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Photos: 4A and 3A Iowa high school cross country state championships
Oct. 29, 2021 6:00 pm
4A and 3A competed in the Iowa State Cross Country State Championships at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021.
Solon girls hug family and friends on the sidelines after finishing the 3A race during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
4A girls runners run through the course during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Marion's Blake Roling (453) runs towards the finish line and places 13th with a time of 16:35 during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Fans run across the cross country course to watch the boys 4A runners compete during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
3A boys run the course during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
3A boys come around the first turn of the course during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Marion's Jedidiah Osgood (451) runs the course during boys 3A race at the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Boys 4A runners take off from the starting line during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Girls 3A runners take off from the starting line during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar’s Hayden Kuhn (199) runs into the final stretch of the boys 4A race during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Liberty boys pose for a portrait after finishing the boys 3A race at the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Marion's Chris Oberbrockling (450) runs the course during the boys 3A race at the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Solon's Kayla Young (366) keeps up pace during the girls 3A race at the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Hempstead’s Derek Leicht (163) heads into the final stretch of the course during the boys 4A race at the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Solon's Kayla Young (366) hugs her teammate after finishing fifth in the girls 3A race during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Marion's Madison Prier (331) runs along the course during the girls 3A race at the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Hempstead’s Derek Leicht (163) races around the course during the boys 4A race at the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Prairie’s Lily Johannes cries and hugs her coach Tami Skriver after finishing the girls 4A race at the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Center Point-Urbana's Eli Larson (402) runs out in front during the boys 3A race at the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Center Point-Urbana's Kora Katcher (274) runs the course during the girls 3A race at the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Solon's Kaia Holtkamp (363) gets emotional while hugging her teammates after running in the girls 3A race during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
ADM boys gather around their teammate to check on him after finishing the 3A race during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Cedar Rapids Kennedy's Miles Wilson (152) lays down on the ground after running in the boys 3A race during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Hempstead’s Julia Gehl (44) keeps up the pace while running along the course during the girls 4A race at the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Shirtless spectators wait for the start of the boys 4A race during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar's Hayden Kuhn (199) lays on the ground after finishing ninth in the boys 4A race during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
City High's Iris Wedemeyer (70) gets emotional after finishing the girls 4A race during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
City High's Lucy Corbin (65) lays on the floor to rest after running in the girls 4A race during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
The top ten boys 4A runners stick closely together during the first half of the race at the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Girls 4A runners collapse on the ground after finishing the race during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Center Point-Urbana's Kora Katcher (274) takes a breath after finishing eighth with a time 19:29 in the girls 3A race during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Hempstead’s Keelee Leitzen (47) runs towards the finish line and places fifth with a time of 18:24 during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Center Point-Urbana's Eli Larson (402), right, hugs Dallas Center-Grimes' Aidan Ramsey (417) after Ramsey placed first in the boys 3A race during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Hempstead 4A girls celebrate after finishing the race and getting enoug points to place first as a team in the 4A class during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar's Hayden Kuhn (199) gives Linn-Mar Head Coach Kyle Hoffman, right, and Assistant Coach Mike Finnerty a fist bump before the start of the boys 4A race during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Ballard's Paityn Noe (260) runs to the finish line and places first in the girls 3A race with a time of 18:12 during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Solon's Kayla Young (366) runs towards the finish line and places fifth in the girls 3A race with a time of 19:19 during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Center Point-Urbana's Eli Larson (402) runs towards the finish line and places second in the boys 3A race with a time of 15:44 during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Marion's Shane Erb (448) crosses the finish line and places third in the boys 3A race with a time of 15:48 during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Solon's Anna Quillin (365) runs across the finish line and places 19th with a time of 19:49 during the girls 3A race at the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Prairie’s Keirra Hess (101) crosses the finish line and places 13th with a time of 19:03 during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Iowa City Liberty’s Ashlyn Keeney (71) crosses the finish line during the girls 4A race and places seventh with a time of 18:35 during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Hempstead’s Derek Leicht (163) runs across the finish line and places 15th in the boys 4A race with a time of 16:12 during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Valley West Des Moines’ Kamryn Ensley (119) runs towards the finish line and places second in the girls 4A race with a time of 18:14 during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Dubuque Hempstead's John Maloney (165) catches his breath after finishing the boys 4A race in 21st place with a time of 16:23 during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Dubuque Hempstead's Keelee Leitzen (47) celebrates with Cedar Rapids Kennedy's Bethany Smeed (26) after Leitzen came in fifth place during girls 4A race at the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
14-year-old Hempstead freshman Mylee Lange hugs her teammate Dubuque Hempstead's Natalie Schlichte (49) after the end of the girls 4A race during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Prairie's Keirra Hess (101), Prairie's Gabrielle Cortez (99) and Des Moines Roosevelt's Adrienne Buettner-Cabl (29) run the course during the girls 4A race at the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Dallas Center-Grimes' Aidan Ramsey (417) celebrates as he runs towards the finish line and places first in the boys 3A race with a time of 15:36 during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Linn-Mar’s Hayden Kuhn (199) crosses the finish line and places ninth with a time of 16:01 during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Dubuque Hempstead's Natalie Schlichte (49) becomes emotional as she hugs Chad Leitzen of Dubuque after Schlichte and her team got enough points to place first as a team in 4A during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Iowa City West’s Alexander McKane (186) runs alongside Dowling Catholic’s Jackson Heidesch (155) as they race into the final stretch of the course during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Dowling Catholic’s Jackson Heidesch is (155) puts his hands out in celebration as he crosses the finish line and places first in the boys 4A race with a time of 15:24 during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Iowa City West’s Alexander McKane (186) runs towards the finish line and places second with a time of 15:30 during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
After crossing the finish line during the girls 4A race, Prairie’s Gabrielle Cortez (99) sits down and catches her breath while at the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. Cortez placed 19th with a time of 19:19. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Hempstead’s Keelee Leitzen (47) hugs Liberty’s Ashlyn Keeney (71) after finishing the girls 4A race during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. Leitzen placed fifth overall in the race with a time of 18:24 and Keeney placed seventh with a time of 18:35. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
Newton's Jackson Mace-Maynard (473) pushes ahead of Marion's Jedidiah Osgood (451) as they head towards the finish line during the Iowa High School Cross Country State championships at Kennedy Park in Ft.Dodge, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. Maynard placed fourth with a time of 16:06:47 and Osgood placed fifth with a time of 16:06:86. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)
