Where are the top area teams and runners for 2A and 1A Iowa high school cross country state-qualifiers?

Tipton’s Noelle Steines will begin pursuit of a fourth consecutive girls’ individual state championship Thursday.

Steines won three straight 1A titles while running for Calamus-Wheatland. Tipton will compete at a 2A meet at Monticello

Mid-Prairie’s boys are ranked No. 1 in 2A, while the girls are No. 2. The Golden Hawks are part of the Pella state-qualifier.

Area teams are divided into three 2A sites (Monticello, Oelwein and Pella) and four in 1A (Iowa City, Jewell, Troy Mills and Pleasantville).

Girls run at 4 p.m., boys at 4:30.

The top three teams and the top 15 individuals from each 2A site advance to the state meet Nov. 2 at Lakeside Golf Course, Fort Dodge.

For 1A, it’s the top two teams and 10 individuals.

Here is a primer on where the area’s top teams and individuals are running Thursday:

Class 2A cross country state-qualifiers

AT MONTICELLO

The field — Alburnett, Camanche, Cardinal, Central Lee, Denver, Monticello, Northeast, Notre Dame-West Burlington, Osage, Starmont (boys), Tipton, Union Community, Waukon, West Liberty, Wilton.

Top-15 girls teams — (5) Tipton, (8) Denver, (12) Waukon, (13) Monticello.

Top-20 girls runners — (3) Noelle Steines, sr., Tipton; (4) Amilia Condon, sr., Union Community; (5) Scarlett Byrnes, jr., Osage; (15) Miriam Downing, fr., Waukon; (16) Peyton Ries, soph., Monticello.

Top-15 boys teams — (2) Denver, (10) Waukon, (12) Tipton, (15) Monticello.

Top-20 boys runners — (7) Jesse Gomez, fr., Denver; (9) Clay Bohlmann, sr., Tipton; (17) Myles Matthias, jr., Denver; (19) Aedan Althoff, jr., Monticello.

AT OELWEIN

The field — Aplington-Parkersburg, Crestwood, Dike-New Hartford, Eagle Grove, Forest City, Jesup, MFL MarMac, New Hampton, North Fayette Valley, Oelwein, Postville, South Hardin, Sumner-Fredericksburg, Vinton Shellsburg.

Top-15 girls teams — (3) Forest City, (9) Sumner-Fredericksburg, (14) Crestwood.

Top-20 girls runners — (9) Mackenzie Wilson, sr., Jesup; (11) Bethany Warren, sr., Forest City; (20) Laney Peter, sr., Crestwood.

Top-15 boys teams — (3) Oelwein, (7) Forest City, (14) Jesup.

Top-20 boys runners — (3) Conall Sauser, sr., Oelwein; (8) Alex Torres, jr., Vinton-Shellsburg; (12) Nathan Ahern, sr., Crestwood; (16) Silas Gann, jr., Forest City.

AT PELLA

The field — Anamosa, Centerville, Davis County, Eddyville EBF, Grundy Center, Hudson, Manson-NW Webster, Mediapolis, Mid-Prairie, Pella Christian, Pocahontas Area, Southeast Valley, West Marshall, Woodward-Granger.

Top-15 girls teams — (2) Mid-Prairie, (7) Pella Christian, (10) Hudson.

Top-20 girls runners — (1) Alyssa Richman, sr., Manson-NW Webster, (10) Brooklyn Stutzman, soph., Mid-Prairie; (12) Delaney Eldridge, fr., West Marshall; (18) Mollie Hansen, jr., Hudson.

Top-15 boys teams — (1) Mid-Prairie, (11) Anamosa, (13) Pella Christian.

Top-20 boys runners — (2) Emerson Vokes, jr., Grundy Center; (11) Emmett Swartzendruber, sr., Mid-Prairie; (14) Sawyer Meinders, jr., Pella Christian; (15) Will Schmidgall, soph., Mediapolis.

Class 1A cross country state-qualifiers

AT IOWA CITY

The field — Bellevue, Bellevue Marquette, Calamus-Wheatland, Clinton Prince of Peace, Danville, Durant, Dyersville Beckman, Easton Valley, English Valleys, Fort Madison Holy Trinity (boys), Iowa City Regina, Louisa-Muscatine, Lone Tree, Midland, New London, North Cedar, Rivermont Collegiate, Van Buren County, Wapello.

Top-16 girls teams — (4) English Valleys, (15) Danville.

Top-20 girls runners — None.

Top-16 boys teams — (4) Danville, (10) Van Buren County.

Top-20 boys runners — (2) Gage Heyne, sr., English Valleys; (4) Jackson Shacklett, sr., Danville; (19) Lincoln Bainbridge, jr., Van Buren County.

AT JEWELL

The field — Ankeny Christian, Baxter, Belle Plaine, BGM, Colfax-Mingo, Collins-Maxwell, Conrad BCLUW, East Marshall, Garwin GMG, Gladbrook-Reinbeck, Grand View Christian, HLV, Iowa Valley, Martensdale-St. Marys, Meskwaki, Montezuma, North Tama, South Hamilton, West Fork.

Top-16 girls teams — (8) Martensdale-St. Marys, (13) Grand View Christian.

Top-20 girls runners — (4) Karson Oberender, jr., Martensdale-St. Marys; (6) Jayden Peters, soph., Collins-Maxwell; (12) Maclaine German, jr., Marensdale-St. Marys.

Top-16 boys teams — (6) Ankeny Christian, (14) Baxter.

Top-20 boys runners — (12) Alex Davis, jr., Ankeny Christian; (13) Matt Richardson, sr., Baxter.

AT PLEASANTVILLE

The field — Earlham, Highland, Hillcrest Academy, Keota, Lamoni, Lynnville-Sully, Melcher-Dallas, Moulton-Udell, Moravia, Mount Ayr, North Mahaska, Pekin, Pleasantville, Sigourney, Southeast Warren, Twin Cedars, WACO, Wayne, Winfield-Mount Union.

Top-16 girls teams — (2) Earlham, (6) Lynnville-Sully.

Top-20 girls runners — (3) Chloe Glosser, jr., Pekin; (20) Marie Yoder, soph., Hillcrest Academy.

Top-16 boys teams — (5) Earlham, (15) Lynnville-Sully.

Top-20 boys runners — (15) Jude Dykstra, jr., WACO.

AT TROY MILLS

The field — Cascade, Central City, Clayton Ridge, Columbus Community, Don Bosco, Dunkerton, East Buchanan, Edgewood Colesburg, Elkader Central, Lansing Kee, Maquoketa Valley, North Linn, South Winneshiek, Springville, Starmont (girls), Tripoli, Turkey Valley, Valley Lutheran, Waterloo Christian, Waterloo Columbus.

Top-16 girls teams — (3) South Winneshiek, (16) Maquoketa Valley.

Top-20 girls runners — (17) Hallie Kelchen, jr., Cascade; (18) Abbi Waskow, soph., Dunkerton; (19) Lauren Krogmann, soph., Starmont.

Top-16 boys teams — (9) Springville, (12) Columbus Community.

Top-20 boys runners — (3) Matthew Schaul, sr., Maquoketa Valley.

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