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

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

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

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

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

In the Class 1A Boys team scores, Riverside won the State Championship, edging out Earlham in the 6th runner tiebreaker after the two teams tied at 127 points.  Ankeny Christian was 3rd 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 17th with a time of 19:43.7.  Her teammate Elanor Sinz took 91st with a time of 21:29.8.

The Class 2A Team State Championship went to Mid-Prairie with 85 points.  Treynor was 2nd with 120 and West Marshall took 3rd 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 3rd place finish of 16:03.3.  Also in the top 10 was Jayden Hegenbarth of Shelon with a time of 16:20.8 in 6th.

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

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

Okoboji’s Wesley Evenson was 61st 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 76th at 17:55.7.  His teammate Wylee Conway took 82nd at 17:57.9.

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

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