Female Area Athlete of the Week: C-I's Stokman, Severson tab All-State honors

CROSBY — The youth movement showed itself for the Crosby-Ironton girls’ cross-country team. Lia Stokman and Mckenna Severson, two eighth graders, ran All-State times at the Class 1A state meet Saturday, Nov. 7, at Majestic Oaks Golf Course in Ham Lake. The two Rangers ran side by side most of the race before Stokman pulled ahead at the end for a new C-I school record of 19:21.6 for 19th. place Severson finished 20th in 19:25.3. “I didn’t really realize that I got the school record until 30 minutes after the race,” Stokman said. “It was fun that Mckenna and I finished right next to each other. We raced together that whole time.” Severson added: “I enjoyed running with her. Running by yourself is a really big challenge. We pushed each other and then at the end she sprinted off, which was fun.” C-I head coach Erica Perpich thought Stokman and Severson's young age helped them at state. “They are still figuring things out,” Perpich said. “They just kind of go out there and run.

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