Jackson County Central will compete in the Big South Conference Cross Country Championship at Marshall Golf Club.
The conference’s 12 teams are divided into two divisions with the Huskies in the seven-team Small School Division. There will be five teams in the Big School Division. New Ulm does not have a cross country program.
The teams run together in one race but are scored separately.
Two teams in the boys Small School Division are state ranked in Class 1A with Redwood Valley second and Luverne fourth.
There will be two state-ranked runners, No. 1 Will Ahrens of Redwood Valley and No. 8 Owen Janiszeski of Luverne.
For the Small School girls, Redwood Valley is rated second as a team and Luverne is 10th. In the individual ratings as Jenna DeBates of Luverne is first and Windom’s Kaylee Walkin is ninth.
JCC was fifth in the boys team standings at last year’s conference meet and the girls were sixth.
The Huskies had three runners earn honorable mention all-conference honors in 2022 and each will run again on Tuesday. The top seven runners in each race are all-conference, with places 8-14 receiving honorable mention recognition.
Evan Paplow was honorable mention in the boys race for the third time, while Cora Pauling and Elese Paplow were honorable mention for the girls.
In the Big School Division, Marshall’s girls are rated second in Class 2A and the Marshall boys are third. In the individual 2A ratings, Marshall’s Allyson Sample is rated fifth for the girls and Worthington’s Fanuel Wolday is fifth for the boys.
Jackson County Central will then compete in the Section 3A meet Thursday, Oct. 26 at Madison.
Schedule
All races 5000 meters
3:30 p.m.: JV boys
4 p.m.: JV girls
4:30 p.m.: Varsity boys
5 p.m.: Varsity girls
Participating teams
Small School Division
Jackson County Central
Blue Earth Area
Luverne
Pipestone
Redwood Valley
St. James Area
Windom
Big School Division
Fairmont
Marshall
St. Peter
Waseca
Worthington
BSC Small School boys team champions
2014: Redwood Valley
2015: Windom
2016: Windom
2017: St. James Area
2018: St. James Area
2019: St. James Area
2020: St. James Area
2021: St. James Area
2022: Luverne
BSC Big School boys team champions
2014: Marshall
2015: Marshall
2016: Marshall
2017: Marshall
2018: Worthington
2019: Worthington
2020: Worthington
2021: Worthington
2022: Marshall
BSC Small School girls team champions
2014: Redwood Valley
2015: Luverne
2016: Luverne
2017: Luverne
2018: Luverne
2019: Luverne
2020: Luverne
2021: Luverne
2022: Luverne
BSC Big School girls team champions
2014: Marshall
2015: Marshall
2016: Marshall
2017: Marshall
2018: Marshall
2019: Marshall
2020: Marshall
2021: Marshall
2022: Marshall
JCC all-conference boys
2014: None
2015: None
2016: None
2017: None
2018: None
2019: None
2020: Evan Paplow (HM); Andrew Boyum (HM)
2021: Andrew Boyum; Evan Paplow (HM)
2022: Evan Paplow (HM)
JCC all-conference girls
2014: Jessica Christoffer; Jadin Bezdicek (HM)
2015: None
2016: Jessica Christoffer (HM)
2017: Jessica Christoffer
2018: None
2019: Olivia Anderson (HM)
2020: Olivia Anderson (HM)
2021: Olivia Anderson
2022: Cora Pauling (HM); Elese Paplow (HM)