Wayzata XC Club Girls won NXR Heartland with a score of 65 points and qualified for Nike Cross Nationals (NXN). Pack your bags because we are headed to Portland, OR! Standing (L-R): Clayton Murphy (800 meter Olympic Bronze Medalist in Rio, 1:42.93), Emma Atkinson, Rhynn Paulsen, Lauren McCollor, Caroline Sassan. Kneeling (L-R): Carmen Rottinghaus, Brooke Young, Emelia Arnone
Top 21 finishers in the Girls Championship Race included our own Emma Atkinson (17:16) and Caroline Sassan (17:18). Shout out to Minnesota-representing well!
Wayzata Girls XC Club walked with more hardware winning the Girl's Open Race as well. Our top seven finishers included (Standing L-R): Julia Beckman, Mara McCollor, Julia Lindahl, Ingrid Halverson (Kneeling L-R): Sammie Corning, Naomi Long, Riley Maki
Our Rising Stars Team included 7th & 8th graders that stepped up the 5k challenge this year and ALL celebrated new personal records! (L-R) Ella Braufman, Grace Mignone, Teegan Anderson, Maddie Parker, Eliana Feinstein, Ella Smith (Happy Birthday!), Nora Mickelson, Sophie Olmscheid, Marie Meyer and Marissa Berg.
The Wayzata XC Club took 54 girls to Sioux Falls and competed in the Rising Starts, Open Race and Championship Race. The weather was perfect. the course was fast and a lot of athletes ran away with new personal records! Congratulations on a season well done.
Our Championship Team filling out paperwork in the Nike tent to head to Portland, OR for NXN. Our girls will put it all on the line once again in the quest for the cross country's biggest prize, the coveted Nike Winged Goddess of Victory statue!