Our King/Queen of the Hill challenge is a yearly competition consisting of various hill workouts through the winter. Each workout has a unique challenge that give runners of all abilities equal opportunities to win. One week it might be about consistency of repetitions, and another about matching effort on two different hills. The weekly winner wears a Tour de France style polka dot shirt as the previous weekly champion. The overall series winner receives a gift card to a local running store and the bragging rights of being the Northstar Running King or Queen of the Hills!
Past Champions
2024 Standings
| Athlete | Overall | 12/28 – High Bridge | 1/4 – Theodore Wirth | 1/11 – Franklin Hill | 1/18 – Harriet Hill | 1/25 – Kenwood Parkway | 2/8 – Lock and Dam | 2/15 – Gold Medal Park | 2/22 – High Bridge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Werner | 134 | 13 | 10 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 27 |
| Brian Davenport | 130 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 19 |
| Ann Davenport | 127 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 31 |
| Ashley Daniels | 120 | 1 | – | 13 | – | 11 | 16 | 15 | 60 |
| Jeffrey Fuller | 115 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 19 | – | 17 | 25 |
| Teresa Saxton | 108 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 16 | 16 | 20 | – | – |
| Zach Cohen | 106 | 15 | 0 | 26 | 15 | 17 | – | 20 | 13 |
| Doug Schroeder | 104 | 0 | 16 | 23 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 18 | – |
| Olivia Werner | 100 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 18 |
| Nathan Branson | 100 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 14 | – | 12 | 23 |
| Gerard Cramer | 95 | 20 | – | 30 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 16 | – |
| Ellen Kendall | 89 | – | 19 | 29 | 20 | 20 | – | 1 | – |
| Chris Meuleners | 74 | 13 | 20 | 26 | – | – | – | – | 15 |
| Shea Sellner | 70 | 19 | 7 | 27 | 9 | 7 | – | 1 | – |
| Rob Economy | 67 | 9 | 14 | 23 | – | 11 | – | – | 10 |
| Mary Rae Kim | 51 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 6 | – | – | 17 |
| Robbie Skantz | 26 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | – | – | – | – |
| Lisa Millam | 24 | 0 | 19 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Sadie ? | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Steve Tannen | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Meghan Michalski | 11 | – | – | – | – | 11 | – | – | – |
| Paul Bulger | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pam Kittelson | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Shannon Jones | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Anthony Fryer | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Jack Jorgenson | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ben Braten | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Beth ? | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cindy Ludwig | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – |
| David Baty | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – |
| Kate Kelly | 3 | 0 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Scott Jones | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |