One of the stories of the area at the State Cross Country Meet was Melcher-Dallas’s J’Lyn Knutson. Not only did she make the state meet after being injured for much of the season, but as her coach Amy Stuart tells KNIA Sports, she was far behind many of the other runners when she finally got to state. Knutson will come back for her senior season in 2020 and compete for a fourth straight trip to state.