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Published October 25, 2012, 12:00 AM

Photo gallery: Section 7A cross country championships


Proctor runners Zach Smith (No. 731), Matt Welch (center) and Jacob Welch (733) at the start of Thursday’s Section 7A cross country championships at Cloquet Country Club.Proctor won the boy’s race with 53 points; Esko finished second with 55. Individually, Matt Welch finished first; Jacob Welch finished third, and Smith finished seventh. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)

  • Proctor runners Zach Smith (No. 731), Matt Welch (center) and Jacob Welch (733) at the start of Thursday’s Section 7A cross country championships at Cloquet Country Club.Proctor won the boy’s race with 53 points; Esko finished second with 55. Individually, Matt Welch finished first; Jacob Welch finished third, and Smith finished seventh. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Proctor’s Matt Welch leads the pack early in the Section 7A cross country championship race on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012 in Cloquet. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Mesabi East runners Danny Radtke (left) and Sam Johnson flank Proctor’s Zach Smith during Thursday’s race. Radtke finished second; Johnson fourth and Smith seventh. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • The Esko girls cross country team find what shelter they can under some pines before Thursday's race in Cloquet. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • The Esko girls cross country team runs past a fallen competitor at the start of Thursday’s second championships. The Esko team won the race with 45 points – far ahead of second place International Falls, which had 103 points. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Esko’s Marisa Shady nears the finish line Thursday. She won the race with a time of 15:30.2. Teammate Kailee Kiminski finished second 12.5 seconds later. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Esko’s Marisa Shady lies on the snow-covered ground to recover after her first-place finish Thursday. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)