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A pair of area runners got their feet wet at the Class A state cross country meet at the University of Minnesota Saturday.

Pacelli eighth grader Zemecha McManus took 123rd with a time of 18:12.2 in the boys race and Blooming Prairie sophomore Gloria Hernandez finished in 58th place with a PR time of 20:31.3. 

Audrey Brownell of Staples-Motley took first in the girls race with a time of 18:17.2 and Erik Smeling of Winona Cotter took first in the boys race with a time of 15:23.5.