Dallas-Center Grimes and Adel-DeSoto-Minburn cross country runners headed for Fort Dodge to compete in the Class 3A state cross country meet.

For the girls side ADM sent one individual runner to Fort Dodge in junior runner Geneva Timmerman. Timmerman ran well with a time of 19:06 which earned her second place overall at the meet as the runner up to state champion. 

DCG sent their girls team up to the state meet and as a whole they turned in good times earning them third place as a team at the meet. The team was made up of Maddy Stevens who ran a 20:02 good enough for 23rd, Hannah Little with a 20:09 which placed her 32nd, Meredith McDermott ran a 20:22 which placed her in 38th one spot ahead of her teammate Abbey Angus who turned in a 20:23 for 39th. 

Also, for DCG Dakota Newcomb ran a 20:40 placing her in 53rd, Vanessa Bickford placed 59th with a 20:50 and Skyler Blessman rounded out DCG runners in 100th place with a 21:34.

For the boys side DCG boys took the day at the state meet with senior runner Aidan Ramsey being crowned as the state champion coming in first overall with a time of 15:36. The DCG boys team also placed first overall by two points. 

For the DCG boys other runners included Tate McDermott who placed tenth with a 16:28, Jacob Ewers placed 19th with a 16:49, Owen Pries placed 22nd with a 16:59, Ben Every placed 24th with a competitive 16:59 just slightly slower, AJ Angus placed 28th with a 17:05 and Jack Every placed 63rd with a 17:43. 

For ADM their team placed 13th overall with runners Cooper Greenslade coming in 12th with a 16:35, Quinton Kimrey came in 33rd with a 17:14, Torin Timmerman came in 88th with a 17:57, Ryan Entriken came in 107th with a 18:19, Grant Vandevoorde came in 113th with a 18:28, Hunter Landphair came in 115th with an 18:30 and Hubie Chaplin came in 118th with an 18:35. 

All of the teams turned in good times at the Class 3A state cross country meet with DCG taking state championships in both the individual and team categories.