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Although the Chisago Lakes boys cross country team made it to the state meet on Saturday, November 4, the two Chisago Lakes girls who also qualified stole the show.

Junior Kaia Osmundson finished in seventh place overall at the Class AA state meet, finishing the route at Les Bolstad Golf Course at the University of Minnesota in 18:38.0. The .0 was important too, as St. Paul Highland Park’s Grace Lewis-Mosher finished in eighth place with a time of 18:38.1.

Osmundson’s finish is her highest ever at the state meet, and she really set the tone for her senior season. 

Annika Hall, the eighth grade phenom, finished in 12th place overall, the highest finisher among either eighth or ninth graders. The young sensation crossed the finish line in just 19:07.4, mere seconds from earning a top 10 finish.

Boys

The boys made the state meet as a team, and they were highlighted by junior Biruk Killeen’s nice run that earned him 38th overall, but 18th in the team scores. He came across the line in 16:35.9.

Remy Larsen, a freshman, was CL’s next finisher across, with a time of 17:52.2 to come in 76th place in the team reace and 120th overall.

Lone senior Henry Johnson finished in 89th place for the team and 137th overall. His time was 18:21.4. Chisago Lakes’ team was rounded out by Kaden Osmundson, a sophomore in 146th place overall and 98th in the team tally, Cian O’Halloran, a freshman who come in 105th in the team competition and 153rd overall, and Brandon Odland, a junior who finishined in 156th overall and 108th for the team. Odlund’s run was marred by another runner stepping on the back of his shoe near the beginning of the race, forcing him to run the rest of the course with just one shoe.

The boys finished 15th as a team in the field of 16. They tallied 386 points, beating out Mora’s 396. Mankato East dominated the meet with a score of 46 and Perham finished second with 97 points.

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