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WISCONSIN RAPIDS – Three local runners participated in the 2022 WIAA State Cross Country Championships at the Ridges Golf Course on Saturday, two earning top-50 finishes.
Marshfield Columbus Catholic sophomore Isaac Scheer placed 21st in the Division 3 boys race, running in 17:11.2, to better his finish from his freshman season. He finished 46th in 17:58 last year at state.
Stratford sophomore Cree DeFoe was making his first state appearance and he placed 73rd in the D-3 boys race, running in 18:12.7.
Marshfield freshman Natalie Scharenbroch ran in her first state meet and placed 40th in 19:56.6. The D-1 race was won by D.C. Everest’s Sara Mlodik in 18:06.6, three seconds ahead of Summer Schuster of Slinger. Scharenbroch had finished second behind Mlodik at both the Wisconsin Valley Conference Meet and last week’s Division 1 sectional.
Stevens Point (Division 1), Green Bay Notre Dame (Division 2) and Kohler (Division 3) won the boys team titles.
Stevens Point had three runners finish in the top 15 in the D-1 boys race, led by Aloysius Franzen, who was third in 15:35.6, just two seconds in front of teammate Bode Erickson, who was fourth in 15:37.5.
Joseph Stoddard of Mount Horeb won the D-2 boys race in 15:54.7, and Wesley Pronschinski of Cochrane-Fountain City was the D-3 boys state champion, running in 16:08.9.
Muskego (Division 1), Appleton Xavier (Division 2) and Cochrane-Fountain City (Division 3) won the girls team state titles.
In addition to Mlodik in Division 1, Faith Wehrman of New Berlin Eisenhower won the D-2 girls race in 18:14.8 and the D-3 girls state champ was Addy Duellman of Cochrane-Fountain City (18:58.1).