Articles Tagged: Cross country

Photos from the Prairie Invitational at Cedar Rapids Prairie High School Saturday, August 30, 2025

High school cross country: Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman blazes to a 15:12 clocking at the Prairie Invitational, winning by 25 seconds. Monticello freshman Mary Grace Lyons makes an early impression.

The scene has shifted from track to cross country, and Western Dubuque ace Quentin Nauman has another record -- 14:56 -- on his mind.

Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman is the reigning Class 3A boys’ state cross country champion, Vinton-Shellsburg’s Alex Torres was the 2A runner-up and Oelwein won the 2A title

State cross country, Class 2A: Tipton’s Noelle Steines captured her fourth championship and the Mid-Prairie girls and Oelwein boys ran to team titles.

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.

State cross country, Class 1A: Maquoketa Valley’s Matthew Schaul and English Valleys’ Gage Heyne finished 3-4. The Earlham girls and Lake Mills boys are team champions.

Photos from day one of the 2024 Iowa high school state cross country meet featuring Class 3A and 4A schools at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, November 1, 2024.

State cross country, Class 4A: Iowa City Liberty’s Keegan Decker and Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s Slader Buckheister finished third and fourth, and both will return next year. The Pleasant Valley girls and Cedar Falls boys won the team titles.

State cross country, Class 3A: Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman set a 3A state-meet record and ran the second-fastest time, all-class, all-time. The Pella girls and Gilbert boys ran away with the team titles.

Five Gazette-area state cross country storylines, including Noelle Steines’ pursuit of a fourth consecutive individual championship and both the Mid-Prairie boys and girls contending for titles.

Capsules for the Iowa high school state cross country meet Friday and Saturday at Lakeside Golf Course

Action from the Class 1A Iowa high school cross country state-qualifying meet at North Linn High School on Thursday.

Bianka Ronnebaum’s travel scramble back from the FFA convention in Indianapolis helped the Maquoketa Valley girls qualify for state cross country. Springville’s boys advance for the first time.

Results from Iowa high school girls’ cross country state-qualifying meets involving Gazette-area teams. The state meet is Nov. 1-2.