Pella's teams were welcomed home late Saturday by Booster Club
Pella’s teams were welcomed home late Saturday by the Booster Club

Local cross country teams earned a trophy and medals in this year’s state meet on Saturday.

The Pella Lady Dutch scored a school best 106 points and finished 2nd place overall for the second straight year. Pella’s boys finished in 5th place as a team. Grant Dunsbergen of Pella Christian was an all-state honoree by finishing 15th, with PCM’s Chris Ellens at 16th. Dunsbergen wasn’t aware until after the race he had made a surprise appearance as a medalist in his final race.

“Right at the end, some people said something to me, but it didn’t really register at first,” he says. “But probably, five, ten minutes after I got done running I realized that fifteeth is all-state and that’s crazy.”