George Nelson (#680) and Andrew Walsh (#683) compete in the State Cross County Meet. Photo: Contributed
The Stillwater Ponies placed sixth in last Saturday’s MSHSL Class AAA State Cross Country Meet at the University of Minnesota Les Bolstad Golf Course. George Nelson, Woodbury, was one of two Ponies placing in the top 30 runners with a time of 16.12.8. Other local runners included: Andrew Walsh (Stillwater Area) – 16:23.8/36, Raiyan Ali (Woodbury) – 16:36.6/63, and Brandon Paine (East Ridge) – 17:02.3/108.
East Ridge and Woodbury high schools were represented in the Girls Class AAA Meet with individual qualifiers. Lydia Franson (East Ridge) finished 18th (18:44.8) and Sarah Vaske (Woodbury) ran the course in 20:33.8, placing 116th.