Tim Kersey doesn’t carry his phone with him at cross country meets. But Como Park’s coach had a deal in place with Cougars star alum and current assistant coach Innocent Murwanashyaka for the state meet on Nov. 1.

Murwanashyaka would pull up the results at meet’s end, find Kersey and hand him his phone without saying a word.

So, that’s what he did.

When the time came, Kersey grabbed the phone, took one brief glance, and threw Murwanashyaka’s phone to the ground. The Cougars had turned in a dream performance, with everyone in the lineup producing career- or season-best times. Charlie Loth won the individual title. Ben Clark placed ninth, Arthur Anderson was 11th.

Most important, Como Park’s boys were the Class 2A team state champions.

The Cougars owned the day. The titles — both Loth’s

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