NEGAUNEE — Carson Vanderschaaf was feeling under the weather and finished 17th in the Upper Peninsula Division 1 Cross Country Finals at Flat Rock Oct. 22.

Despite his misfortune, the Marquette senior earned Boys’ Runner of the Year honors in recent virtual voting by the Upper Peninsula Cross Country Coaches Association.

Vanderschaaf placed eighth among 227 runners in the Division 1 race in the Portage Invitational, covering the 3.1-mile course in a personal-best 15 minutes, 43.1 seconds.

He was the frontrunner among U.P. runners through most of the season prior to missing the Great Northern Conference meet due to illness.

Joining him on the Dream Team are Gladstone senior Drew Hughes, Sault Ste. Marie freshman Gabe Litzner and senior Cody Aldridge, Marquette seniors Colin Vanderschaaf and Brady Ketzenberger, Dollar Bay senior Amos Norland and Negaunee senior Judge Anderson.

Hughes captured his third consecutive Mid-Peninsula Conference title and was runner-up to Litzner in the U.P. Finals.

Colin Vanderschaaf copped the Great Northern Conference title. Norland took the Copper Mountain Conference championship and Anderson became the champion in the WestPAC Conference championship race on his home course Oct. 13.

Newberry freshman Samantha Taylor was selected GIrls’ Runner of the Year.

Other Dream Team picks include junior teammate Kaylen Clark, Sault senior Cassandra Gallagher, Ishpeming junior Lola Korpi, Houghton freshman Tessa Rautiola, Marquette junior Monet Argeropoulos and freshman Ella Fure and Negaunee senior Endla Harris.

Taylor, who was runner-up by four seconds to Korpi in the Queen City Invitational at Marquette Aug. 26, went undefeated through the remainder of the season.

She copped the Eastern U.P. and Straits Area Conference Jamboree titles prior to taking the U.P. D-3 championship.

Clark, who came into this season as defending U.P. champion, overcame an ankle injury to take runner-up honors in this year’s Finals.

Korpi gained her second straight U.P. D-2 title and was crowned Mid-Peninsula Conference champion for the third straight time. Harris was runner-up in the M-PC.

Rautiola earned top honors and Korpi took second in the WestPAC Conference championship race at Negaunee.

Argeropoulos earned the Great Northern Conference title and Fure placed second Oct. 13 in Escanaba.

Coach of the Year honors went to Marquette’s Derek Marr (D-1), Painesdale Jeffers’ Sam Kilpela (D-2) and Munising’s Mark Kinnunen (D-3).

Other area boys earning all-state recognition include Gladstone sophomore Aaron Hughes and junior Tanner Howes in D-1, Manistique sophomore Ben Gilroy and senior Grant Mason (D-2) and Holy Name sophomore Dan Carlson (D-3).

Additional girls’ all-state recipients are Escanaba’s Alicia Mabie (D-1), Manistique freshman Maya Carlson and North Central’s Hope Varoni (D-2) and Superior Central freshman Kiera McDonnald (D-3).

Those receiving All-U.P. honors are North Central’s Wes Knauf (D-2 boys), Superior Central eighth-grader Will Spranger (D-3 boys) and the Cougars’ Madisen Begovac (D-3 girls).

Manistique senior Clara Gilroy (D-2 girls) received honorable mention.

All-Upper Peninsula cross country

Dream Team

Boys — Carson and Colin Vanderschaaf and Brady Ketzenberger, Marquette; Drew Hughes, Gladstone; Gabe Litzner and Cody Aldridge, Sault Ste. Marie; Amos Norland, Dollar Bay; Judge Anderson, Negaunee.

Girls — Samantha Taylor and Kaylen Clark, Newberry; Cassandra Gallagher, Sault Ste. Marie; Lola Korpi, Ishpeming; Tessa Rautiola, Negaunee; Monet Argeropoulos and Ella Fure, Marquette; Endla Harris, Negaunee.

