Articles Tagged: Cross country

Led by individual champions Lourdes Mason and Grady Olberding, Mount Vernon-Lisbon swept the team cross country titles at the Solon Invitational.

Mount Vernon-Lisbon’s Lourdes Mason conquered the Seminole Valley Park cross country course in record time (18:08).

Photos from the 2022 Bob Brown Cross Country Classic in Iowa City.

The Solon girls’ cross country team won the Bob Brown Invitational in a tiebreaker over Monticello, while the Marion boys topped a loaded field that included 11 ranked teams.

Marion’s Jedidiah Osgood set another personal-best winning the Prairie Invitational cross country meet in 15:46.

Led by the senior foursome of Ford Washburn, Ammon Smith, Noah Carey and Truman Thompson, the Iowa City High boys’ cross country team is thinking big in 2022.

A 2022 watch list for top area Iowa high school boys’ cross country teams and runners.

A 2022 watch list for top area Iowa high school girls’ cross country teams and runners.

The Marion and Tipton boys and Solon girls are preseason No. 1 teams in the 2022 Iowa high school cross country rankings.

While it certainly wasn’t the most beautiful of mornings Monday in downtown Cedar Rapids, the runners who competed in the Fifth Season 8K and 5K were able to finish just before the rain and thunderstorms began around 8:45 a.m. Matt Lorenz won the men’s 8K, while Elaina Biechler was first on the women’s side.

Today, The Gazette reveals its 2022 finalists for Athlete of the Year.

South Winneshiek claimed its first state championship in girls’ cross country.

Mid-Prairie’s girls won their fifth straight cross country title and the Tipton boys unseated Danville-New London in Class 2A.

Photos from the 2A and 1A Iowa high school cross country state championships in Fort Dodge.

Solon ran away with the Class 3A girls’ state cross country championship.