Two more banners have been collected after a pair of dominating races for the Pella cross country teams at the state qualifying meets held at the Pella Sports Park on Wednesday.

The #1 ranked Dutch girls scored 18 points and the #2 in 3A boys scored 35 to win the district races and officially qualify for next week’s state meet in Fort Dodge.

Marissa Ferebee blazed through the Pella Sports Park with a time of 16:37.99, lowering her all-time 5K best time in Iowa and torching the previous course record held by the great Paityn Noe of Ballard (17:15.08). All seven Dutch runners earned All-District recognition, including Elsie Brenneman (2nd – 17:32.91), Ruth Dunham (3rd – 18:34.85), Lizzy VandeVoort (4th – 19:02.75), Carleigh Altwine (8th – 19:25.31), Lizzie Neumann (9th – 19:35.15), and Mara Schiebout (12th – 19:48.27).

Canaan Dunham shattered his own course record from 2023, winning his second consecutive district meet crown with a time of 15:05.57. Mason Gaulke (4th – 16:29.91), Noah Schukneckt (6th – 16:34.24), and Devon Browne (8th – 16:35.94) earned All-District honors. Kaiden Browne (16th), Jonah Ebersole (17th), and Aren Hellbusch (22nd) rounded out the Pella lineup.

Find full results here. The 2024 State Cross Country Meet will be held over two days on November 1st and 2nd, with Pella running in Class 3A during the morning session next Friday.