Holy Family boys and girls cross country teams are consistently two of the top performing and ranked high school cross country teams Minnesota high school athletics sees. Head coach Ron Hoffman also coaches our track team. Fire Girls and Boys Cross Country have multiple individual and team conference and section championships as well as state meet appearances and medals.
Our cross country program is a terrific opportunity for runners with all levels of experience to participate and develop their skills while enjoying a competitive team environment. Many winter and spring sports athletes appreciate the offseason conditioning cross country provides and soon fall in love with this lifetime sport.
Holy Family 2006 alumna Bria Wetsch’s Minnesota State Cross Country record still stands ten years after she earned it. Due to her notable high school career as a cross country and track and field athlete, Bria, a NCAA Division I Signee, competed at the collegiate level for the University of Oregon—one of the top running programs in the country. While competing in college, Bria qualified and competed twice at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, running her personal best 6K time of 20:41.2, and qualified and ran in the 2016 Olympic Trials in Los Angeles, California.
In fall of 2016, Kendra Franck signed her Letter of Intent to run with the University of North Dakota’s cross country and track program. Franck brought the total to 11 current HF alumni running in college programs as of fall 2016.
