Stevens Point swept the team titles at the WIAA Division 1 sectional cross country meet on Saturday, and Marshfield finished second in both races to send its boys and girls teams to state as well.
The Stevens Point boys scored 39 points, ahead of Marshfield at 68 and D.C. Everest at 75. In the girls race, Stevens Point scored 54 points to edge Marshfield (69) and Hortonville (75).
D.C. Everest junior Will VanSlyke won the boys race in 15:42.3. Stevens Point sophomore Fisher Carroll and junior Garrett Strong finished second and third, while Marshfield junior Marshall Neve was fourth and sophomore Christopher Berg fifth.
Wausau West sophomore Anna Colwell won the girls race in 18:43.4. Marshfield sophomore Jenna McDaniel placed third, and Stevens Point senior Tessa Bruckhart led a Panthers lineup that put all seven of its runners in the top 24 without a top-five finisher.
Ten individual qualifiers also advanced, including Wausau West's Eli Akey, Charlie Scharer and Olivia Benes and D.C. Everest's Kathryn Merritt and Morgan Pagel.
The WIAA State Cross Country Championships are set for Saturday, Oct. 31, at The Ridges Golf Course in Wisconsin Rapids.
