Athletics history

Cross Country records

West Central Area cross country records and history, as published by the athletics department.

These records come from 1 document the athletics department published on the former school website: record books and season summaries. Values are shown as printed. Nothing has been rounded, respelled, or filled in. Where a value was corrected after checking, the table also shows what the document printed.

The published documents are the official record. Some things on this page are worked out rather than printed: column headings marked *, the highlights, and how years are read. If anything here looks different from a document, go by the document. Each table links to the page it came from.

Last updated October 22, 2026.

Highlights

Worked out from the records below. Each highlight lists the records it uses.

Longest-standing records

Abby Van Kempen's All-Time Teams: Girls 4K record of 14:42.11, set in 2011, was still at the top 9 years later in the newest season its record book lists (2020).
Lexi Bright's All-Time Teams: Girls 5K record of 19:21.32, set in 2017, was still at the top 3 years later in the newest season its record book lists (2020).
Jacob Bright's All-Time Teams: Boys record of 15:25.30, set in 2019, was still at the top 1 years later in the newest season its record book lists (2020).

Based on 3 records

All-Time Teams: Girls 4K: Abby Van Kempen, 14:42.11 (2011)
All-Time Teams: Girls 5K: Lexi Bright, 19:21.32 (2017)
All-Time Teams: Boys: Jacob Bright, 15:25.30 (2019)

Newest top marks

1 record list has a top mark from the newest season shown in these record books:
All-Time Teams: Boys: Jacob Bright, 15:25.30 (2019)

Based on 1 record

All-Time Teams: Boys: Jacob Bright, 15:25.30 (2019)

Event records

All-Time Teams: Boys 7 entries

All-Time Teams: Boys
Time	Year	Grade	Name	Meet
15:25.30	2019	12	Jacob Bright	Litchfield
15:57.00	2016	12	Ryley Nelson	New London-Spicer
16:08.40	2019	12	Jack Van Kempen	MSUM
16:26.00	2019	10	Kade Runge	MSUM
16:27.30	2019	10	Alex Salwasser	Litchfield
16:29.98	2010	12	Kyle Toms	HOL Conference @ Warroad
16:40.41	2015	12	Christian Swenson	Perham

As published in CC Records (page 9).

All-Time Teams: Girls 4K 7 entries

All-Time Teams: Girls 4K
Time	Year	Grade	Name	Meet
14:42.11	2011	8	Abby Van Kempen	Section 6A @ Long Prairie-Grey Eagle
14:56.96	2009	8	Kylee Fernholz	Park Rapids
15:55.78	2014	8	Ella Van Kempen	Park Rapids
16:09.14	2008	12	Hillary Anderson	Perham
16:31.28	2009	8	Holly Van Kempen	Park Rapids
16:43.05	2012	12	Tee Rudnitski	Park Rapids
17:10.38	2009	8	Mikaylah Stark	Park Rapids

As published in CC Records (page 9).

All-Time Teams: Girls 5K 7 entries

All-Time Teams: Girls 5K
Time	Year	Grade	Name	Meet
19:21.32	2017	8	Lexi Bright	Perham
19:45.50	2018	11	Teagan Nelson	Section 6A @ New London-Spicer
20:13.90	2018	10	Brynn Fernholz	Section 6A @ New London-Spicer
20:22.00	2018	12	Ella Van Kempen	Perham
20:50.90	2016	8	Chloe LaRue	Section 6A @ New London-Spicer
20:56.40	2018	7	Terina Blascyk	Section 6A @ New London-Spicer
20:57.50	2019	8	Taylor Bennett	Litchfield

As published in CC Records (page 9).

Honors and awards

Best Meet Finishes: Benson/KMS 2 entries

Best Meet Finishes: Benson/KMS
Team	Result
Boys	3rd- 2007
Girls	4th- 2007

As published in CC Records (page 8).

Best Meet Finishes: Breckenridge/Wahpeton 2 entries

Best Meet Finishes: Breckenridge/Wahpeton
Team	Result
Boys	1st- 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2019
Girls	1st- 2009

As published in CC Records (page 7).

Best Meet Finishes: Detroit Lakes 2 entries

Best Meet Finishes: Detroit Lakes
Team	Result
Boys	3rd- 2017
Girls	2nd- 2017

As published in CC Records (page 7).

