Park got the 2026 season off to a fast start Friday in the cross country opener in the Cretin-Derham Hall Invitational at Lake Elmo Park Reserve.

Led by Henry Joa’s third-place finish in the nous 5K, the Wolfpack placed three boys in the top ten, and Jana Hafiz made it in the girls top 10.

Joa was third in 17:30, Liam Fleming seventh (19:21.2) and Ben Paulsen ninth (19:36.6).

Hafiz finished seventh in the girls' race in 23:49.0.

The Park boys were second in the team race with 57 points. St. Paul Como Park placed five runners in the top 10 and won the meet with 21 points. Park was second, St. Paul Academy & Summit School third with 65, Cretin-Derham Hall fourth with 116 and St. Paul Humboldt/Open World Learning fifth with 121.

The Wolfpack girls finished third. St. Payl Academy edged St. Paul Como Park for the team title, 35-40/ Park and Cretin tied for third with 76 points.

Marshall Bowe was 15th (20:55.1), Jay Halstead-Delgado 28th (22:59.7), Will Mann 29th (23:12.5), Dominic Kamau 32nd (23:30.2), Eli Vargas 33rd (23:4.7). Adam Kluz 44th (26:13.2) and John Voyda 53rd (30:44.1).

Alli Devin was 13th (24:53.7), Bella Walker 19th (25:55.4), Myra Albrecht 19th (26:00.3), Ramsey Nelson 21st (26:14.0), Alaina Murphy 23rd (26:33.5), Eva McMorrow 25th (29:05.3) and Joyce Yang 27th (30:27.8).

Park sophomore Nolan Bowe won the boys 3,200-meter race in 12:45.1.

The Wolfpack will host East Ridge, Hastings, Cretin-Derham Hall and Trinity School in their only home meet of the season Thursday in the Grey Cloud Invite at Cottage Grove Middle School/Grey Cloud Elementary. The meet starts at 5 p.m. with the boys' race, followed by the girls.

Joa was second in last year’s race and the Park boys a close third in the team race. Hafiz was sixth in last fall’s face and the Wolfpack girls third in the team score.