautious race before taking the lead and the finish line near the end.“I sat back and let the front guys take the lead and then the last 300-400 to go I turned it up. I didn’t want to put any more in than I needed.”Lundstrom has eight days to recuperate and prepare for a second run at St. Olaf. Lundstrom placed 27th last year running 16:13.“Looking for top 10, top 5,” said Lundstrom. “I feel a lot more comfortable having been there already. It’s always uncomfortable that first time; you’re a little bit nervous and you don’t know what the course is like. I’m going to run my race, do the best I can; It’s going to be a lot of fun this year.”Winning the state championship is not beyond the realm of possibility. Lundstrom has been ranked consistently this year in the top 12 state 2A runners and will compete to take the big hill at the end of the state race with a chance to win in the straightaway.“I have a chance,” he said. “It depends on what the weather is like and where I am with 800 to go.”Underclassmen girls place 11thThe Lakers were led by the duo that has been the lead pair all season, when healthy, junior Sarah Schumacher and sophomore Makenzie Ostlie.Schumacher was the top DL finisher in 34th place running a time of 16:21.8. Ostlie ran 16:38.6 to finish 46th.Both runners gambled early running atypical sub-six-minute first miles and did what is sometimes necessary at sections - to get out front and test your self.“They went out faster than I would have liked to see them go,” Head Coach Jon Freeman said. “At this point, sometimes you have to roll the dice and take some chances. It cost them in the end. You can’t blame them for trying. You have to test it. If you don’t test yourself, how do you know?”
The section championships, especially this season, with an Alexandria one-two punch up front setting the pace, can present the need to run up front. The bigger the race; the bigger the pace.Alexandria’s sisterly duo of Megan Hasz and Bethany Hasz finished one-two individually for the girls 8AA title.Bethany is the defending 2A champion; Megan was last year’s runner-up. Thursday, Megan ran 13:41.6 for first place; Bethany’s runner-up time was 13:49.6.The DL girls ran against the best runners in the state.Laker junior Haley Groth placed 67th overall running 17:10.6 for the third best Laker time.Sophomore Anna Hokenson is just getting into race-ready form after having only participated in the last four meets.Hokenson finished 71st overall in a time of 17:14.5 followed closely by Heather Kunkel in 73rd (17:21.3).“Across the board we improved from the last time we were here,” Freeman said.DL raced in Alexandria Oct. 4.“That’s really a measurement of what happened today,” said Freeman. “The whole focus was better than expected. I anticipated that we’d be 11th if everything panned out the way it should. We tried to up the game.”Auroura Eckberg and Elizabeth Kvebak ran 18:03.2 and 18:16.6, respectively, to round out the Laker team.“Auroura Eckberg woke up at the end of the season and learned how to compete,” said Freeman.All seven starting runners and the full team will return next season.“We are bringing everybody back,” Freeman said. “I feel the excitement is still there at the end of the season. First time in a long time where I’ve felt that...today there was an excitement. There was a little bit of ‘I don’t want this to be all over.’ That’s a piece that hasn’t been there for a long time.”Both XC teams have bright futures, with Lundstrom being the only runner lost to graduation on either team in 2014-15.“What we tried to get the girls to understand is what we do today is really for next year,” Freeman said.Willmar won the girls’ team title with 38 points and will advance to state with runners-up Bemidji (69).For Lundstrom, the next race is two Saturdays from now, Nov. 1 and the daunting state championship course at St. Olaf. The boys’ 2A race is scheduled for the starting gun at 1 p.m.Section 8AA Cross Country ChampionshipsBoys Team results (* state qualifier):Alexandria 72*, Bemidji 77*, Detroit Lakes 123, Moorhead 148, Willmar 158, Little Falls 159, Rocori 178, Sartell 183, Brainerd 197, Monticello 215, St. Cloud Tech 231, Becker 307, St. Cloud Apollo 421, Sauk Rapids-Rice 422, Thief River Falls 442, Fergus Falls 447.Girls Team Results:Willmar 38*, Bemidji 69*, Moorhead 83, Monticello 145, Alexandria 147, Sartell 152, St. Cloud Tech 199, Brainerd 236, Rocori 269, Becker 278, Detroit Lakes 291, St. Cloud Apollo 320, Thief River Falls 335, Little Falls 341, Fergus Falls 371, Sauk Rapids-Rice 455.For full meet results click here.Tweets by @DLNewspapers
