Photos: Cross Country Section 1, Class 1A championships on Oct. 29, 2026
Schools competed in the Section 1, Class 1A boys and girls cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29. 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester.
Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson/Houston runners celebrate placing first overall as a team during the Section 1, Class 1A boys cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester.
Runners take off from the start during the Section 1, Class 1A girls cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester.
Randolph’s Hayden Huddleston, left, Luciana Whaley, center, and Medford’s Amelia Fitzgerald compete in the girls race during the Section 1, Class 1A cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester.
Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson/Houston’s Caitlin Bauer competes in the final stretch of the girls race during the Section 1, Class 1A cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester. Bauer finished first.
Lanesboro/Fillmore Central’s Autumn Rakosnik competes in the girls race during the Section 1, Class 1A cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester.
Hayfield’s Hadley Doman competes in the girls race during the Section 1, Class 1A cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester. Doman finished seventh.
Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson/Houston’s Caitlin Bauer competes in the girls race during the Section 1, Class 1A cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester. Bauer placed first.
Blooming Prairie’s Gloria Hernandez competes in the girls race during the Section 1, Class 1A cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester.
La Crescent-Hokah’s Hope Docan-Morgan competes in the girls race during the Section 1, Class 1A cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester. Docan-Morgan placed fourth.
Runners compete in the girls race during the Section 1, Class 1A cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester.
Runners are handed water after finishing the girls race during the Section 1, Class 1A cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester.
La Crescent-Hokah’s Maya Bartosova competes in the girls race during the Section 1, Class 1A cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester. Bartosova placed second.
Runners take off from the start during the Section 1, Class 1A girls cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester.
Runners compete in the girls race during the Section 1, Class 1A cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester.
Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson/Houston’s Caitlin Bauer powers through the final stretch of the girls race and places first during the Section 1, Class 1A cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester.
Lillian Raasch, right, hugs Goodhue’s Taylor Thomforde after discovering their team placed first overall for the first time in the Section 1, Class 1A girls cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester.
Goodhue’s Mari O’Connor is interviewed after her team placed first overall for the first time in the Section 1, Class 1A girls cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester. O’Connor was Goodhue’s top finisher placing ninth in the girls race.
Goodhue’s Mari O’Connor hugs her mother Heather after discovering her team placed first overall for the first time in the Section 1, Class 1A girls cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester. O’Connor was Goodhue’s top finisher placing ninth in the girls race.
Runners compete during the Section 1, Class 1A boys cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester.
Cover-Eyota’s Isaac Halbakken, center, competes in the boys race during the Section 1, Class 1A cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester. Halbakken finished fifteenth.
Runners take off from the start during the Section 1, Class 1A boys cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester.
Winona Cotter’s Erik Semling follows behind teammate Ryan Littlefield during the Section 1, Class 1A boys cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester. Semling finished first while Littlefield finished second.
Spectators cheer on runners in the boys race during the Section 1, Class 1A cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester.
Wabasha-Kellogg’s Fritz Riesgraf, center, competes in the boys race during the Section 1, Class 1A cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester. Riesgraf finished eleventh.
Winona Cotter’s Erik Semling, right, and Cooper Knuesel wait for their teammates to finish during the Section 1, Class 1A boys cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester. Semling placed first while Knuesel placed 23rd.
Winona Cotter’s Ryan Littlefield holds first place during the Section 1, Class 1A boys cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester. Littlefield finished second.
Pacelli’s Zemecha McManus competes in the boys race during the Section 1, Class 1A cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester. McManus finished third.
Pacelli’s Isaac Johnson competes in the boys race during the Section 1, Class 1A cross country championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, at Northern Hills Golf Course in Rochester. Johnson finished sixth.
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