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Published December 16, 2011, 12:00 AM

PHOTO GALLERY: Kromer family cross-country runners


Don Krupa, left, is happy to have coached two generations of Kromers in his 43 years of leading Hudson High School’s cross country team. Next to him, from left, are Dan and Ryan Kromer, sons of John Kromer, right. Photo by Randy Hanson

  • Don Krupa, left, is happy to have coached two generations of Kromers in his 43 years of leading Hudson High School’s cross country team. Next to him, from left, are Dan and Ryan Kromer, sons of John Kromer, right. Photo by Randy Hanson
  • Ryan Kromer races to a first-place finish in the WIAA Division 1 cross country sectional at Tomah last October. He went on to place fourth in the state meet. Photo by Bob Burrows
  • Dan Kromer, far right, revels in winning the 2005 Big Rivers Conference team championship with fellow Raider cross country runners, from left, Matt Cincotta, Adam Zais, Neal Kivi, Matt Cyrtmus, Josh Wohlers and Neil Skoog. Star-Observer file photo
  • Coach Don Krupa, left, accompanied John Kromer to the 1980 state track meet. Krupa is a long-time assistant Hudson High School track coach, in addition to being head coach of the cross country team. Submitted photo
  • A young John Kromer, left, and Brian Halvorsen are featured in the 1980 True Blue yearbook for leading the Hudson High School boys’ track team to the Middle Border Conference championship. Both also qualified for the state track meet. True Blue yearbook photo
  • John Kromer is sitting at the far right of the front row in this photo of the 1980 Hudson High School boys track team. The other team members are, front row from left, Joe Van Allen, Craig Nasvik, Brian Anderson, Casey Ramm, Brian Halvorsen, Al Tindell, Kromer; second row, Dan Crawford, John Sturtevant, Mike Hall, Dan Kirkpatrick, Dave Plank, Tim Weinberg, Scott Newell, Eugene Coulter; back row, Mike Strey, Eric Duwell, Jeff Spangenberg, Jim Nasvik, Robin Beauchamp, Don Bodesheimer and coach John Ewing. True Blue yearbook photo
  • John Kromer competes in the 1979 Stillwater Classic track meet. Submitted photo