Best Meet Finishes: Fergus Falls 2 entries

Best Meet Finishes: Fergus Falls
Team	Result
Boys	1st- 2018, 2019
Girls	2nd- 2018

As published in CC Records (page 8).

Best Meet Finishes: Frazee 2 entries

Best Meet Finishes: Frazee
Team	Result
Boys	2nd- 2013
Girls	2nd- 2011

As published in CC Records (page 8).

Best Meet Finishes: Heart of Lakes 2 entries

Best Meet Finishes: Heart of Lakes
Team	Result
Boys	2nd- 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Girls	2nd- 2017, 2018

As published in CC Records (page 8).

Best Meet Finishes: Holdingford 2 entries

Best Meet Finishes: Holdingford
Team	Result
Boys	1st- 2015
Girls	5th- 2015

As published in CC Records (page 7).

Best Meet Finishes: Litchfield 2 entries

Best Meet Finishes: Litchfield
Team	Result
Boys	2nd- 2019
Girls	10th- 2019

As published in CC Records (page 8).

Best Meet Finishes: Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 2 entries

Best Meet Finishes: Long Prairie-Grey Eagle
Team	Result
Boys	1st- 2017
Girls	1st- 2017

As published in CC Records (page 7).

Best Meet Finishes: Melrose 2 entries

Best Meet Finishes: Melrose
Team	Result
Boys	1st- 2017, 2018
Girls	1st- 2017, 2018

As published in CC Records (page 8).

Best Meet Finishes: Milaca (D4/A) 2 entries

Best Meet Finishes: Milaca (D4/A)
Team	Result
Boys	1st- 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
Girls	1st- 2017

As published in CC Records (page 8).

Best Meet Finishes: Morris 2 entries

Best Meet Finishes: Morris
Team	Result
Boys	1st- 2013, 2016
Girls	2nd- 2013, 2018

As published in CC Records (page 7).

Best Meet Finishes: MSUM 2 entries

Best Meet Finishes: MSUM
Team	Result
Boys	3rd- 2019
Girls	3rd- 2018

As published in CC Records (page 7).

Best Meet Finishes: New London/Spicer 2 entries

Best Meet Finishes: New London/Spicer
Team	Result
Boys	1st- 2016, 2018
Girls	1st- 2016

As published in CC Records (pages 7, 8).

Best Meet Finishes: Park Rapids 2 entries

Best Meet Finishes: Park Rapids
Team	Result
Boys	2nd- 2015, 2016
Girls	1st- 2016, 2017

As published in CC Records (page 9).

Best Meet Finishes: Pelican Rapids 2 entries

Best Meet Finishes: Pelican Rapids
Team	Result
Boys	2nd- 2010
Girls	2nd- 2010

As published in CC Records (page 8).

Best Meet Finishes: Perham 2 entries

Best Meet Finishes: Perham
Team	Result
Boys	5th- 2013, 2018
Girls	3rd- 2008

As published in CC Records (page 8).

Best Meet Finishes: Pierz 2 entries

Best Meet Finishes: Pierz
Team	Result
Boys	1st- 2019
Girls	8th- 2019

As published in CC Records (page 8).

Best Meet Finishes: Section 6A 2 entries

Best Meet Finishes: Section 6A
Team	Result
Boys	1st- 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
Girls	2nd- 2016, 2017, 2018

As published in CC Records (page 9).

Best Meet Finishes: State 2 entries

Best Meet Finishes: State
Team	Result
Boys	2nd- 2018, 2019
Girls	9th- 2018

As published in CC Records (page 9).

Heart of Lakes Conference: Best Team Finish 2 entries

Heart of Lakes Conference: Best Team Finish
Team	Result
Boys	1st -2020; 2nd - 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Girls	2nd - 2017, 2018

As published in CC Records (page 5).

