At the State High School Cross Country meet in Fort Dodge Saturday (11/2), Oskaloosa’s Patrick DeRonde finished 9th6 in the Class 3A boys’ race.  The sophomore ran in a time of 17 minutes, 48-point-9 seconds. Pella’s Josiah Wittenberg was fifth overall, leading the Dutch to a tenth place finish in the team competition.  Grinnell was 15^th, led by Isaac Bryant, who finished 15^th.   In Class 3A girls, Pella was eighth and Grinnell tenth in the team competition.  Individually, Knoxville freshman Norah Pearson finished in fifth place in a time of 18 minutes, 46-point-1 seconds. Grinnell’s Mary Blanchard was in eleventh place, while Pella was led by Caroline McMartin in 23^th place.

In 4A girls, Ottumwa’s Alli Bookin-Nosbisch was ninth in a time of 18 minutes, 46.2 seconds, while teammate Carollin Mellin was 43^rd.

In 2A boys, Albia was fourth in the team competition, led by Landon Noe and Dawson Bonnett, who were 31st and 32nd, respectively.  Daniel Mora Demestri of Pella Christian was 73^rd.  In 2A girls, Chariton was 15^th in the team competition.  Individually, Paige Steenhoek of PCM was 44^th, Albia’s Sherryl Mae Rowe was 53^rd and Sailor Anderson of Chariton was 98^th.

In 1A boys, Pekin was in tenth place as the Panthers’ Brady Millikin finished sixth and Colten Glosser was 13^th.  Mason Moore of Sigourney was 75^th.  And Pekin was ninth in 1A girls, led by Lily Fariss in 28^th place. Freshman Rylee Dunkin of Twin Cedars was seventh overall, Greenlee Smock of Lynnville-Sully was tenth and Cheyenne Shaw of North Mahaska finished 22^nd.