Newton’s Girl Cross Country team had time trials this past week to help determine who makes the varsity squad. Head Coach Rachelle Tipton has last year’s top runner back and believes some sophomores may run their way onto the Varsity squad.

“We got Bella Winther a Senior. She’s definitely going to be a key. She is one of our Captains and was the number one runner last year. Hadley Kruse is also back, a Senior and another key runner. Abigail Preston, a Junior, has been a varsity athlete for us. We have a good solid group of sophomores that I think will be pushing our varsity team with Sarah Malow, Alivia Kingery and Meghan Trout. All of our returners coming back are great athletes and good teammates, so it’s just going to be a lot of fun.”

The first event for the Newton Girl’s Cross Country team is Thursday, August 29th at 4:30 at Marshalltown Community College. About a dozen schools are expected to have runners at that meet.