Heart of Lakes Conference: Boys All-Conference 30 entries

Heart of Lakes Conference: Boys All-Conference
Year	Grade	Name	Place
2008	10	Kyle Toms	4th
2010	12	Kyle Toms	3rd
2013	12	Alex Toms	10th
2013	9	Ryley Nelson	13th
2013	11	Devin Nelson	14th
2014	12	Devin Nelson	4th
2014	11	Christian Swenson	6th
2014	10	Ryley Nelson	11th
2014	11	Ethan Olson	15th
2015	11	Ryley Nelson	2nd
2015	12	Christian Swenson	3rd
2015	11	Ethan Olson	8th
2016	12	Drake Swanson	15th
2017	10	Jacob Bright	1st
2017	10	Jack Van Kempen	12th
2017	9	Kyle Schill	13th
2018	11	Jacob Bright	2nd
2018	11	Jack Van Kempen	6th
2018	9	Kade Runge	7th
2018	10	Kyle Schill	10th
2019	12	Jacob Bright	1st
2019	12	Jack Van Kempen	6th
2019	10	Kade Runge	6th
2019	10	Alex Salwasser	9th
2019	11	Kyle Schill	11th
2020	12	Kyle Schill	2nd
2020	11	Kade Runge	3rd
2020	11	Alex Salwasser	5th
2020	11	Ruebens Swanson	9th
2020	11	Shad Swanson	13th

As published in CC Records (page 5).

Heart of Lakes Conference: Boys Conference Champion 3 entries

Heart of Lakes Conference: Boys Conference Champion
Year	Grade	Name
2016	12	Ryley Nelson
2017	10	Jacob Bright
2019	12	Jacob Bright

As published in CC Records (page 6).

Heart of Lakes Conference: Girls All-Conference 30 entries

Heart of Lakes Conference: Girls All-Conference
Year	Grade	Name	Place
2008	7	Kylee Fernholz	4th
2009	8	Kylee Fernholz	2nd
2010	7	Abby Van Kempen	5th
2010	9	Kylee Fernholz	6th
2011	10	Kylee Fernholz	4th
2011	8	Abby Van Kempen	5th
2012	9	Abby Van Kempen	5th
2012	11	Kylee Fernholz	7th
2013	12	Kylee Fernholz	6th
2013	10	Abby Van Kempen	7th
2013	7	Ella Van Kempen	12th
2014	8	Ella Van Kempen	13th
2015	9	Ella Van Kempen	10th
2015	7	Brynn Fernholz	13th
2016	7	Lexi Bright	6th
2016	10	Ella Van Kempen	11th
2016	8	Brynn Fernholz	12th
2016	9	Teagan Nelson	13th
2017	8	Lexi Bright	3rd
2017	10	Teagan Nelson	13th
2017	11	Ella Van Kempen	15th
2018	9	Lexi Bright	3rd
2018	11	Teagan Nelson	10th
2018	10	Brynn Fernholz	14th
2018	12	Ella Van Kempen	15th
2019	10	Lexi Bright	8th
2019	12	Teagan Nelson	9th
2020	11	Lexi Bright	1st
2020	8	Macy Grosz	14th
2020	9	Terina Blascyck	15th

As published in CC Records (page 6).

Heart of Lakes Conference: Girls Conference Champion 1 entry

Heart of Lakes Conference: Girls Conference Champion
Year	Grade	Name
2020	11	Lexi Bright

As published in CC Records (page 6).

Other: Boys Individual Varsity Winners 29 entries

Other: Boys Individual Varsity Winners
Year	Grade	Name	Meet
2007	9	Kyle Toms	Breckenridge
2008	10	Kyle Toms	Breckenrdige
2008	10	Kyle Toms	Pelican Rapids
2009	11	Kyle Toms	Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta
2009	11	Kyle Toms	Breckenridge
2010	12	Kyle Toms	Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta
2010	12	Kyle Toms	Breckenridge
2010	12	Kyle Toms	Section 6A
2013	12	Alex Toms	Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta
2015	12	Christian Swenson	Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta
2015	11	Ryley Nelson	Breckenridge
2015	11	Ryley Nelson	Holdingford
2015	11	Ryley Nelson	Long Prairie-Grey Eagle
2015	11	Ryley Nelson	Park Rapids
2015	11	Ryley Nelson	Section 6A
2016	12	Ryley Nelson	Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta
2016	12	Ryley Nelson	New London-Spicer
2016	12	Ryley Nelson	HOL Conference
2016	12	Ryley Nelson	Park Rapids
2016	12	Ryley Nelson	Section 6A
2017	10	Jacob Bright	Melrose
2017	10	Jacob Bright	HOL Conference
2018	11	Jacob Bright	Melrose
2019	12	Jacob Bright	Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta
2019	12	Jacob Bright	Breckenridge/Wahpeton
2019	12	Jacob Bright	Milaca Mega Meet D4
2019	12	Jacob Bright	Fergus Falls
2019	12	Jacob Bright	Litchfield
2019	12	Jacob Bright	HOL Conference

As published in CC Records (pages 10, 11).

