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Girls Cross Country History

The WIAA began sponsoring a girls cross country tournament program in 1975. Prairie du Chien won the first championship with Waukesha South finishing runner-up.

The State meet has always been held in conjunction with the boys State meet. The girls meet has been raced at a number of different locations, including Yahara Hills in Madison, the American Legion Golf Course in Wausau, UW-Parkside in Kenosha, Christmas Mountain in Wisconsin Dells and the Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids, where it has been since 1988 with the exception of 2020 when the championships were raced at Arrowhead High School for Division 1, Colby High School for Division 2 and at Maple Grove Venues in West Salem for Division 3 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

There was only one class of competition for the first three years (1975-77). It became two classes in 1978 and three classes in 1980. Terminology was changed from Classes A-B-C to Divisions 1-2-3 in 1990. The girls ran a 3,200-meter until 1993, and the distance increased to 4,000 meter until 2014 when the distances were extended to five kilometers.

Waukesha West leads the way in number of State championships with seven. Dodgeville/Mineral Point and Lourdes Academy are next on the list with six. Luxemburg-Casco, Middleton and Pewaukee have won the third-most titles with five. Albany, Arrowhead, Boscobel, Cochrane-Fountain City, Edgar, Fennimore, La Crosse Central, Mount Horeb (not including a title as a co-op program with Barneveld), Neenah and Tomahawk are tied for third with four each; followed by Brookwood, Lancaster, Prentice, Stevens Point and Verona with three each.

Only Waukesha West (1998-2001) has won four consecutive championships. Three consecutive titles have been won by Albany (1989-91), Arrowhead (2011-13), Dodgeville/Mineral Point (2010-12), Fennimore (1980-82), La Crosse Central (1988-90), Lourdes Academy (2013-15), Middleton (1995-97), Neenah (1981-83), Pewaukee (2001-03) and Prentice (1985-87).

Molly Seidel of University Lake School (2008-11) and Suzy Favor of Stevens Point (1982-85) are the only Wisconsin girls cross country runners to win four State titles.

Cathy Branta of Slinger (1978-80), Ashley Beutler of New Glarus/Monticello (2004, 2006-07) and Kayci Martinson of Southwestern/Benton/Cuba City (2019-21) are the only other runners to have won three titles.

Suzie Houston of Tomahawk (1975-76), Maryann Brunner of Waukesha North (1978-79), Jackie Anderson of Mount Horeb (1981-84), Clare Eichner of Wauwatosa East (1986-87), Amy Wickus of Baraboo (1988-89), Avrie Walters of La Crosse Logan (1991-92), Sue Daggett of Random Lake (1991-92), Kristina Betzhold of Eau Claire North (1993-94), Rachel Earney of Cochrane-Fountain City (1995-96), Liz Reusser of Middleton (1997-98), Kelly Bogard of Kimberly (2005, 2007), Gabby Levac of Arrowhead (2008-09), Alexandra Fons of Franklin (2010-11), Dana Feyen of Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau (2016-17) and Marissa Ellenbecker of Edgar (2017-18), Ella Anschutz of Muskego (2023-24) have two titles.

Cochrane-Fountain City, Middleton, Mount Horeb, Slinger, Stevens Point and University Lake School have produced the most individual champions with four. Baraboo, Dodgeville/Mineral Point, Edgar, New Glarus/Monticello, Pardeeville, Random Lake, Shorewood and Southwestern/Benton/Cuba City have produced three individual champions. Individual titles have been won by runners from 89 different schools.

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