Thursday, February 12, 2015

STATE CHAMP

Team Afton Shines at State Meet

Congratulations to Kate Hanson on being crowned Minnesota State High School Champion!!!

Kate dominated the field to win by over 1.5 seconds at Giant’s Ridge on Wednesday.  This is quite an accomplishment and one that is well deserved.

Also on the podium was Peter Baker, who finished 3rd on the boy’s side.  Peter put together two very strong runs and missed winning by less than a second.  Wow!!!  It was almost a Team Afton sweep!!!

In addition to Kate and Peter, there were a few other Team Afton athletes who finished in the top 15.  Juliana Damberg missed the podium by less than a half second, finishing 4th for the girls.  Also on the girl’s side, Ingrid Foslien finished 8th and Berit Thorson wound up in 14th.  Way to go, ladies!

With her win, Kate is now the 8th Team Afton athlete since the year 2000 to win a state title.


Team Afton State Champs (2000 - present):

2000 - Billy Schmidt
2001 – Kelly Peterson
2002 – Katie Lee
2004 – Chauncey Charlson
2006 – David Slungaard (Wisconsin)
2008 – Nick Stang
2013 – Elizabeth Koprucki
2015 – Kate Hanson







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