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The excellent tradition of Pella Cross Country continued Friday as the boys placed 4th and the girls placed 8th at the state meet in Fort Dodge.

The Lady Dutch came in as the 11th ranked team and for the second year in a row at state, outperformed their pre-meet seeding.

27th-Jacie Trine 20:21
29th-Abigail Cutler 20:23
33th-Autumn Blink 20:31
56th-Ashley Blommers 21:01
69th-Tess Paulsen 21:32
75th-Macy Schroeder 21:42
88th-Sophia Boonstra 22:24

Pella’s boys just missed a spot for a top three trophy in a field that was highly competitive beyond champions Dallas Center-Grimes.

Pella boys team (3A) 4th 157 points
10th-Anthony Schmitz 16:45
18th-Chase Lauman 17:04
34th-Josiah Wittenberg 17:21
46th-Nathan Vander Waal 17:31
49th-Akira Lopez 17:35
72nd-Cutler Turner 17:56
93th-Braden Rowe 18:41