Cedar Falls boys & girls cross country teams qualify for State Meet, Waterloo West’s Ollivierre qualifies individually
Berths into the boys and girls high school State Cross Country Meet were up for grabs yesterday at qualifying meets across the state in Class 4A and 3A.
Cedar Falls, Waterloo West and Waterloo East all competed at the Class 4A qualifying meet at Dubuque Senior yesterday, and on the boys side, the Tigers’ Jaden Merrick won the meet with a time of 14-minutes & 53.9-seconds.
Cedar Falls’ Dominic Williams, Connor Martin and Kieran DeGroote finished 5th, 6th and 7th respectively — qualifying the Tigers as a team for the state meet.
On the girls side, Cedar Falls’ Charlie Gall continued her record-breaking freshman season, finishing 1st with a time of 18-minutes & 2.1-seconds.
Waterloo West’s Nakia Ollivierre finished 2nd with a time of 18-minutes & 3.4-seconds, qualifying individually for the state.
With finishers in 13th, 16th, 19th and 20th – the Cedar Falls girls qualified as a team for state.
The Class 4A boys and girls State Cross Country Meets take place next Friday, November 1st at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge.
