Area Class 2A Schools were at Orange City.

In the Girls race, Unity Christian’s Katie Young placed 1st with a time of 20:14.37. Maryn Frein of Okoboji was 2nd with a time of 20:42.56. Sioux Central’s Marley Madsen would get into the State Meet with a 5th place time of 21:02.42. Adison Frerichs of Okoboji will head to Fort Dodge as well after placing 7th with a time of 21:06.68. Estherville Lincoln Central’s Tatum Dunlavey placed 10th with a time of 21:31.01 followed by Megan Courtright of Cherokee in 11th with a time of 21:41.53. Sioux Central’s second State Qualifier is Linnea Bloom with a time of 21:35.99 in 12th. Cherokee’s Addyson Wilkie was 14th with a time of 21:56.17 and Okoboji’s Marli DeGraaf was 15th with a time of 22:09.3.

Unity Christian won the Girls Meet with 54 points and Okoboji took 2nd with 71. Sioux Central would place 4th, Cherokee 5th, and Spirit Lake was 9th.

In the Boys race, Okoboji’s Evan Osler won with a time of 16:28.29. Brandon Hughes of Spirit Lake took 2nd with a time of 16:37.69, Parker Duitsman of Estherville Lincoln Central took 3rd with a time of 17:18.56, Okoboji’s Akron Jostand 4th with a time of 17:20.11, Spirit Lake’s Dietrich Dirks 5th with a time of 17:20.51, Okoboji’s Lane Larson 6th with a time of 17:26.07, and Sioux Central’s Brayden Kramber 7th with a time of 17:29.16. All of those Runners are into State Individually. Also moving on to Fort Dodge is Sheldon’s Caleb Huff with a 11th place time of 17:35.02 and Michael Wassenaar with a time of 17:42.32 in 12th. Sioux Central’s Lucos Wernimont will also advance with a 14th place time of 17:53.16.

Unity Christian won the Boys race with 54 points in a 6th runner tiebreaker over Okoboji in 2nd. Spirit Lake was 3rd with 83, Sheldon 4th, Sioux Central 5th, Cherokee 7th, and Estherville Lincoln Central 8th.