Class 4A and 1A cross country teams raced at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023.

The class 4A boys take off from the starting line during the class 4A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Liberty members huddle together after finishing the class 4A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Liberty’s Cori Mac runs the first mile during the class 4A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

The Beckman Catholic girls’ cross country team is awarded third place during the award ceremony for the class 1A state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa City High’s Abigail Burns runs in the class 4A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Liberty’s Aidan Decker crosses the finish line and places ninth during the class 4A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Norwalk’s Grant Wallace collapses on the grass after finishing the class 4A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Hundreds of people sprint to follow the runners during the class 4A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Dubuque Hempstead’s Julia Gehl hugs Liberty’s Cori Mac after finishing the class 4A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa City High and Liberty take off from the start during the class 4A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Kennedy’s Adam Gray crosses the finish line and places sixth overall during the class 4A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Kennedy’s Henry McMahan crosses the finish line and places 18th during the class 4A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa City West’s Moustafa Tiea races down a straightaway during the class 4A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

4A girls take off from the start during the class 4A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Prairie’s Bennett Allred and Ankeny’s Nicholas Robie catch their breath after finishing the class 4A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Kennedy’s Adam Gray keeps pace in the first mile during the class 4A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa City High’s Ani Wedemeyer embraces Dubuque Senior’s Leah Klapatauskas after the class 4A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Maquoketa Valley’s George Livingston runs in the class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Maquoketa Valley’s Kenyon Baker runs in the class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Regina’s Colin Olney, right, hugs teammate Howie O’Rourke after finishing the class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Regina’s Ambrose Nuxoll, left, and Regina’s Colin Olney run in the class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Meghan Wheatley reacts after placing second in the class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Regina’s Samuel Welter runs in the class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa City High’s Ani Wedemeyer drives to the finish line and places 12th during the class 4A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Prairie’s Bennett Allred leads one of the packs as he races during the class 4A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa City High’s Nina Peterson, left, reacts as she embraces teammate Ani Wedemeyer who placed 12th during the class 4A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa City West’s Michael Lee, left, and teammate Cade Benson run alongside each other during the class 4A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Liberty’s Aidan Decker smiles to the crowd as he is honored for placing ninth in the class 4A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

The crowd cheers as Iowa City West and Linn-Mar runners race down a straightaway in mile one during the class 4A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa City High’s Ani Wedemeyer waves to the crowd as she is honored for placing 12th in the class 4A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Beckman Catholic’s Maria Kruse runs to the finish line and places tenth during the class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Maquoketa Valley’s Matthew Schaul runs to the finish line and places seventh during the class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

A group of the top 15 runners race down a straightaway during the class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Meghan Wheatley leads over Calamus-Wheatley’s Noelle Steines in the first two miles of the class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Lucy Haughenbury, from left, North Linn’s Mackenzie Bridgewater and Regina’s Caitlyn Bell run during the class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Beckman Catholic’s Maria Kruse tells her teammate how proud she is of her after the class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Calamus-Wheatley’s Noelle Steines runs to the finish line and places first during the class 1A girlss’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

The crowd cheers on the top ten runners as they race down a straightaway during the class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Maquoketa Valley’s Matthew Schaul smiles to the crowd while being honored for placing seventh in the class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Beckman Catholic’s Madelyn Reiter, from left, Maria Kruse and Maria Dudzik keep pace during the class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

English Valleys’ Gage Heyne runs across the finish line and places ninth during the class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Maquoketa Valley’s Matthew Schaul crosses the finish line and takes seventh place during the class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Cascade’s Hallie Kelchen heads to the finish line to place seventh during the class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Peyton McMahon and Regina’s Ellie Johnson run down a straightaway during the class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Regina’s Alli Clark looks over as Newman Catholic’s Tess Weiner checks her watch while running during the class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Regina’s Regina’s Alli Clark, left, and teammate Harper Erwin rest after finishing the class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Regina’s Faith Boileau becomes emotional as she hugs teammate Ruby Greving after finishing the class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Meghan Wheatley falls to second position in the final mile of the class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa City High’s Ani Wedemeyer reacts after crossing the finish line during the class 4A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. Wedemeyer placed 12th with a time of 18:21.6. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Kennedy’s Henry McMahan, from left, Liberty’s Aidan Decker and Liberty’s Keegan Decker maintain speed in the first mile during the class 4A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Meghan Wheatley reacts as she crosses the finish line to take second place in the class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

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