STMA Senior Wins Cross-Country State Championship

ST. MICHAEL, MN — St. Michael-Albertville senior Ali Weimer held off a pair of freshmen from Hopkins High to win the Class 3A girls cross-country championship last weekend at St. Olaf College.

Weimer finished the 5,000-meter course with a time of 17 minutes and 42 seconds to earn the Knights’ first-ever individual cross-country state title, Press & News reports.

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She won the Lake Conference individual cross-country title this season after finishing with a personal-best time of 17:17, an STMA school record, the report states.

It was a great day for STMA Cross Country at the state meet today in St. Olaf. Congrats to the girls cross country team on their 4th place finish! Also, a HUGE congrats to Ali Weimer for finishing 1st & Caden Nordberg for finishing 9th! Great way to represent STMA!#knightspride pic.twitter.com/o9SHZFcV8m
— STMASUPT (@STMASUPT) November 6, 2021

Weimer also won the 1,600-meter race at the Class 2A track-and-field state meet in the spring.

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The St. Michael-Albertville girls cross-country team finished in fourth place overall, with Edina winning the Class 3A state team championship. Wayzata took second place and Prior Lake finished third.

St. Michael-Albertville's Caden Nordberg finished ninth in the boys cross-country state championship.