CIF STATE CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
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Montgomery freshman Hanne Thomsen wins state cross country title
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| Montgomery High School freshman Hanne Thomsen reaches the finish line to win the CIF State Division 3 cross country meet on Nov. 27, 2021 in Fresno. |
PETER FOURNIER
FOR THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
November 27, 2021, 7:15PM
For full results from the CIF State cross country meet, visit
https://www.rtspt.com/events/cif/xc2021/.
Tragedy, adversity and a state championship.
That’s the story of Montgomery High’s 2021 cross country season.
Vikings freshman Hanne Thomsen stunned many across California’s prep
running scene on Saturday morning, winning the CIF State Division 3 girls
cross country championship ahead of two-time state champion and senior Riley
Chamberlain of Del Oro — beating the upperclassman by exactly three seconds
at Fresno’s Woodward Park.
Thomsen’s state championship concludes a somewhat tumultuous season for the
Vikings, which was darkened by the death of longtime running coach Bryan
Bradley while coaching a practice at Trione-Annadel State Park in late
August.
Coach Melody Karpinski said the goal when she and Bradley — also a co-head
coach for the Vikings in track — came on in 2016 was to get the athletes
back to state, something she said hadn’t happened since 2008.
They had qualifiers go to state in 2017, 2018 and 2019, but Thomsen is the
first state champion Karpinski or Bradley had ever coached.
“We had always been a team since coming on board as head coaches,”
Karpinski said.
Although Bradley wasn’t there to see it, the accomplishment would have made
him proud, Karpinski said. Thomsen staved off a final push by Chamberlain in
the final 800 meters.
“It was definitely a fight there between the (600-meter mark) and the 300,
but Hanne pulled it out,” she said.
Thomsen said she was at the front of the pack for the majority of the race,
and started to take control near the middle of the contest.
After the big hill in the middle, I was able to pull away a little bit, and
that’s when I was like, ‘I think I have a chance,’” she said.
The newly crowned state champion appreciated the work put in by her
coaches, including Bradley, to get her to the top.
“I hope that Bryan will be proud of me,” she said.
Thomsen’s title run is the first for Montgomery since Sara Bei’s four-peat
from 1997-2001. Bei won the first two in Division 3 and the last two in
Division 2, according to Redwood Empire Running’s Jim Crowhurst, a
chronicler of local running marks.
Interview Video Link: https://www.dyestat.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=videos&video_id=312362
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| Montgomery of Santa Rosa freshman Hanne Thomsen finished in 17:38 on the 5-kilometer layout at Woodward Park in Fresno to claim the California state Division 3 girls title. Hanne held off defending champion Riley Chamberlain who was the last freshman to win the Division 3 title back in 2018. |
MileSplit Interwiev - Link
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| 488 Riley Chamberlain er stærk, erfaren. Det er bare ikke nok. Det kræver også mental styrke og kapacitet at vinde. |
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