Photos from the Class 3A Iowa high school cross country state-qualifying meet meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon on Wednesday.

Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman holds the lead while competing in the boys’ 5K race during the Class 3A Solon qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Boys’ varsity runners take off from the start line during the 3A Solon qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Center Point-Urbana’s Carter Easton competes in the boys’ 5K race during the Class 3A Solon qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

West Delaware’s Brynn Kartman competes in the girls’ 5K race during the Class 3A Solon qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier’s Kaleb Wilgenbusch races down a straightaway during the Class 3A Solon qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier’s Kaleb Wilgenbusch heads for the finish line and places twelfth during the Class 3A Solon qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Center Point-Urbana’s Carter Easton races towards the finish line and places eighth during the Class 3A Solon qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Marion’s Addison Debroski races down a straightaway during the Class 3A Solon qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Center Point-Urbana’s Sydney McCormick competes in the girls’ 5K race during the Class 3A Solon qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier’s Andrew Allen crosses the finish line and places sixth during the Class 3A Solon qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Center Point-Urbana’s Grace Estling finishes first with a time of 18:47 during the Class 3A Solon qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier’s Andrew Allen races in the boys’ 5K during the Class 3A Solon qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier’s Mia Deegan races down a straightaway during the Class 3A Solon qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Varsity girls take off from the start line during the Class 3A Solon qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Solon’s Sydney Dee races down a straightaway during the Class 3A Solon qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman crosses the finish line and places first with a time of 15:29 during the Class 3A Solon qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Marion’s Elisa Moore and Center Point-Urbana’s Sydney McCormick race towards the finish line during the Class 3A Solon qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Xavier’s Mia Deegan races for the finish line and places fourth with a time of 19:10 during the Class 3A Solon qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Maquoketa’s Izzy Hardin and Center Point-Urbana’s Grace Estling lead the pack while competing during the Class 3A Solon qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Maquoketa’s Izzy Hardin races towards the finish line and places second with a time of 18:55 during the Class 3A Solon qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Solon’s Sydney Dee heads for the finish line and places third with a time of 19:05 during the Class 3A Solon qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman leads the pack while competing in the boys’ 5K race during the Class 3A Solon qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

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