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Peerless leaders: The Star Tribune Athletes of the Year in individual fall sports

December 17, 2019 at 2:30PM
The Star Tribune's Athletes of the Year in fall individualized sports (clockwise from upper left): Stillwater's Analee Weaver (girls' cross-country), Blake's Arlina Shen (girls' tennis), Abby Kapeller (girls' swimming) and St. Paul Highland Park's Oliver Paleen (boys' cross-country).
The Star Tribune's Athletes of the Year in fall individualized sports (clockwise from upper left): Stillwater's Analee Weaver (girls' cross-country), Blake's Arlina Shen (girls' tennis), Abby Kapeller (girls' swimming) and St. Paul Highland Park's Oliver Paleen (boys' cross-country). (Brian Wicker/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Two runners, a tennis player and a swimmer are being recognized as Star Tribune All-Metro athletes of the year for individualized fall sports.

One of them — Arlina Shen of Blake — also was honored in 2018. The others are cross-country runners Oliver Paleen of St. Paul Highland Park and Analee Weaver of Stillwater, and swimmer Abby Kapeller of Minnetonka.

Read more about all of them at our Preps Hub at www.startribune.com/preps.

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