Photos from day 2 of the 2024 Iowa high school state cross country meet featuring Class 1A and Class 2A teams from around the state at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024.

Tipton’s Noelle Steines holds the lead while racing down a straightaway during the Class 2A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Maquoketa Valley’s Matthew Schaul hugs Maquoketa Valley cross country head coach Shane Kirchoff after placing third during the Class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Runners race down a straightaway during the Class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

English Valley’s during the Class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Pekin’s Chloe Glosser competes in the Class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Cascade’s Hallie Kelchen races in the Class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Runners race down a straightaway during the Class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Pekin’s Cole Millikin runs in the Class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (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 Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Vinton-Shellsburg’s Alex Torres races in the Class 2A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Racers run down a starduring the Class 2A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Racers go around a curve during the Class 2A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Maquoketa Valley’s Breanna Bush takes a moment to rest after finishing in the Class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Pekin’s Cole Millikin (785) and Pekin’s Mason Dahlstrom (784) run in the Class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Treynor’s Lilly Yochum embraces her teammate after finishing in the Class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

East Buchanan’s Whitney Brady runs in the Class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Maquoketa Valley’s McKenna Bush runs the Class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Runners take a corner while racing during the Class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Wapsie Valley’s Aidan Brady runs across the finish line during the Class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Riverside’s Dawson Henderson (790) races towards the finish line during the Class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

English Valley’s Gage Heyne races towards the finish line and places fourth during the Class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

WACO’s Jude Dystra runs across the finish line during the Class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Runners take off from the start line during the Class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Beckman Catholic’s Madelyn Reiter races towards the finish line during the Class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Maquoketa Valley’s Matthew Schaul talks with English Valley’s Gage Heyne after the Class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Springville’s Jack Stamp races during the Class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

English Valley’s Gage Heyne follows closely behind North Iowa’s Gavin Grunhovd during the Class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Starmont’s Lauren Krogmann races towards the finish line and places seventh during the Class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Cascade’s Hallie Kelchen races towards the finish line and places 10th during the Class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Maquoketa Valley’s Matthew Schaul crosses the finish line and places third during the Class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Runners take off from the start line during the Class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Pekin’s Chloe Glosser races to the finish line and places third during the Class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

St. Albert’s Lili Denton races to the finish line and places first during the Class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Maquoketa Valley’s Matthew Schaul holds third position while racing during the Class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Anamosa’s Braeden Keister (988) races in the Class 2A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie’s Jayse Yoder shows emotion as he hugs teammate Emmett Swartzentruber after finishing the Class 2A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie runners share a moment after finishing the Class 2A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie’s Rachel Hostetler runs in the Class 2A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Pekin’s Chloe Glosser reacts as she crosses the finish line and places third during the Class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie’s Emmett Swartzentruber hugs his father Andy Swartzentruber after finishing the Class 2A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Monticello’s Leah Koehler runs in the Class 2A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Vinton-Shellsburg’s Olivia Primrose races towards the finish line during the Class 2A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Aimee Foster of Cedar Rapids smiles as she talks with her nephew Matthew Schaul of Maquoketa Valley after finishing third during the Class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Tipton’s Noelle Steines gains distance from the other runners during the Class 2A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Racers run around a turn during the Class 2A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie’s Kendal Landstrum races towards the finish line and finishes fifteenth during the Class 2A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Runners race down a straightaway during the Class 2A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Tipton’s Noelle Steines shares a moment with Mid-Prairie runners after the Class 2A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Tipton’s Noelle Steines races towards the finish line and places first for her fourth title during the Class 2A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie runners race down a straightaway during the Class 2A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Tipton’s Karli Hines hugs her teammate after finishing in the Class 2A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie’s Emmett Swartzentruber races in the Class 2A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Tipton’s Clay Bohlmann races towards the finish line during the Class 2A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Oelwein runners are recognized for placing first as a team during the Class 2A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

The Mid-Prairie girls’ team is recognized for placing first overall during the Class 2A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Albia’s McKenna Montgomery runs across the finish line and places third during the Class 2A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie’s Brooklyn Stutzman races towards the finish line and places eighth during the Class 2A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Tipton’s Noelle Steines embraces a Mid-Prairie runner after the Class 2A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie’s Emmett Swartzentruber runs across the finish line and places third during the Class 2A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Tipton’s Caleb Bohlmann races in the Class 2A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Hundreds of people run to watch runners from around the state compete during the Class 1A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Woodbine Community’s Gunner Wagner pulls ahead of Maquoketa Valley’s Matthew Schaul as they race for the finish line during the Class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

North Iowa’s Gavin Brunhovd reacts as he crosses the finish line and places first during the Class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Aimee Foster of Cedar Rapids hugs her nephew Matthew Schaul of Maquoketa Valley after finishing third during the Class 1A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie’s Jesse Stultz shares a moment with his parents, Tim and Dawn Stultz after finishing the Class 2A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

The Mid-Prairie boys’ team is recognized for placing second during the Class 2A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Tipton’s Noelle Steines smiles to the crowd as she is honored for placing first and earning her fourth title during the Class 2A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie’s Tessa Brokaw shares a moment with her mother Ranee Brokaw of Parnell, Iowa after finishing in the Class 2A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Tipton’s Noelle Steines crosses the finish line and places first for her fourth title during the Class 2A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

A note that says “Leave It All” is written on Tipton’s Noelle Steines’ arm after placing first during the Class 2A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie’s Rachel Hostetler smiles as she hugs her teammates after finishing in the Class 2A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie runners react after finding out they placed first as a team during the Class 2A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie’s Kendal Landstrum becomes emotional as she hugs her teammate after Mid-Prairie placed first overall in the Class 2A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Vinton-Shellsburg’s Alex Torres pulls ahead as he races towards the finish line and places second during the Class 2A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie runners embrace after finding out they placed first as a team during the Class 2A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Grundy Center’s Emerson Vokes reacts as he races towards the finish line and places first during the Class 2A girls’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Oelwein’s Conall Sauser races towards the finish line and places eighth during the Class 2A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie’s Preston Yutzy reacts after crossing the finish line and placing fourteenth during the Class 2A boys’ state cross country race at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

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