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 | 1/6 - High Bridge | 1/13 - Gold Medal | 1/20 - Lock & Dam | 1/27 - Harriet Hill | 2/10 - Ohio St | 2/17 - Franklin Hill | 2/24 - Hospital Hill | 3/2 - High Bridge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerard Cramer | 135 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 35 |
| Zach Cohen | 115 | 14 | - | 11 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 35 |
| Brian Davenport | 112 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 13 | - | 12 | 37 |
| Jeffrey Fuller | 112 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 39 |
| Claire Dush | 106 | 14 | - | 13 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 28 |
| Jack Werner | 87 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 13 | - | 11 | 33 |
| Nathan Branson | 84 | 8 | - | 3 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 32 |
| Olivia Werner | 75 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 2 | - | 10 | 30 |
| Ann Davenport | 72 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 5 | - | 1 | 37 |
| Mary Rae Kim | 70 | 12 | - | 8 | 16 | 2 | 15 | 17 | - |
| Teresa Howell | 67 | 2 | 6 | - | 14 | 5 | 13 | - | 27 |
| Jack Jorgenson | 64 | 7 | - | 6 | - | 13 | - | - | 38 |
| Ellen Kendall | 55 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 20 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Steve Tannen | 54 | 4 | 10 | 14 | - | 6 | - | 20 | - |
| Lisa Millam | 50 | 2 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | 40 |
| Chris Meuleners | 43 | 12 | - | - | 16 | 15 | - | - | - |
| Robbie Skantz | 42 | 2 | 8 | - | 15 | 2 | 8 | - | 7 |
| Tracy Bradfeld | 31 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 18 | - | - | - | - |
| Pam Kittleson | 30 | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | 17 | - |
| Aaron Dush | 29 | - | - | 10 | 14 | - | - | - | 5 |
| Doug Schroeder | 28 | - | 13 | 4 | - | 2 | - | 9 | - |
| Paul Bulger | 19 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 17 | - |
| Cindy Ludwig | 18 | 2 | 5 | 2 | - | 2 | 7 | - | - |
| Bre ? | 13 | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | - | - |
| Nicole Bathe | 13 | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | - | - |
| Ben Braten | 9 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - |
| Debbie Hultmann | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - |
| Kate Kelly | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |