And they’re off! Cross-country qualifiers begin Wednesday

WASHINGTON — Washington Golf and Country Club will be the place to be on Wednesday, that is if you want to know which of the area’s big school runners will be headed to Fort Dodge next weekend.

The Demons host the Southeast Conference and then some in a meet that includes 14 schools, all vying for three state qualifier spots. Individually, the Top-15 runners will all get in.

The same goes for the area’s Class 2A squads, which run on Thursday. Girls’ cross-country power house Mid-Prairie will be at Pella Christian, along with Cardinal, the Danville-New London boys and Van Buren County.

Class 1A’s schools are a little more spread out. Pekin will travel to Leon for their meet, hosted by Central Decatur, but Columbus, the Danville-New London girls, Highland, Hillcrest Academy, Keota, WACO and Winfield-Mount Union will all be in Iowa City.

In Class 1A, only the Top-2 teams and first 10 individuals across will be making the trip to Fort Dodge.

All meets are scheduled for a 4 p.m. start., unless sites are hosting two different classes, in which case they will begin at 3 p.m.

CLASS 3A at Washington

Assumption, Davenport

Center Point-Urbana

Central DeWitt

Epworth, Western Dubuque

Fairfield

Fort Madison

Keokuk

Maquoketa

Mount Pleasant

Mount Vernon/Lisbon

Notre Dame/West Burlington

South Tama County

Washington

Class 2A at Pella Christian

Albia

Cardinal, Eldon

Centerville

Central Lee

Danville-New London (Boys)

Davis County

Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont

Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck

Interstate 35, Truro

Mid-Prairie, Wellman

PCM

Pella Christian

Union, LaPorte City

Van Buren County

West Marshall

Class 1A at Iowa City Regina

Bellevue

BGM, Brooklyn

Columbus Community

Danville (Girls)

Durant

English Valleys

Highland, Rivers

Hillcrest Academy

Holy Trinity, Fort Madison

Hudson

Iowa Valley, Marengo

Keota

Lone Tree

Montezuma

Regina, Iowa City

Sigourney

WACO, Wayland

Wapello

Winfield-Mount Union

Class 1A at Central Decatur

Baxter

Bedford

Central Decatur

Colfax-Mingo

Collins-Maxwell

Colo-Nesco

Lamoni

Lynnville-Sully

Madrid

Melcher-Dallas

Moravia

Moulton-Udell

North Mahaska

Pekin

Pleasantville

Southeast Warren

Twin Cedars

Wayne, Corydon