THE HISTORY OF WACONIA XC
Team Historical Timeline
Ancient XC History (1975 - 78)
Head Coach - Mel Anderson 1971 - 1977
Modern XC History (1990 - Present)
Head Coach - Clark Machtemus* 1990 - 2012
Assistant Coaches:
Sandy Wasness
Monica Pahl
Ingrid Ulvestad
Don Skerik
Todd Klein
Christian Gilbert
Jake Hockinson
Head Coach - Christian Gilbert Co-Head 2013 - 2023
Assistant Coaches:
Don Skerik
Jake Hockinson
Megan Genz*
Audra Lehrke*
Peter Hess
Justin Ratzlaff*
Mark Bullis*
Lexi Willems*
Rob Heinley
Jared Lenz
Lauren Lesher
Head Coaches -
Christian Gilbert Girls 2024 - Present
Mark Bullis* Boys 2024 - Present
* = indicates that they also ran as an athlete in our program #bam
Conference Team Championships
Guys – 2001, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Gals – 1998, 2000, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
All-Conference Individual Honors
1991
Julie Plocher
1992
Julie Plocher
1996
Christy Jensen (also Section Champion)
1997
Christy Jensen (also Section Champion)
Natalie Timmers
1998
Sonja Ellingson, Natalie Timmers, Cristy Jensen & Jenny Schnobrich
1999
Sonja Ellingson, Cristy Jensen, Natalie Timmers, Ben Berndt & Eric Ellingson
2000
Sonja Ellingson, Natalie Timmers, Tabitha Deleeuw, Kaylee Rasmussen, Marc Ellingson, Eric Ellingson & Philip Litfin
2001
Sonja Ellingson, Kaylee Rasmussen, Marc Ellingson, Eric Ellingson, Philip Litfin & Alex Krukowski
2002
Kaylee Rasmussen, Olivia Boll, Philip Litfin & Alex Krukowski
2003
Mackenzie Collins & Mathew Neubauer
2004
Amanda Iverson & Mathew Neubauer
2006
Julia Johnson
2007
Chelsea Wickenhauser, Kelsey Wenning & Hallie Miller
2008
Gattlin Miller, Lexi Willems & Chelsea Wickenhauser
2009
Lexi Willems, Chelsea Wickenhauser & Julia Johnson
2010
Lexi Willems
2011
Lexi Willems
2012
Lexi Willems
2013
Lexi Willems, Alora Rands, Alex Carrabre
2014
Alex Carrabre, Carissa Dock, Alora Rands, Mallory Vacek
2015
Alex Carrabre
2016
Kaleesa Houston, Jamie Sorenson, Adam Ebent, Kal McDonough & Sawyer Aleckson
2017
Kaleesa Houston, Maya Lindstrom, Aubrey Mair, Jamie Sorenson, Mallory Vacek, Adam Ebent, Simon Razidlo & Kal McDonough
2018
Kaleesa Houston, Mallory Vacek, Addy Kaeding, Kate Ulrich, Simon Razidlo, and Trigg Capistrant-Kinney
2019
Mallory Vacek, Jamie Sorenson, Kate Ulrich, Addy Kaeding & Ryne Anderson
2020
Addy Kaeding, Kate Ulrich, Aubrey Mair, Amelia Herold, Madeline Lage, Mark Rud
NO PICTURE - Covid19
2021 - 1st year in Metro West Conference
Addy Kaeding, Amelia Herold, Madeline Lage, Mark Rud, Jack Ulrich
2022 -
Madeline Lage, Avery Hess, Jack Ulrich & Amelia Herold (not pictured below)
2023 -
Madeline Lage, Avery Hess, Amelia Herold, Brekken Miller, Jaidee Goehring , Jack Ulrich & Mitchell Moyer
2024 -
Danica Kendrick, Jaidee Goehring, Avery Hess, Brekken Miller, Hazel Dubbe, Mitchell Moyer, & Soren Kendrick
2025 -
Mitchell Moyer, Jaidee Goehring, Britt Hendrickson, Mackenzie Meuleners, Devin Hess,
Danica Kendrick, Brekken Miller, Avery Hess, Hazel Dubbe & Ian Lage
State Team Appearances
1998 State Class A team: 4k 14th place/16 teams
10th Grade: Cristy Jensen (14th place) 15:23
10th Grade: Natalie Timmers (66th place) 16:29
8th grade: Sonja Ellingson (78th place) 16:37
9th grade: Jenny Schnobrich (123rd place) 17:37
10th Grade: Kristin Pletsch (141st place) 18:14
8th Grade: Morgan Berndt (143rd place) 18:27
Alt - Leslie Litfin & Anna Warness
1999 State Class A team 4k: 7th place/16 teams
11th grade: Cristy Jensen (7th place) 15:21
9th grade: Sonja Ellingson (56th place) 16:15
8th grade: Kaylee Rasmussen (89th place) 16:53
11th grade: Kristin Pletsch (122nd place) 17:32
10th grade: Tabitha Deleeuw (123rd place) 17:33
10th grade: Jenny Schnobrich (129th place) 17:38
2020 State Class AA Team: (Section 2 AA Champions)
11th Grade: Addy Kaeding 19:05.0
12th Grade: Kate Ulrich 20:49.6
12th Grade: Aubrey Mair 20:16.0
9th Grade: Amelia Herold 19:16.8
9th Grade: Madeline Lage 19:38.1
11th Grade: Maya Lindstrom 21:30.8
12th Grade: Emily Gustafson DNF
**due to Covid19 the 2020 State Championship was not contested
*times listed are from Section Championship
2025 State Class AAA 5th Place Team: (Section 2 AAA Champions)
10th Avery Hess 18:34.0 (19th Place)
7th Devin Hess 19:12.7
12th Danica Kendrick 19:18.1
9th Hazel Dubbe 19:19.7
10th Brekken Miller 19:23.3
7th Britt Hendrickson 19:26.4
11th Jaidee Goehring 19:26.7
Alternates:
8th Byrnn Waterhouse
7th Mackenzie Mueleners
10th Charley Ronglien
State Individual XC Appearances
1991
Julie Plocher
1994
Becky Leppard
1995
Becky Leppard
1996
Christy Jensen (19th)
1997
Christy Jensen (10th)
1998
Girls Team (Section 4A Champions)
Ben Berndt
1999
Girls Team
2000
Natalie Timmers
**Note: Waconia moved from class A to AA in 2002
2009
Lexi Willems
2010
Lexi Willems (62nd)
2011
Lexi Willems
2013
Lexi Willems & Alex Carrabre
2014
Alex Carrabre & Alora Rands
2015
Alex Carrabre
2016
Kaleesa Houston
2017
Kaleesa Houston
2018
Kaleesa Houston
2019
Adorisa Kaeding
2020
Girls Team (Section 2AA Champions)
**Note: Waconia moved from class AA to AAA in 2021
2021
Adorisa Kaeding
2022
Madeline Lage (8th)
2023
Madeline Lage
2024
Danica Kendrick, Jaidee Goehring, Avery Hess & Mitchell Moyer
2025
Girls Team (Section 2AAA Champions)
XC School 5k Records
Guys
#1 - 16:05.0 Alex Carrabre (15)
#2 - 16:31.4 Mitchell Moyer (25)
#3 - 16:35.3 Soren Kendrick (24)
Gals
#1 - 18:17.69 Madeline Lage (22)
#2 – 18:25.3 Kaleesa Houston (18)
#3 - 18:34.0 Avery Hess (25)
