Pacelli eighth grader was the fastest runner in Section 1A as she won the meet in Rochester Thursday to get to clinch her spot at the Class A state meet for the second straight year.

Christopherson, who hadn’t won a meet all season before Thursday, finished the race in 15 minutes and 40 seconds and she is the first cross country section champion in Pacelli history.

“It was a great time to win her first meet of the year. She is a gamer and knows how to compete,” Pacelli head coach Jim Parlin said. “Sarah Kahle also ran a good race to finish out her high school cross country career in 34th place.”

Hayfield’s Gabe Tempel took fourth with a time of 16:59.5 to earn his third straight trip to state,

The BP boys finished fourth at the meet, which was tied the 1998 team for their highest finish in school history. Elijah Baker took 15th and Allison Pryor took 43rd for the BP girls, who took 17th.

BOYS RESULTS

Pacelli: Nathan Drees (33rd, 18:30); Cole Ethen (117th, 21:46); Ben Kraemer (126th, 22:49); Isaac Kraushaar (130th, 24:04); William Kahle (131st, 24:20); Anthony Servellon (135th, 27:19)

GMLOS: Peter Torkelson (22nd, 18:03.3); Daniel Gottschalk (69th, 19:31.8); Parker Hale (73rd, 19:41.7); Marvin Heimer (98th, 20:36.3); Thomas Shaw (112th, 21:18.4)

BP boys: Elijah Baker (15th, 17:46); Alec Ille (16th, 17:46); Evan Doerhoefer (46th, 18:58); Isaac Baker (47th, 19:00); Angel Villarreal (85th, 20:03); Jesse Schewe (106th, 21:07)

Hayfield: Gabe Tempel (fifth, 16:59.5); Donavan Phoenix (133rd, 25:39.4)

GIRLS RESULTS

Pacelli: Kayla Christopherson (first, 15:40); Sarah Kahle (34th, 16:59); Robin Woodhouse (131st, 21:28); Katie Ethen (133rd, 21:37)

GMLOS: McKenzie Kirtz (37th, 17:02.2); Rory Bickler (47th, 17:23.5); Maddie Merten (53rd, 17:27.3); Stephanie Sukalski (79th, 18:19.2); Moriah Weiss (79th, 18:29.3)

BP girls: Allison Pryor (43rd, 17:13); Alanna Grant (62nd, 17:52); Annika Nowlan (88th, 18:44); Sevin Cremeans (115th, 20:08); Carissa Easton (137th, 22:28)

Hayfield: Caitlyn Severson (103rd, 19:28.7); Alexandra Louks (104th, 19:28.9); Hannah Johnson (113th, 20:05.1); Elizabeth Reynolds (114th, 20:05.3); Alyssa Klocke (123rd, 20:38.7)