Boys Cross Country 2024
GFW
None
GHEC/T/MT
Lester Prairie
Mitchell Peterson
Eric Vega
Andrew Ruwersma
Loyola/Cleveland/St. Clair Academy
Sam Vetter
Madelia
Oden Lehman
Carson Meraz
Tyrone Stout
Josiah DeMaris
MCW/BO
Hayden O’Connor
Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s/Sleepy Eye Public/New Ulm Cathedral
None
Springfield/Cedar Mountain
Preston Anderson
Bryan Buerkle
Matthew Groebner
Wabasso
None
Girls Cross Country 2024
GFW
Abigail Willegal
Madyson Steele
GHEC/T/MT
None
Lester Prairie
Anah Lee
Addison Hoof
Miranda Mallak
Loyola/Cleveland/St. Clair Academy
Valerie Quast
Kate Daly
MCW
None
Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s/Sleepy Eye Public/New Ulm Cathedral
Teresa Fischer
Springfield/Cedar Mountain
Emmaline McCone
Skyla Dauer
Katie Thram
Wabasso
Madelyn Fogelson
Cadence Pope
Requirements
Member of Varsity Squad
GPA of 3.75 or higher
Sophomore, Jr. or Senior
at Tracy Country Club
Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s/Sleepy Eye/New Ulm Cathedral sophomore Noah Christensen will be making his first trip to the state meet for the first time in his three years of running cross-country.
SM/SE/NUC head coach Lisa Hagen said she knew Christensen had talent even during his first year of running with the team and saw Christensen reaching this state milestone down the line.
“He is quite talented and his first year as an eighth-grader, I told him that he will be going to state in a few years,” Hagen said. “He came in with so much potential and his hard work, determination, along with God’s grace has gotten him very far.”
Christensen’s average time this season has been 17:30, while his PR is 17:02. On Oct. 18 in Springfield, Christensen won the boys race and became the conference champion as a result. He was also named the Tomahawk Conference Boys Runner of the Year following that race.
After qualifying for state with a fifth-place finish (17:02.77) at the Section 2A Cross-Country Championships in Norwood Young America last week, Christensen and coach Hagen have high hopes for the state meet at a challenging course.
“It’s Noah’s first year at state, I want him to establish a good position going out at the beginning of the race and push himself to work his way further up,” Hagen said. “It’s a difficult course to hit a new personal record on, but I’d like to see him do it and hit a sub-17 5K.”
Hagen added that she’s been blessed to coach the athletes she has this season and she’s expecting a great race from Christensen on Saturday.
“Its a blessing to coach these enthusiastic, hardworking athletes on the SM/SE/NUC team,” Hagen said. “I’m proud of each one of them and their accomplishments. Noah isn’t just a good athlete, but also a team leader and he is very encouraging to other team members. It should be a great race for him on Saturday.”
St. Mary’s High School 2021 Fall Sports Awards
Football
- Player Voted Awards
- Offensive CO-MVP- Trent Steffensmeier
- Defensive MVP- Jacob Stevens
- Lineman- Jacob Stevens
- Leadership- Carson Domeier
- Most Improved- Brandon Tauer
- Play of the Year- Carson Domeier, Kaleb Wait
- Charlie Hale- Trent Steffensmeier
- All Sub-District
- Trent Steffensmeier
- Carson Domeier
- Jacob Stevens
- Brandon Tauer
- Kaleb Wait
- Honorable Mention
- Owen Weiss
- Jon Petermann
- Academic All Conference
- Trent Steffensmeier
- Carson Domeier
- Owen Weiss
- CJ Surprenant
- Mark Anderson
- Noah Simonsen
- Jacob Stevens
Cheerleading awards:
Coaches Award- Katelyn Rutscher
Leadership-Maya Nelson and Natalie Marti
Sprit award-Julia Helget
Cross Country
Team Awards:
MVPS-Clare Fischer and Noah Christensen
Leadership-Clare Fischer and Noah Christensen
Most Improved-Elle Kyllonen and Kendrick Henry
All Conference:
Clare Fischer
Elle Kyllonen
Noah Christensen
Honorable Mention all conference:
Levi Hagen
Academic all conference:
Clare Fischer
Ellen Windschitl
Annika Nosbush
Elle Kyllonen
Volleyball:
Team Awards:
MVP- Madison Mathiowetz
Leadership – Reagan Severson
Most Improved- Katelyn Rutscher
All Conference and Honorable mention:
Madison Mathiowetz (was also the player of the year)
Jaci Domeier
Bella Hoffmann
Allie Labat-Honorable Mention
All Conference Academic:
Madison Mathiowetz, Reagan Severson, Katelyn Rutscher, Julia Helget, Bella Hoffmann, Lacey Mathiowetz, Emily Helget, Abby Schwartz, Jenica Schroepfer
All State Academic:
Madison Mathiowetz, Reagan Severson, Katelyn Rutscher, Julia Helget
BLUE EARTH – St. Mary’s/Sleepy Eye/New Ulm Cathedral senior girls’ runner Clare Fischer took first at the Section 2A Cross-Country Meet at Riverside Town & Country Golf Club on Friday, earning herself a trip to the state meet.