Other: Girls Individual Varsity Winners 6 entries

Other: Girls Individual Varsity Winners
Year	Grade	Name	Meet
2009	8	Kylee Fernholz	Breckenridge
2011	8	Abby Van Kempen	Frazee
2012	9	Abby Van Kempen	Detroit Lakes
2012	9	Abby Van Kempen	Frazee
2013	10	Abby Van Kempen	Frazee
2017	8	Lexi Bright	Long Prairie-Grey Eagle

As published in CC Records (page 11).

Other: JH Boys Individual Meet Winners 15 entries

Other: JH Boys Individual Meet Winners
Year	Grade	Name	Meet
2008	7	Alex Toms	Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta
2008	7	Alex Toms	Pelican Rapids
2008	7	Alex Toms	Perham
2012	8	Ethan Olson	Frazee
2015	7	Kyle Schill	Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta
2015	8	Jacob Bright	Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta
2015	8	Jacob Bright	Long Prairie-Grey Eagle
2015	8	Jacob Bright	Frazee
2016	7	Ruebens Swanson	Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta
2016	8	Kyle Schill	Breckenridge
2017	8	Kade Runge	Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta
2017	8	Kade Runge	Detroit Lakes
2017	8	Alex Salwasser	Long Prairie-Grey Eagle
2017	8	Kade Runge	Fergus Falls
2017	8	Kade Runge	Park Rapids

As published in CC Records (pages 11, 12).

Other: JH Boys Meet Victories 3 entries

Other: JH Boys Meet Victories
Year	Result
2016	Breckenridge
2016	HOL Conference
2019	MSUM

As published in CC Records (page 11).

Other: JH Girls Individual Meet Winners 5 entries

Other: JH Girls Individual Meet Winners
Year	Grade	Name	Meet
2008	7	Kylee Fernholz	Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta
2010	7	Abby Van Kempen	Frazee
2014	8	Ella VanKempen	Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta
2016	7	Lexi Bright	Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta
2016	7	Lexi Bright	Detroit Lakes

As published in CC Records (page 12).

Other: JH Girls Meet Victories 4 entries

Other: JH Girls Meet Victories
Year	Result
2008	Morris
2008	Milaca
2010	Frazee
2018	Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta

As published in CC Records (page 11).

Other: JV Girls Individual Meet Winners 2 entries

Other: JV Girls Individual Meet Winners
Year	Grade	Name	Meet
2019	10	Lexi Bright	Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta
2019	10	Lexi Bright	Breckenridge/Wahpeton

As published in CC Records (page 12).

Other: Lowest Winning Varsity Team Score 2 entries

Other: Lowest Winning Varsity Team Score
Team	Result
Boys	19: 2018 @ Melrose
Girls	35: 2018 @ Melrose

As published in CC Records (page 11).

Section 6A: Boys Section 6A Champion 3 entries

Section 6A: Boys Section 6A Champion
Year	Grade	Name
2010	12	Kyle Toms
2015	11	Ryley Nelson
2016	12	Ryley Nelson

As published in CC Records (page 4).

Section 6A: Boys Section 6A Championships 4 entries

Section 6A: Boys Section 6A Championships
Year
2015
2016
2018
2019

As published in CC Records (page 3).

Section 6A: Boys State Qualifiers 22 entries

Section 6A: Boys State Qualifiers
Year	Grade	Name	Place
2008	10	Kyle Toms	3rd
2009	11	Kyle Toms	6th
2010	12	Kyle Toms	1st
2013	12	Alex Toms	10th
2014	12	Devin Nelson	9th
2015	11	Ryley Nelson	1st
2015	12	Christian Swenson	3rd
2015	11	Ethan Olson	5th
2016	12	Ryley Nelson	1st
2016	9	Jacob Bright	2nd
2016	12	Ethan Olson	9th
2017	10	Jacob Bright	2nd
2017	10	Jack Van Kempen	11th
2018	11	Jacob Bright	2nd
2018	11	Jack Van Kempen	10th
2018	9	Kade Runge	11th
2018	10	Kyle Schill	12th
2019	12	Jacob Bright	2nd
2019	10	Alex Salwasser	5th
2019	12	Jack Van Kempen	6th
2019	10	Kade Runge	10th
2019	11	Kyle Schill	12th

As published in CC Records (page 3).

Section 6A: Boys State Qualifying Teams 6 entries

Section 6A: Boys State Qualifying Teams
Year
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

As published in CC Records (page 3).

