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Photos: 2023 Class 3A Iowa high school cross country state qualifier at Solon

Oct. 19, 2023 5:00 pm, Updated: Oct. 19, 2023 8:19 pm
Mount Vernon-Lisbon won the girls and boys team titles in a Class 3A state-qualifying cross country meet Wednesday night at Solon.
Marion’s Addison Dabroski runs with thee lead pack at the start of the girls race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Mount Vernon-Lisbon’s Kiersten Swart runs during the girls race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Solon Spartan runners take off with the rest off the field during the girls race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Center Point-Urbana’s Grace Estling (left) runs alongside teammate Emma Wilkerson during the girls race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Central DeWitt’s Kyle Olson (right) outlasts Grinnell’s Liam Crites to take sixth place during the boys race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. Crites finished in seventh. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Mount Vernon-Lisbon’s Grady Olberding kicks to the finish line for second place during the boys race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Solon’s Brick Kabela kicks to the finish line for third place during the boys race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Marion’s Cooper Cook kicks for the finish line and fifth place during the boys race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Western Dubuque’s Quenton Nauman kicks for the finish line and the win during the boys race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Center Point-Urbana’s Grace Estling kicks for the finish line and a third place finish in the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Mount Vernon-Lisbon’s Dawson Scheil kicks to the finish line for fourth place during the boys race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Dubuque’s Wahlert’s Lucy Murphy kicks for the finish line and a second place finish in the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Marion’s Addison Dabroski kicks for the finish line on her way to winning the girls race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Mount Vernon-Lisbon’s Kiersten Swart (left) holds off a charging Center Point-Urbana’s Emma Wilkerson to keep fifth place during the girls race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Center Point-Urbana’s Emma Wilkerson (left) runs off the should of Solon’s Sydney Dee during the girls race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Grinnell’s Kyliee Zlystra (1709) runs for the lead pack of runners during the girls race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Mount Vernon-Lisbon Emrie Johnson runs through a curve on the course during the girls race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Western Dubuque’s Kaitlyn Thole kicks to the finish line during the girls race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Center Point-Urbana’s Emma Wilkerson runs during the girls race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Grinnell’s Kyliee Zlystra (1709) kicks to the finish line during the girls race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Marion’s Addison Dabroski runs with thee lead pack at the start of the girls race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Solon’s Anna Quillin runs during the girls race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Mount Vernon-Lisbon Eastin Whisner runs during the girls race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Solon’s Ella Sheeley grimaces as she sprints for the finish line during the girls race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Xavier’s Mia Deegan runs during the girls race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Maquoketa’s Izzy Hardin kicks to the finish line during the girls race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Mount Vernon-Lisbon Evelyn Moeller (left) leads Benton Community’s Jaida Lyons during the girls race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Western Dubuque’s Kaitlyn Thole charges up a small rise during the girls race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Benton Community’s Jaida Lyons runs during the girls race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Grinnell’s Kyliee Zlystra (1709) kicks to the finish line during the girls race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Center Point-Urbana’s Grace Estling emerges from a wooded section during the girls race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Western Dubuque’s Lorilei (cq) Smith kicks to the finish line during the girls race of the 3A state qualifier cross country meet at Solon Recreation and Nature Area in Solon, Iowa, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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