The Owatonna Girls Cross Country team finished their season on Oct. 15. As the season wrapped up, they hoped to finish strong with a great performance at sections. The Huskies were the second seed going into the Big 9 Conference meet behind Rochester Century. Despite being the second seed, the huskies finished first in the Big 9. The Big 9 meet was held on Thursday, Oct. 8 at The Owatonna Brooktree Golf Course.

This was a promising season for the Huskies.  Head coach Dan Leer said, “The season has been going very well, we have been pretty consistent all year long, and we’ve had a year of just running dual meets and tris because of COVID.” The girls are very upset about not having a state tournament this year but the team still wanted to have a great performance at sections and make Owatonna proud.   Captain Madi Bruessel said, “I feel like our team has worked hard all season and is ready to go into sections with a good mindset.”They did just that by finishing fourth at sections.

The section cross country meet was held in Owatonna at the Brooktree Golf Course on Thursday, Oct. 15, beginning at 4:00 p.m. Both Carsyn Brady and Zinash Valen would have qualified for state if it was being held this year.