Waukon girls cross country team finishes 12th among Class 2A elite at first State Cross Country Meet team appearance in five seasons
Leads the Lady Indian effort ... Waukon girls cross country freshman Miriam Downing leads this small pack at the Class 2A State Cross Country Meet at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course near Fort Dodge Saturday, November 2. Downing paced the Lady Indian effort at the season grand finale with her 36th-place overall finish in the meet field of 136 runners, 21st for team scoring, in a time of 20:25.6. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.
Competing for the first time in five seasons as an entire team at the destination where all Iowa high school cross country teams strive to be, the Waukon girls cross country team exceeded the expectations of many in running to a 12th-place team finish at the Class 2A State Cross Country Meet held at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course near Fort Dodge Saturday, November 2. Ranked 13th among this year’s Class 2A distance elite heading into the season grand finale, the young Lady Indian squad without a senior on its State Meet crew finished one spot higher than that ranking, tallying 238 points to finish 12th in that 15-team Class 2A field, with that team total being just three points out of cracking the top-10 in those final team standings.
CLASS 2A TEAM SCORES
Mid-Prairie Wellman 84; Unity Christian 92; Van Meter 114; Tipton 153; Denver 169; Sumner_Fredericksburg 184; PCM Monroe 218; Albia 219; Forest City 232; Roland-Story 235; Hudson 237; WAUKON 238; Crestwood 240; Pella Christian 250; Cherokee Washington 316
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