Albia’s McKenna Montgomery runs during the girls’ Class 2A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. Montgomery won with a time of 18:20.7. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Monticello freshman Mary Grace Lyons approaches the finish during the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. Lyons finished second in 18:55.2. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Mid-Prairie’s Brooklyn Stutzman runs in the girls’ Class 2A race during the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. Stutzman finished seventh in 19:20.1. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

West Liberty’s Carlos Meraz runs during the boys’ Class 2A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. Meraz placed eleventh in 16:41.1. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Grundy Center’s Emmerson Vokes celebrates as he approaches the finish during the boys’ Class 2A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. Vokes won in a time of 15:42.0. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Oelwein’s Keshaun Williams runs during the boys’ Class 2A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. Williams finished fourth in 16:26.2. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

West Liberty’s Carlos Meraz lays on the ground after finishing the boys’ Class 2A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. Meraz placed eleventh in 16:41.1. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Mediapolis’s Simon Wendel runs during the boys’ Class 2A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Pella’s Marissa Ferebee (361), Maquoketa’s Izzy Hardin (335), and Mount Pleasant’s Avery Fedler (345) lead the pack during the girls’ Class 3A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Maquoketa’s Izzy Hardin (335) runs during the girls’ Class 3A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Mount Vernon’s Evelyn Moeller (349) runs during the girls’ Class 3A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Mount Vernon’s Kiersten Swart (353) runs during the girls’ Class 3A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Williamsburg’s Edie Axmear (391) runs during the girls’ Class 3A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Pella’s Marissa Ferebee celebrates as she crosses the finish line during the girls’ Class 3A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. Ferebee won in 17:49.9. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Maquoketa’s Izzy Hardin kicks to the finish during the girls’ Class 3A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. Hardin placed second in 18:02.8. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Mount Vernon-Lisbon’s Evelyn Moeller runs during the girls’ Class 3A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. Moeller finished third in 18:06.5. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Pella’s Elsie Brenneman approaches the finish during the girls’ Class 3A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. Brenneman placed fourth in 18:11.3. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

CPU’s Aaliyah Causey (298) approaches the finish during the girls’ Class 3A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Solon’s Falyn Svalstad (378) runs during the girls’ Class 3A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Marion’s Addison Dabroski (336) approaches the finish during the girls’ Class 3A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Washington’s Iris Dahl approaches the finish during the girls’ Class 3A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Mount Vernon-Lisbon’s Evelyn Moeller (349) helps Kiersten Swart (353) away from the finish following the girls’ Class 3A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Mount Vernon-Lisbon runners huddle after the girls’ Class 3A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Des Moines Christian’s Caleb Ten Pas (465) and Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman (474) run during the boys’ Class 3A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

during the boys’ Class 3A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman (474) runs during the boys’ Class 3A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

during the boys’ Class 3A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman (474) kicks to the finish during the boys’ Class 3A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman (474) celebrates as he crosses the finish line during the boys’ Class 3A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Pella’s Canaan Dunham (513) runs during the boys’ Class 3A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. Dunham finished second in 15:02.9. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman (474) points to the sky following the boys’ Class 3A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. Nauman won in 14:48.3. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Pella’s Canaan Dunham (513) embraces Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman (474) after the boys’ Class 3A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. Nauman won in 14:48.3 as Dunham finished second in 15:02.9. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Des Moines Christian’s Caleb Ten Pas (center) embraces Pella’s Canaan Dunham (left) and Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman (right) after the boys’ Class 3A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. Nauman won in 14:48.3 as Dunham finished second in 15:02.9 and Ten Pas placed third in 15:18.4. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Mount Vernon-Lisbon’s Dawson Scheil (507) and Vinton-Shellsburg’s Alex Torres (541) run during the boys’ Class 3A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

CCA”s Carson Meskimen crosses the finish line during the boys’ Class 3A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Mount Vernon-Lisbon’s Sawyer Feldman approaches the finish during the boys’ Class 3A race at the 2025 Iowa high school state cross country championships in Fort Dodge, Iowa on Friday, October 31, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

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