(Fort Dodge, IA) — Last Friday, Tri Center Junior Haven Weers won the Class 1A State Cross Country Championship and for that he is the GG Harris Farm Bureau KSOM Athlete of the Week.
Weers pretty much led from start to finish — he ran a 14:55 split in the first mile and never looked back. Weers went from finishing 23rd as a freshman to 4th last year as a sophomore to the top
As the race progressed, Weers was pretty much going against himself
Weers says he was motivated from last year and working hard to improve himself
Weers won the state title with a time of 15:57.40 and finished about 16 seconds ahead of 2nd place Hugh Conway of South Winneshiek.
Haven Weers is the GG Harris Farm Bureau KSOM Athlete of the Week.
