The Dutch and Eagles will have several elite athletes coming to the Pella Sports Park next week to qualify for the state cross country meet.

Locally, Knoxville joins Pella in the 3A race on Wednesday, October 19th at 4 p.m. The ranked teams in the field at Pella include:

Girls (Pella #2): #1 Ballard, #14 Iowa Falls-Alden, #17 Carlisle
Boys (Pella #1): #4 Winterset, #7 Carlisle

Click here for the full field of teams in Class 3A.

The following day, Pella Christian welcomes 30 teams to the Pella Sports Park for a Class 2A district meet site. PCM will join that race locally.

Ranked teams include:
Boys
#3 Danville-New London
#8 GCGR
#9 Pella Christian
#13 Mid Prairie

Girls
#2 Mid Prairie Wellman
#6 Albia
#12 Pella Christian
#15 Union, LaPorte City

Click here for the Class 2A sites. The top three teams from each race in Class 2A and 3A advance to the State Meet in Fort Dodge on Friday, October 28th (Class 1A/2A) and Saturday, October 29th (Class 3A/4A).

Twin Cedars, Melcher-Dallas, and Pleasantville all head to Central Decatur on Thursday, October 20th in Class 1A.