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HAM LAKE -- The Marshall cross country teams wrapped up their seasons Saturday at the state meet at Majestic Oaks Golf Club in Ham Lake, with the girls placing fifth in the Class AA race and sophomore Charles Mueller-Thompson representing the Tigers in the boys race.
Mueller-Thompson placed 64th in the boys Class AA race with a personal-best time of 16 minutes, 44.7 seconds.
"Charles had a great race by running a personal best time. We tell our athletes that anytime you do that it means you did something you had never done before," Marshall head coach Brian Leibfried said.
As an individual qualifier, Mueller-Thompson was also able to improve his standing against familiar competition from the section.
"As an individual qualifier, one of the things we told Charles was to look to improve your place amongst our common section opponents. He was able to do that and move up four places versus the Section 2AA runners that were in the State Meet," Leibfried said.
"Charles gained some valuable experience and to finish in the top 40% of the race as a sophomore was impressive."
The Marshall girls also had a strong showing at the state meet, placing fifth as a team in the Class AA race.
Katelyn Leibfried led the Tigers with an 18:48.4, good for 14th place. Claire Kruse followed in 22nd with a time of 19:01, while Jasmine Murphy finished 23rd in 19:07.3. All three runners earned All-State honors by placing in the top 25.
Jenna Sanders placed 90th overall with a time of 20:20.2, followed by Kaitlyn Soupir in 102nd with a time of 20:37.5. Landrey Graven finished 123rd in 20:57, while Brooklyn Purrington placed 135th to round out Marshall’s seven runners.
"The girls ran very well chasing the Class AA Girls State Championship this past Saturday at Majestic Oaks in Ham Lake," Marshall head coach Marie Sample said. "The girls had a great race and as a team they were not too far out of 3rd place. We just had a little too big of gap between our 3rd and 7th runners."
Sample said she was proud of the team’s effort and the season as a whole.
"I'm proud of all of the girls and they had an outstanding season. The effort was there and that is all we can ask for. We will miss this year's Seniors immensely. They are wonderful young ladies and they were a big part of this year's success," Sample said.