Section 6A: Girls State Qualifiers 14 entries

Section 6A: Girls State Qualifiers
Year	Grade	Name	Place
2011	8	Abby Van Kempen	4th
2012	9	Abby Van Kempen	6th
2013	10	Abby Van Kempen	7th
2014	8	Ella Van Kempen	9th
2015	7	Brynn Fernholz	3rd
2015	9	Ella Van Kempen	8th
2016	7	Lexi Bright	4th
2017	8	Lexi Bright	2nd
2018	9	Lexi Bright	2nd
2018	11	Teagan Nelson	4th
2018	12	Ella Van Kempen	12th
2018	10	Brynn Fernholz	14th
2019	12	Teagan Nelson	11th
2019	10	Lexi Bright	12th

As published in CC Records (page 4).

State: Boys Participants 40 entries

State: Boys Participants
Year	Grade	Name	Place
2008	10	Kyle Toms	44th
2009	11	Kyle Toms	30th
2010	12	Kyle Toms	22nd
2013	12	Alex Toms	78th
2014	12	Devin Nelson	68th
2015	11	Ryley Nelson	8th
2015	12	Christian Swenson	15th
2015	11	Ethan Olson	68th
2015	8	Jacob Bright	86th
2015	11	Drake Swanson	154th
2015	7	Kyle Schill	166th
2015	8	Jack Van Kempen	169th
2016	12	Ryley Nelson	6th
2016	9	Jacob Bright	20th
2016	12	Ethan Olson	39th
2016	12	Drake Swanson	134th
2016	9	Jack Van Kempen	137th
2016	8	Kyle Schill	156th
2016	11	Chase Veldhouse	168th
2017	10	Jacob Bright	9th
2017	10	Jack Van Kempen	70th
2017	8	Kade Runge	91th
2017	9	Kyle Schill	121st
2017	10	Kaleb Getz	134th
2017	8	Alex Salwasser	149th
2017	8	Reubens Swanson	158th
2018	11	Jacob Bright	8th
2018	11	Jack Van Kempen	30th
2018	9	Kade Runge	42nd
2018	10	Kyle Schill	49th
2018	9	Alex Salwasser	112th
2018	9	Reubens Swanson	130th
2018	12	Bennett Grove	161st
2019	12	Jacob Bright	3rd
2019	12	Jack Van Kempen	9th
2019	10	Alex Salwasser	19th
2019	10	Kade Runge	45th
2019	11	Kyle Schill	53rd
2019	10	Reubens Swanson	131st
2019	10	Shad Swanson	143rd

As published in CC Records (pages 1, 2).

State: Boys Teams 6 entries

State: Boys Teams
Year	Result
2015	4th
2016	5th
2017	8th
2018	2nd
2019	2nd
2020	State Qualifier

As published in CC Records (page 1).

State: Girls Participants 29 entries

State: Girls Participants
Year	Grade	Name	Place
2011	8	Abby Van Kempen	90th
2012	9	Abby Van Kempen	125th
2013	10	Abby Van Kempen	111th
2014	8	Ella Van Kempen	136th
2015	9	Ella Van Kempen	60th
2015	7	Brynn Fernholz	85th
2016	7	Lexi Bright	92nd
2016	10	Ella Van Kempen	105th
2016	8	Brynn Fernholz	117th
2016	9	Teagan Nelson	138th
2016	8	Chloe Larue	161st
2016	7	Kennedy Porter	169th
2016	7	Kaitlyn Hanson	175th
2017	8	Lexi Bright	39th
2017	9	Brynn Fernholz	103th
2017	10	Teagan Nelson	109th
2017	11	Ella Van Kempen	110th
2017	8	Kennedy Porter	160th
2017	12	Stephanie Toms	172nd
2017	9	Carly Steiner	174th
2018	9	Lexi Bright	54th
2018	11	Teagan Nelson	61st
2018	10	Brynn Fernholz	100th
2018	12	Ella Van Kempen	101st
2018	7	Terina Blascyk	136th
2018	7	Taylor Bennett	147th
2018	9	Kennedy Porter	154th
2019	12	Teagan Nelson	91st
2019	10	Lexi Bright	117th

As published in CC Records (pages 2, 3).

State: Girls Teams 3 entries

State: Girls Teams
Year	Result
2016	15th
2017	15th
2018	9th

As published in CC Records (page 2).