2023 All-U.P. Girls Cross Country Awards Released; MSHS Repeats As “Team of the Year” With Three On “Dream Team”

2023 All-U.P. Girls Cross Country Awards Released; MSHS Repeats As “Team of the Year” With Three On “Dream Team”

After the MSHS Girls Cross Country team repeated as MHSAA U.P. Division 1 Champions and match the Division 1 Finals team score record, MSHS had several runners earn postseason accolades.

Honors were voted on by high school coaches within the Upper Peninsula Cross Country Coaches Association and included major awards for “Team of the Year”, “Runner of the Year”, “Coaching Staff of the Year” and the All-U.P. “Dream Team”, to go along with the All-State accolades for those finishing in the top-15 and All-U.P. status for those finishing in places 16-25 at the 2023 MHSAA U.P. Cross Country Finals.

2023 U.P. Girls Cross Country Major Awards:

  • U.P. Girls Division 1 “Team of the YearMarquette 
  • U.P. Girls Co-“Runners of the Year”Talya Schreiber – Pickford; Lola Korpi – Ishpeming
  • U.P. Girls Division 1 “Coaching Staff of the Year”Marquette (Head Coach Derek Marr, Assistant Coach Paige DuBois)

2023 Girls Cross Country All-U.P. “Dream Team” (all divisions):

  • Talya Schreiber – Pickford
  • Lola Korpi – Ishpeming
  • Ella Fure – Marquette
  • Samantha Taylor – Newberry
  • Monet Argeropoulos – Marquette
  • Abby Taylor – Newberry
  • Tessa Rautiola – Houghton

2023 Girls Cross Country All-U.P. “Dream Team” Honorable Mention (all divisions):

  • Roman Peterlin – Houghton
  • Abby Harma – Marquette
  • Kaylen Clark – Newberry

2023 Girls Cross Country All-State Team (Division 1):

  • Ella Fure – Marquette
  • Monet Argeropoulos – Marquette
  • Roman Peterlin – Houghton
  • Tessa Rautiola – Houghton
  • Abby Harma – Marquette
  • Marlee Plaxco – Negaunee
  • Cora Wernholm – Marquette
  • Tessa Bruns – Marquette
  • Alisha Mabie – Escanaba
  • Abigail Walther – Sault Ste. Marie
  • Eryn Veverka – Marquette
  • Lily Ross – Houghton
  • Riley Conklin – Negaunee
  • Hope Varoni – Powers North Central
  • Katie Sarau – Houghton

2023 Girls Cross Country All-U.P. Team (Division 1):

  • Retta Boburka – Westwood
  • Maija Maki-Warne – Marquette
  • Stephanie Jones – Sault Ste. Marie
  • Addy Hallum – Westwood
  • Elise Proulx – Sault Ste. Marie
  • Ayla Miller – Houghton
  • Jovie Williams – Houghton
  • Calla Armstrong – Sault Ste. Marie
  • Seere Helms-Gleason – Negaunee
  • Dayna Szabo – Sault Ste. Marie