Eden Prairie wins third consecutive Challenge Cup; Breck School earns first
August 12, 2010
Eden Prairie has won its third consecutive and fourth overall Challenge
Cup and Breck School of Golden Valley captured the Class A Cup for the
first-time in school history.
Created in 2003, the Challenge Cup is a statewide, year-long
competition between League member schools. Schools earn points
throughout the school year for their success in post-season athletic
and fine arts tournaments, and two schools — one in Class A and one in
Class AA — with the most points are awarded the traveling Challenge
Cup. The award is sponsored by Wells Fargo, the League’s premier
corporate sponsor.
Leading all schools with 904 points for the 2009-10 school year, Eden
Prairie also won the Class AA Challenge Cup in 2006, 2008, and 2009.
They were runners-up in 2007. During this past year’s Challenge Cup
competition the Eagles won team championships in baseball, boys’ cross
country running, boys’ tennis, and boys’ track and field. They also had
individual champions in boys’ cross country running, girls’ swimming
and diving (100 butterfly), girls’ tennis (doubles), boys’ track and
field (4x400-meter relay, long jump, and triple jump), and wrestling,
(weight class 103).
Wayzata, the 2007 Challenge Cup winner, finished a close second to the
Eagles with 896 points. Edina (801 points), Stillwater Area (554
points), and Minnetonka (547 points) are the other large schools to
finish in the top five.
In the Class A race for the Challenge Cup, Breck School earned 474
points. They participated in 12 different post-season team and
individual tournaments. The Mustangs finished first in boys’ hockey and
boys’ swimming and diving. They also had individual first-place
finishers in boys’ swimming and diving (200-yard medley relay, 200-yard
freestyle, 500-yard freestyle and 400-yard freestyle relay), girls’
swimming and diving (200-yard individual medley), and girls’ track and
field (400-meter dash).
The remaining top five Class A schools were The Blake School of
Minneapolis (423 points), Perham (411 points), St. Cloud Cathedral
(328) and Kasson-Mantorville (256).
Previous Challenge Cup winners were: St. Cloud Cathedral in 2004 and
2006; Eden Prairie in 2006, 2008 and 2009; Lakeville in 2004 and 2005;
The Blake School in 2005, 2007 and 2009; Wayzata in 2007; and Perham in
2008.
“The Challenge Cup is an excellent way to recognize the overall efforts
of schools in all League-sponsored fine arts and athletic activities,”
said James Prunty, Great Lakes Region president for Wells Fargo. “We
congratulate Eden Prairie and Breck for winning the 2009-10 Challenge
Cup.”
Representatives from the League and Wells Fargo will present the traveling Challenge Cup to each school this fall.
Complete list of all the schools that earned Challenge Cup points for the 2009-10 school year