The state meet for both girls’ and boys’ runners is on Nov. 6 at St. Olaf College.
St. Mary’s/Sleepy Eye/NUC’s Elle Kyllonen also had a strong race, finishing 15th overall with a time of 21:58.09. GFW also had Ashley Vos (22:54.10, 27th) and Abigail Willegal (23:17.95, 30th) finish in the top 30 girls’ runners.
The Lester Prairie and St. James Area girls’ teams finished first and second, respectively, on Friday to earn trips to the state meet.
Qualifying for the state meet from the area boys was Madelia/Truman/GHEC/Martin Luther freshman Josiah Demaris, who finished seventh at the section meet on Friday with a time of 17:23.89.
St. Mary’s/Sleepy Eye/NUC’s Noah Christensen turned in a strong time also, finishing 17th with a time of 18:32.40. Minnesota Valley Lutheran’s Donovan Witte took 28th on Friday with a time of 18:54.87.
The SJA and Mankato Loyola/Cleveland boys’ teams finished first and second at the section meet, respectively, earning trips to state in the process.
TOMAHAWK CONFERENCE CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS – 2020
Girls Cross Country Team Results
- Springfield/Comfrey 15 Points
- GFW 13 Points
- MVL 7 Points
- Wabasso 7 Points
- SESM/ SE Public/NUC 3 Points
Girls Individual Results
- Grace Feder GFW 45 Points All-conference
- Clare Fischer SESM/SE/NUC 43 Points All-conference
- Lilly McCone Spfd/CM 43 Points All-conference
- Emmie McCone Spfd/CM 40 Points All-conference
- Skyla Dauer Spfd/CM 37 Points All-conference
- Sarah Franta Wabasso 35 Points All-conference
- Anna Feder GFW 33 Points All-conference *
- Beth Feder GFW 33 Points Honorable Mention
- Ellie Tonn Spfd/CM 30 Points Honorable Mention
- Halle Huhnerkoch Wabasso 29 Points Honorable Mention
* Tie breaker based on head-to-head competition
Conference Championship and Individual Awards were based on 5 triangular meets with each team participating in 3 of those meets. Team points were awarded with 5 points for first place, 3 for second place and 1 for third place. Individual awards were based on 15 points for first place, 14 for second place and so forth.
Boys Cross Country Team Results
- Springfield/Comfrey 15 Points
- SESM/SE Public/NUC 13 Points
- Wabasso 7 Points
- MVL 7 Points
- GFW 3 Points
Boys Individual Results
- Joshua Hagen SESM/SE/NUC 43 Points All-conference *
- Ben Potter Spfd/CM 43 Points All-Conference
- Evan Elder GFW 41 Points All-Conference / Nate Filszar SESM/SE/NUC 41 Points All-conference
- Zach Hensch Spfd/CM 40 Points All-conference
- Matthew Groebner Spfd/CM 36 Points All-conference
- Brayden Sturm Spfd/CM 34 Points All-conference
- Mitchell Ulrich MVL 32 Points Honorable Mention
- Noah Christensen SESM/SE/NUC 31 Points Honorable Mention
- Adryen Tietz Wabasso 28 Points Honorable Mention
Conference Championship and Individual Awards were based on 5 triangular meets with each team participating in 3 of those meets. Team points were awarded with 5 points for first place, 3 for second place and 1 for third place. Individual awards were based on 15 points for first place, 14 for second place and so forth.
Tomahawk Conference All-Academic Team
Girls Cross Country 2020
GFW
Jessica Albrecht
Brynn Busse
Baleigh Peterson
Elise Swenson
Kylie Unger
Isabelle Vos
Minnesota Valley Lutheran
Dorothea Grubbs
Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s/Sleepy Eye Public/New Ulm Cathedral
Clare Fischer
Annika Nosbush
Liz Schwint
Springfield/Cedar Mountain
Helen O’Callaghan
Violet Hovland
Lilly McCone
Wabasso
Halle Huhnerkoch
Mataya Nelson
Madeline Hanna
Lonnah Maasch
Sarah Franta
Hailey Jensen
Boys Cross Country 2020
GFW
None
Minnesota Valley Lutheran
Caleb Carlovsky
Isaiah Carlovsky
Josiah Guenther
Samuel Halvorson
Donovan Witte
Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s/Sleepy Eye Public/New Ulm Cathedral
None
Springfield/Cedar Mountain
Zackary Hensch
Wabasso
Tyler Bliss
Adryen Tietz
Requirements
Member of Varsity Squad
GPA of 3.75 or higher
Sophomore, Jr. or Senior
