2022 MSHSAA State Championship Class 5 Girls Recap

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The MSHSAA Class 5 girls competition featured the state championship team also having the state champion runner.

Lafayette (Wildwood) senior Grace Tyson repeated as the champion in the Class 5 girls race - becoming the first girl to do so, though the classification is only three years old.

Tyson is the first girl to repeat in MSHSAA's largest classification since Hannah Long of Eureka won the 2013-14 titles.

Tyson, an Indiana commit, didn't lose a race this year but she only ran in four races due to a foot injury suffered while winning the Forest Park XC Invitational on Sept. 10.

She's been out since but returned to win the individual title, one of three Lancers in the top five - which paved the way for the team championship.

"I'm so proud of my team for getting me here; I didn't even race in districts," Tyson said. "My foot is not 100 percent right now but I needed to come back and I'm so happy today and I'm so proud of these girls."

Tyson ran 18:10.6 to win, hold...