A pair of Austin runners punched a ticket to the Minnesota Class AA state cross country meet at the Section 1AA meet in Owatonna Thursday.

Austin junior Henry Hinchcliffe earned his first ever trip to state by finishing in fourth place with a time of 16:26.5 in the boys race and junior Abby Lewis earned her fourth career trip to state by finishing in eighth place with a time of 19:02.9.

Sophomore Meti Omot finished in 15th place for the Austin boys, missing out on a trip to state by about 11 seconds behind Kasson-Manorville’s George Gustafuson, who took 11th and took the last individual qualifying spot for state. Morgan Hose took 21st for the Austin girls.

The Packer boys finished in fifth place out of 16 teams at the meet and the Packer girls took 12th place.

BOYS RESULTS

Team standings: 1. Red Wing 75; 2. Winona 103; 3. Lakeville South 108; 4. Kasson-Mantorville 130; 5. Austin 145; 6. Farmington 155; 7. Owatonna 174; 8. Rochester Century 237; 9. Rochester Mayo 259; 10. Lakeville North 260; 11. Northfield 273; 12. Hastings 283; 13. Waseca 290; 14. Faribault 298; 15. Rochester John Marshall 357; 16. Albert Lea 361

Austin: Henry Hinchcliffe (fourth, 16:26.5); Meti Omot (15th, 16:50.8); Raymond Lucero (22nd, 16:58.5); Mitchell Mayer (34th, 17:12.7); Blake Petrik (70th, 17:50.6); Jackson Marsh (80th, 18:02.9)

GIRLS RESULTS

Team standings: 1. Farmington 79; 2. Lakeville South 91; 3. Rochester Century 101; 4. Lakeville North 145; 5. Red Wing 145; 6. Waseca 171; 7. Rochester Mayo 180; 8. Faribault 232; 9. Northfield 243; 10. Austin 249; 11. Owatonna 271; 12. Albert Lea 292; 13. Winona 317; 14. Kasson-Mantorville 332; 15. Hastings 344; 16. Rochester John Marshall 350

Austin: Abby Lewis (eighth, 19:02.9); Morgan Hose (22nd, 19:36.6); Nadia Vaughn (39th, 20:21.7); Cassidy Shute (82nd, 21:37.6); Ruby Kvam (98th, 22:33.7); Micha Weber (102nd, 23:08.1)