Fort Dodge, Ia (Northwest Iowa Now) – The Class 1A and 2A Iowa High School State Cross Country Championships were ran on Friday in Fort Dodge at the Lakeside Municipal Golf Course.

The Class 1A Girls Individual State Champion was Madelyn Grothus of Madrid, running a time of 18:17.6.

Sage Weber of Sioux Central was 31^st with a time of 20:25.0.  In 44^th was Danika Meyer of Newell-Fonda with a time of 20:37.6.

GTRA’s Addaley Girres took 55^th for the Titans with a time of 20:53.8.  Aleah Marco led the charge for Sibley-Ocheyedan with a 73^rd place time of 21:20.6.

Also running for the Generals was Amadelaid Benitez in 85^th at 21:49.8, Mya Pohlen in 90^th at 21:52.4, Riley Childs 102^nd with a time of 22:10.6, Paisley Kreykes in 119^th at 22:53.1, Gracie Odens 2 spots behind that, clocking 23:05.9, and Lucy Heitritter in 148^th at 24:32.2.

Maquoketa Valley claimed the Class 1A Team State Championship with a dominant 54 points, Madrid was 2^nd with 149, and Collins-Maxwell took 3^rd at 155.  Sibley-Ocheyedan finished 11^th out of the 16 scoring teams with 258 points.

Taking the Class 1A Boys State Championship was Haven Weers of Tri-Center, breaking the 16-minute barrier at 15:57.4.  There is a KICD 9-County Area All-Stater in 1A with Sioux Central’s Lucos Wernimont running a time of 16:15.9 to finish 3^rd.

Ledger DeMuth of Alta-Aurelia would take 90^th at 18:20.0 and West Bend-Mallard’s Easton Zinnel was 105^th at 18:41.2.

In the Class 1A Boys team scores, Riverside won the State Championship, edging out Earlham in the 6^th runner tiebreaker after the two teams tied at 127 points.  Ankeny Christian was 3^rd with 129.

The Class 2A Girls Individual State Champion was Mary Grace Lyons of Monticello, running a time of 18:06.6.

Ella Beck of Spirit Lake was a top-20 finisher at 17^th with a time of 19:43.7.  Her teammate Elanor Sinz took 91^st with a time of 21:29.8.

The Class 2A Team State Championship went to Mid-Prairie with 85 points.  Treynor was 2^nd with 120 and West Marshall took 3^rd with 143.

The day wrapped up with the Class 2A Boys.  Chariton’s Lucas Anderson won with a time of 15:57.3.  Jace Hungerford of Spirit Lake claimed All-State Status with a 3^rd place finish of 16:03.3.  Also in the top 10 was Jayden Hegenbarth of Shelon with a time of 16:20.8 in 6^th.

Tyson Fear led Okoboji with a time of 17:04.4 to take 28^th, a couple spots ahead of the Spirit Lake 8^th grader Chidi Nwala, who ran 17:06.8.  Carson Profit of Spirit Lake was 36^th with a time of 17:22.0.  Ben Cox of Emmetsburg took 39^th at 17:23.8.

In 42^nd for Spirit Lake was JD Gravert at 17:27.2.  Titus Coates of Spirit Lake was 46^th at 17:29.5.  Not too far behind in 48^th was Malakai Vermeer of Sheldon who ran 17:34.2.  Taking 50^th was Owen Riphagen of Okoboji at 17:34.3.

Okoboji’s Wesley Evenson was 61^st at 17:46.4 and just behind him with a time of 17:46.6 was Lewis Scheaffer of Sheldon.  Spirit Lake’s Karson Christensen was 76^th at 17:55.7.  His teammate Wylee Conway took 82^nd at 17:57.9.

In 91^st from Spirit Lake was Oliver Thompson at 18:07.0.  Okoboji’s Cooper Boone was 102^nd at 18:26.0 and Sam Low of Okoboji took 105^th at 18:31.7.  Okoboji’s Ben Newlin was 110^th at 18:34.7.

For the Team scores, Pella Christian won with 62 points, Unity Christian of Orange City was 2^nd at 93, and Chariton took 3^rd with 126.  Spirit Lake finished 4^th with 128 points and Okoboji was 7^th at 195.

The Class 3A Girls Individual Champion was Evelyn Moeller of Mount Vernon/Lisbon, running a time of 17:07.5.

Spencer’s Laynee Healey was 39th with a time of 19:41.7.

In the Class 3A Girls Team Scores, Pella dominated with 34 points.  Taking 2nd was Des Moines Christian of Urbandale with 127, and Williamsburg took 3rd with 151 points.

For the Class 3A Boys race, the Individual Champion was Logan Bleich of Gilbert.  Heath Kampbell of Storm Lake took 49th with a time of 16:58.0.

Gilbert was the 3A Boys State Champs with 98 points, Sioux Center took 2nd with 114, and Xavier of Cedar Rapids was 3rd with 120.

Charlee Gall of Cedar Falls won the Class 4A Girl’s race with a time of 17:13.0 and the Tigers also claimed the team Championship with 96.  Centennial of Ankeny was 2nd with 101, edging out 3rd place Northwest of Waukee with 102.

In the Class 4A Boys race, Preston Johnson of Marshalltown won with a time of 14:40.2.  Dowling Catholic of West Des Moines claimed the Team Championship with 70 points, Cedar Falls was 2nd with 93, and Liberty of Iowa City was 3rd with 94.