PRESCOTT — The Prescott cross-country teams opened their 2026 season Thursday, Aug. 27 at their home invitational. Nine teams competed, highlighted by:

• Bloomer with one of the top girls teams in the state,
• Croix Central with one of strongest boys and girls programs in western Wisconsin, plus
• Totino-Grace and PACT Legacy, who traveled to Prescott from Minnesota.

The Prescott girls finished fourth in the team competition and the Cardinal boys earned a sixth-place finish. St. Croix Central’s girls and Totino-Grace’s boys defended their team titles from 2024 and 2025. Each earned narrow victories with the SCC girls edging Bloomer by a single point, 44-45. On the boys side, T-G tied with SCC and won the title by virtue of a tiebreaker.

Medalists for the Cardinals:

• Kyra Dix (12) finished second in the girls race with a time of 18:41 over the demanding Prescott course. Dix’s time was only 7 seconds off her personal best of 18:34.
• Dawson Langer (10) ran 10^th against the boys with a 19:07.

Other varsity scorers for Prescott:

Prescott girls finishes:

16^th Emma Schmitz [12], 23:48

29^th Kyla Gotzinger [11], 25:42

37^th Brooklyn Huppert [10], 27:17

42^nd Mariana Jackson [11], 28:05

46^th Vera Martin [9], 28:55

48^th Amelia Haeg  [11]  29:23

Prescott boys finishes:

28^th Rowan Bauman [12], 20:26

36^th Connor Anderson [11], 20:53

38^th Quinn Justen [12], 20:55

43^rd Broderick West [12], 21:22

53^rd Wyatt Fortney [11], 22:09

60^th Jordan Timmins [11]. 22:23

The race was a showcase of western Wisconsin distance talent. Ciara Hartman of Bloomer took the girls individual title with an 18:03. Prescott’s Dix was second with her 18:41, and Macie Boe of Amery rounded out the top three with a 19:12. Hartman, Dix, and Boe last met in June at the WIAA Track and Field state meet in the 3,200 meters. In that race, Hartman was second, Boe third, and Dix fifth. Jack Schauer of SCC won the boys individual race with a 16:41; Schauer’s distance resume includes a sixth-place finish in the 2025 WIAA State Cross-Country meet.

The Cardinal harriers compete next in the Somerset Invitational on Thursday, Sept. 3.

Submitted by Prescott Cross Country