Florence-Niagara runners advance to WIAA state meet
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Two runners from the the Northwoods Storm cross country team will compete this weekend in the WIAA boys cross country championships at the Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.
At Saturday’s Division 3 sectional meet in Rosholt, Niagara’s Jaxon Courts placed fourth overall with a time of 17.16.6 while Florence’s Carson Chrisman placed sixth with a time of 17.41.6.
The Northwoods Sorm team placed third, just shy of advancing to the state tournament. In addition to the qualifying teams, the first five individual finishers at the sectional who were not a member of a qualifying team also qualified for the state meet.
Courts, a sophomore, and Chrisman, a junior, set personal bests for times at the sectional. They’ll run a 5,000-meter course at 2 p.m. Saturday in Wisconsin Rapids.
Senior Nolan Waltz of Three Lakes/Phelps is the top returning Division 3 competitor, placing runner-up last season and eighth in 2024.
There were 113 finishers at the Division 3 boys sectional meet in Rosholt. Also running for Florence-Niagara were Connor Guardiola, Emmett Parker, Clayton Schroeder and Reid Schroeder. Bonduel and Amherst were the team qualifiers.
All six races of the WIAA State Cross Country Championships will be streamed live on the WIAA.TV portal of the NFHS Network on a consumer subscription basis.