Margaret Duffy ’27 Is the 2026 State Champion in Cross-Country

Saint John’s Preparatory School in Collegeville is proud to congratulate senior Margaret Duffy for placing first in the 2026 MSHSL Class A Cross Country Championship race! Margaret beat 159 other runners on November 7, 2026, at the Majestic Oaks Golf Course in Ham Lake, MN. She won the 5K race with a time of 17:25:2. This is her second consecutive Class A Championship title! She won the state race in 2025 with a time of 17:55.5 on the Les Bolstad Golf Course at the University of Minnesota.

Margaret is the daughter of Megan and Brendon Duffy of Cold Spring and the sister of Saint John’s Prep graduates Clare and Patrick Duffy. Margaret attended Saint Boniface Elementary School in Cold Spring.

Margaret is coached by Lance Nydeen, Kurt Salzl ’87, Stephen Woods ’09, and Charles Miller.

This is Margaret’s sixth MSHSL state championship victory. In addition to her two cross-country titles, she has two 3200-meter state champion track and field titles and one 1600 track and field title. She is also a member of the 2024 Saint John’s Prep 4×800 state track and field championship relay team.

In addition to running cross country and track for Saint John’s Prep, Margaret serves as the vice-president of student council and is a member of the Envirothon team and a member of the National Honor Society.