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Maddie Gullickson and her Trojans teammates swept Class 3A, St. Peter’s Keira Friedrich won the 2A race and St. John’s Prep’s Margaret Duffy took the 1A title.
Sean Fries of Minnetonka and Brianna Reilly of Harrisburg, S.D., won the 39th annual race.
The lead runners among teams kept their leads in the latest rankings, except in Class 1A, where New London-Spicer and St. Cloud Cathedral rose to Nos. 1 and 2.
Coaches reeling from the pending closure of Les Bolstad Golf Course still hope to race there but are exploring other options.
Events like the Taste of Maple Grove, Putt Fore Dough and Geezer Chase help support athletic programs.
Sean Fries of Minnetonka and Maddie Gullickson of Wayzata stand atop the list of athletes back for another run at it.
Gophers coaches have already talked with the junior, who this June could become the first Minnesota runner to win a state title in every distance event.
Others suggested she would slow down, but Hushagen never did, repeating as the Class 3A champion.
St. Paul Highland Park’s girls team had the top two finishers and won the Class 2A team title.
Highland Park runner Grace Lewis-Mosher clocks a personal-best 17 minutes, 57 seconds to earn medalist honors and lead the Scots to the St. Paul City Conference championship.
Also: Minnehaha Academy’s Chloe Alley wins Class 1A, Section 4 individual singles title to advance to the state tournament
