CROSS COUNTRY: Cardinal runners finish strong at state

Cromwell-Wright eighth-grader Emaleigh Olesiak was the top Carlton County finisher at state, taking 30th place in a time of 19:45.7 in the girls race at the Minnesota MSHSL Class A Cross Country State Championships. A total of 175 runners finished the race.

Cardinals freshman Noah Foster finished 117th in the boys race, in a time of 17:42:7. Like most other runners, Foster's time was slower at state versus his Section 7A time of 16:54.6.

Olesiak's time was also a little slower than her section personal record in Cloquet, when she ran the 5000-meter race in 19:33.3 to a fifth-place finish.

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