Articles Tagged: Cross country

Assignments have been released for 2024 Iowa high school state-qualifying cross country meets.

Results from 2024 Gazette-area high school cross country conference meets, including the Mississippi Valley, Wamac, River Valley and Tri-Rivers and more

Cross country: Back from a series of college visits, Tipton’s Noelle Steines powers to the girls’ title at the Bob Mudd Lynx Invitational.

That anticipated duel between Cedar Falls’ Jaden Merrick and Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman? at the Mississippi Valley Conference cross country championships. Iowa City Liberty’s Keegan Decker expanded it into a trio.

Another duel between Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman and Cedar Falls’ Jaden Merrick awaits at Thursday’s Mississippi Valley Conference cross country meet at Seminole Valley Park.

High school cross country: Oelwein’s Conall Sauser and Tipton’s Noelle Steines won individual titles at the Anamosa Invitational. The Oelwein boys and Fort Madison girls were team champions.

The daughter of two former Gazette Athletes of the Year, Center Point-Urbana sophomore cross country runner Grace Estling is the girls’ individual champion at the Eastern Iowa Classic.

Photos from the Cedar Rapids Invitational high school cross country meet Thursday night at Seminole Valley Park.

Iowa City West’s Moustafa Tiea got to the front early and captured the boys’ individual title at the 18-team Cedar Rapids Invitational cross country meet Thursday afternoon at Seminole Valley Park. Tiea was clocked in 15:38.

Photos from the 2024 Bob Brown Cross Country Classic, held Thursday at Iowa City Kickers Soccer Complex.

A three-time 1A individual state cross country champion at Calamus-Wheatland, Steines won her Tipton debut by nearly a minute at the Bob Brown Invitational.

See photos from Saturday’s Prairie Invitational boys’ and girls’ cross country races in Cedar Rapids.

Pella’s Marissa Ferebee ran 17:23, then Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman (15:15) prevailed in a star-studded boys race as elite runners burned up the course at the Prairie Invitational cross country meet.

Everybody is back for the deep and talented Mount Vernon-Lisbon girls, last year’s Class 3A state cross country runner-up.

A watch list of top Gazette-area teams and individuals for the 2024 Iowa high school girls’ cross country season.