Four Marshfield cross country runners honored as all-state recipients

January 14, 2020 paul Cross Country, Marshfield Comments Off on Four Marshfield cross country runners honored as all-state recipients
Four Marshfield cross country runners were honored Monday during the boys basketball game at Marshfield High School for earning Academic All-State honors for the 2019 season. From left, are head coach Dan Akin, all-state honorees Joseph McKee, Joshua McKee, Eliana Kanitz, and Michaela Dick, and assistant coach
Denny Christenson. (Photo by Stuart Sundby/For MarshfieldAreaSports.com)

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The Wisconsin Cross Country Coaches Association recently announced its all-state cross country award winners for the 2019 season.

Marshfield freshman Michaela Dick, sophomore Eliana Kanitz, and seniors Joshua McKee and Joseph McKee earned all-state honors for the Tigers.

Dick qualified for her first state meet while earning a 3.777 GPA, and Kanitz placed 33rd overall in the Division 1 girls meet at state and had a 3.714 GPA during the first quarter of the current school year to earn Academic All-State honors.

To earn Academic All-State honors, the student-athlete must have qualified for the 2019 WIAA State Cross Country Meet and had a grade-point average of at least a 3.5 on a 4.0 scale.

Joseph McKee placed 17th and Joshua McKee took 21st in the Division 1 boys state meet for the Tigers, earning second-team all-state accolades from the WCCCA.