HAM LAKE — Four Northland runners medaled at the state cross-country meet Saturday, Nov. 7, in Ham Lake.
Detroit Lakes junior Connor Malecka was the Class 2A runner-up, running a 15:17. He finished seventh at state a year ago.
Hermantown eighth-grader Nora Lucarelli finished fifth in her second state tournament appearance.
In 1A, two Park Rapids runners made the podium: senior Christian Thorson was eighth and junior Jack Mitteness was 10th.
The Brainerd boys had the best finish of the Northland teams, placing fifth of the 16 teams in 3A. The Crosby-Ironton girls were seventh in 1A, and the Park Rapids Area boys were eighth.
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