Lulu Loegering not stopping until her goal is accomplished

LAMOURE, N.D. — When it comes to her cross-country career, Lulu Loegering has one goal. "My goal is to win the XC (cross-country) state championship," Loegering said. She was close to accomplishing that goal earlier this year. Loegering, a junior out of LaMoure/Litchville-Marion's cross-country program, placed third at the 2026 NDHSAA Class B State Cross-Country Championships on Oct. 23. She finished the race with a time of 19 minutes, 12 seconds. The junior has been running cross-country since seventh grade. "I didn t really know what I wanted to do for sports, so I just went out for XC and never wanted to quit," Loegering said. "My first memory was my first race. I was finishing the 3K, and my dad was running next to me, cheering me on. He didn t realize that I could have gotten disqualified because he was running alongside me. Thankfully someone told him in time." In her first year, Loegering's best time was 21:07. Her first, first-place finish came her