(Glenwood, IA) — The Class 3A Cross Country State Qualifying meets are tonight. Atlantic and Harlan will both be running in Glenwood along with ADM, Sioux City Heelan, Carroll, Creston, Denison Schleswig, Le Mars, MOC Floyd Valley, Sgt. Bluff Luton, Sioux Center and the host Rams. The top three teams and top 15 runners individually qualify for the state tournament on Halloween.
On the boys side, Sioux Center is ranked 3rd in the state; ADM is 12th and Creston 17th. Individually, Trojans Junior Mason Betts will be the favorite — he is ranked 5th in Class 3A. Atlantic Head Coach Dan Vargason says his team will have to run their best race of the year
Other boys ranked include Harlan’s Senior Jeffrey Gross 9th; Drew Cundy of Sioux Center 15th; Andrew Coller of ADM 16th; Alex Amaro of Heelan 22nd and Ramond Landegent of Sioux Center 24th.
For the girls, Sioux Center will be the favorite ranked #4; MOC Floyd Valley #6; ADM is ranked #14 and Harlan #17. Vargason knows the competition will be tough
Ranked girls runners include Natalie Anderson of MOC Floyd Valley #2; Grace Berglund of Glenwood #5 and Audrina Jones of Sioux Center #9.
The races start at 4:00 pm in Glenwood Lake Park.
