The Moorhead Spuds swept the Section 8AAA Championship, with the boys claiming a decisive team title and the girls clinching their first section crown since 2005 on the meet's final event. Eight teams contested both sides of the bracket: Moorhead, Alexandria, Bemidji, Brainerd, Elk River, Monticello, St. Michael-Albertville, and Sartell.

The Moorhead boys took the lead early and never gave it back, finishing with a 56-point margin to claim the Section 8AAA title. The Spuds collected eight section championships across sprints, distance, jumps, and relays.

Zak Walker had the day of the meet for the boys, sweeping section titles in the 100 (10.84), 200 (20.92 PB), and long jump (23-10), and anchoring the section-champion 4x200. Eli Schlichting took the 800 in 1:59.34 and ran a leg on both the 4x400 (2nd, 3:25.57) and the section-champion 4x800 (8:00.92). In the high jump, Shadrach Zuo and Micah Zimmerman went 1-2 at 6-02. In the long jump, Moorhead swept the podium with Walker, Zuo, and Espen Bement (22-01 PB) going 1-2-3. Freshman Courage Sayiah won the triple jump at 44-09.50 PB, joined at State by teammates Madison Suah (4th, 44-02.75 PB) and Charles Martin (5th, 44-00.75 PB). The Spuds will send six different athletes to the State Meet in the horizontal jumps alone.

Jesse Adatsi punched his state ticket with a 2nd-place 39.74 PB in the 300 hurdles. The 4x200 of Dalton Jones, Edmund Wotoe, Shadrach Zuo, and Zak Walker won in 1:27.43, setting a new Moorhead school record. The 4x800 of Oliver Carlson, Conner Copeland, Wyatt Myklebust, and Eli Schlichting captured the title in 8:00.92. The 4x100 of Madison Suah, Edmund Wotoe, Espen Bement, and Shadrach Zuo took 2nd in 42.31 to advance, and the 4x400 of Jones, Myklebust, E. Schlichting, and Tavan Schlichting took 2nd in 3:25.57. In the distance, Kade Polomny placed 5th in the 1600 (4:38.04 PB) and 4th in the 3200 (10:12.58), and Wes Brouillard backed him with a 7th (1600) and 12th (3200). In the throws, Sam Jacobson posted a discus PB at 146-00 for 5th.

The Moorhead girls won the Section 8AAA title on the final event of the meet, with the 4x400 of Lauren Gess, Audrey Humeniuk, Lillian Humeniuk, and Avery Marquardt crossing in 3:59.11 to take both the relay and the team title. It is Moorhead's first section meet championship since 2005, and the Spuds won the team title by just 6.5 points over St. Michael-Albertville.

The Spuds built their case all afternoon on depth. Kaityn Walthers, Romedna Gaye, Nadia Davis, and Quinn Erickson combined for a section-title 4x100 in 47.71, and Walthers added a 3rd in the open 100 (12.21), and Erickson reached the 200 finals. Audrey Humeniuk, a freshman, ran a 56.80 PB to take 2nd in the open 400 and qualify for State. Avery Marquardt placed 4th in the 400 (58.79 PB) and joined Humeniuk on the qualifying 4x400.

In the hurdles, Annabelle Hedlund placed 3rd in the 100 hurdles (15.99) and Rachel Freeman 5th (16.15). Ruby Martin had a busy day, qualifying for State in the triple jump (3rd, 36-11 PB), placing 4th in the long jump (17-02.50 PB), and finishing 6th in the 300 hurdles final (49.84). Ava Mattison earned a podium finish in the pole vault at 9-10 PB for 3rd. In the throws, Hazel Schmidt placed 6th in the shot put. Distance scored across the 1600 and 3200, with Sophia Johnson, Brooklyn Johnson, and Addy Stordahl all in the top 11 of the 1600 and the Johnsons going 5th and 8th in the 3200. The 4x200 (L. Humeniuk, Erickson, Davis, Walthers) took 2nd in 1:43.48, and the 4x800 (Gess, A. Humeniuk, L. Humeniuk, Ellie Rossland) took 2nd in 9:19.13. All four open relays will run at State.