All-state

Boys

Division 1 — Gabe Litzner and Cody Aldridge, Sault Ste. Marie; Drew and Aaron Hughes and Tanner Howes, Gladstone; Brady Ketzenberger, Peter Argeropoulos, Chase Thomsen, Colin Vanderschaaf, Cullen Papin and Adam White, Marquette; Judge Anderson, Negaunee; Cyrus Hamlin, Isaiah Lawson and Birk Seagren, Houghton.

Division 2 — Tavin Larson, Landon Larson, Cameron Anderson, Brit Heinonen and Trayton Helminen, Painesdale Jeffers; Joey Larson, Alexander Korpela and Zach Smith, Ironwood; Todd Kilpela, Hancock; Ben Gilroy and Grant Mason, Manistique; Levi Nicholls and Preston Gauthier, Ishpeming; Thomas Jenkins, Gwinn.

Division 3 — Amos Norland and Joshua Gaunt, Dollar Bay; Hayden Hagen, Pickford; Trevor Nolan and Dan Goss, Munising; Griffin Brown and Jacob Ross, Stephenson; Tucker Shannon and Kalvin Kytta, Chassell; Joe Carlson, Holy Name; Conrad Spieles, Duane Krenk and Dakota Taylor, Engadine; Ethan Lawrence and John Wheeler, Republic-Michigamme.

Girls

Division 1 — Tessa Rautiola, Lily Ross, Ayla Miller, Claire Filpus, Jewel Laux and Katie Sarau, Houghton; Cassandra Gallagher, Sault Ste. Marie; Ella Fure, Monet Argeropoulos, Abby Harma, Tessa Bruns and Elodie Malherbe, Marquette; Endla Harris, Negaunee; Attica Brandt, Menominee; Alisha Mabie, Escanaba.

Division 2 — Lola Korpi and Laynie Korpi, Ishpeming; Maya Carlson and Calista Watchhorn, Manistique; Natalie Stone, Gogebic; Lilley and Aubrey Smith, Ironwood; Ella Keranen, Mayle Kilpela, Rayna Towles and Liana Berg, Hancock; Wisteria Brady, St. Ignace; Hope Varoni, North Central; Ellie Delene and Logan DesRochers, Baraga.

Division 3 — Samantha Taylor and Kaylen Clark, Newberry; Monique Brisson, Hattie and Olivia Cotey, Dayne Behning and Kate Mattson, Munising; Kiera McDonnald, Superior Central; Lauren Adams, Norway; Taryn Maki, Dollar Bay; Leah French, Engadine; Kayela Putnam and Faith Cappaert, Stephenson; Emma Mitchell, Rudyard; Lillianna Cason, Cedarville-DeTour.

All-U.P.

Boys

Division 1 — Carson Vanderschaaf, Marquette; Simon Jaklin, Negauee.

Division 2 — Wes Knauf and Jesse Sampson, North Central; Jordan Libertoski, Gogebic.

Division 3 — Cannon Kuntze, Stephenson; Sam Rahilly, Newberry; Will Spranger, Superior Central.

Girls

Division 1 — Kiira Berg, Calumet; Kiira Niska, Houghton; Calla Armstrong, Sault Ste. Marie

Division 2 — Macy Becker, St. Igance; Emily Moore, Hancock

Division 3 — Makeenah Uotila, Ontonagon; Julia Prunick, Munising; Madisen Begovac, Superior Central.

Honorable mention

Boys

Division 1 — John Plaxco, Negaunee and Logan Haskins, Sault Ste. Marie.

Girls

Division 1 — Retta Boburka, Westwood.

Division 2 — Clara Gilroy, Manistique.

SPECIAL AWARDS

Boys’ Runner of the Year — Carson Vanderschaaf, Marquette

Girls’ Runner of the Year — Samantha Taylor, Newberry

Coach of the Year — Derek Marr, Marquette (D-1); Sam Kilpela, Painesdale Jeffers (D-2); Mark Kinnunen, Munising (D-3).

Team of the Year — Marquette boys and Houghton girls (D-1); Painesdale Jeffers boys and Hancoc girls (D-2); Stephenson boys and Munising girls (D-3).