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The past three seasons have been filled with milestones and historic moments for the Liberty High cross country team.

Liberty High made a little more history on Thursday at the Class 4A state qualifying meet at Marshalltown Community College.

The Lightning secured the first state appearance for a team sport in school history on Thursday with a third-place finish at the 4A state qualifier.

Bowen Gryp and Jack Kinzer placed fifth and sixth respective as Liberty High finished third with 62 points.

Class 4A seventh-ranked Cedar Rapids Prairie won the team title with 33 points followed by eighth-ranked Johnston with 45.

Liberty High, which entered ranked No. 10 in Class 4A, finished 56 points in front of fourth-place Ankeny for the final state qualifying spot.

Gryp placed fifth in 16:33.2 while Kinzer was right on his heels in sixth in a time of 16:33.5.

Senior Peter Woodward finished 16th in 16:52 and Caleb Schillinger was 17th in 16:53.7.

Class 4A State Qualifier

At Marshalltown Community College  

Team scores – 1. Cedar Rapids Prairie 33; 2. Johnston 45; 3. Liberty High 62; 4. Ankeny 118; 5. Indianola 129; 6. Fort Dodge 204; 7. Mason City 205; 8. Ottumwa 224; 9. Newton 233; 10. Marshalltown 261

Individual leaders – 1. Jack Pendergast (CRP) 16:03.2; 2. Sam Schmitz (JON) 16:08.8; 3. Andrew Bickford (CRP) 16:20.7; 4. Hunter Kalous (CRP) 16:29; 5. Bowen Gryp (ICL) 16:33.2; 6. Jack Kinzer (ICL) 16:33.5; 7. Noor Noor (JON) 16:36.9; 8. Tyler Hentzel (ANK) 16:37.6; 9. Hunter Briggs (JON) 16:43.6; 10. McKade Adams (CRP) 16:44.8; 11. Curtis Johnson (IND) 16:45.2; 12. Logan Hoger (IND) 16:45.3; 13. Karson Kleve (JON) 16:45.6; 14. Yohana Yual (JON) 16:46.1; 15. Ryan Neubauer (CRP) 16:48.8

Liberty High – 5. Bowen Gryp 16:33.2; 6. Jack Kinzer 16:33.5; 16. Peter Woodward 16:52.6; 17. Caleb Schillinger 16:53.7; 18. Christian Montover 16:55.7; 30. Ethan Keeney 17:29.6; 34. Logan Nelson 17:43.1

West High Returns to State Meet

West High put three runners in the top 10 in a runner-up team finish at the Class 4A state qualifying meet on Thursday at Southeast Polk High School.

Sophomore Nicolo Schianchi led a trio of top-10 finishers for the Trojans placing seventh in 17:02.5 as ninth-ranked West High finished with 64 points.

Second-ranked West Des Moines Dowling won the team title with 31 points while No. 11 Southeast Polk was third with 70 points.

Sophomore Alex McKane placed eighth in a time of 17:05.2 while Ken Wilbur was ninth in 17:07 for West High.

Class 4A State Qualifier

At Southeast Polk High School

Team scores – 1. West Des Moines Dowling 31; 2. West High 64; 3. Southeast Polk 70; 4. West Des Moines Valley 75; 5. Des Moines Roosevelt 143; 6. Des Moines Lincoln 171; 7. Des Moines East 209; 8. Des Moines Hoover 223

Individual leaders – 1. Sam Hall (WDD) 16:20.3; 2. Drake Hanson (SEP) 16:41.5; 3. Zach Fry (WDD) 16:54.4; 4. Mike Gipple (WDD) 16:55.9; 5. Jack Smeins (WDV) 17:00; 6. Carter Owens (WDV) 17:02; 7. Nicolo Schianchi (ICW) 17:02.5; 8. Alex McKane (ICW) 17:05.2; 9. Ken Wilbur (ICW) 17:07; 10. Jordan Daniel (WDD) 17:10.4; 11. Andrew Klein (DML) 17:18.7; 12. Cade Mash (SEP) 17:21.3; 13. Will Ode (WDD) 17:21.5; 14. Jaxson Plumb (DMR) 17:25; 15. Lucas Martin (WD) 17:27.5

West High – 7. Nicolo Schianchi 17:02.5; 8. Alex McKane 17:05.2; 9. Ken Wilbur 17:07; 18. Caden Noeller 17:36.5; 22. Mohan Kumar 17:50.9; 25. Raymond Yang 18:08.3; 27. Julian Wemmie 18:13.8

City High’s Washburn Secures Spot at State Meet

City High freshman Ford Washburn secured a spot at the state meet with a seventh-place finish at the Class 4A state qualifier at Birdsall Park in Cedar Falls on Thursday.

Washburn finished in a time of 16:36 to earn his spot at the state meet while City High placed fourth and missed qualifying for the state meet by one point.

Class 4A fifth-ranked Cedar Falls won the team title with 47 points while sixth-ranked Ames was second with 61 and Cedar Rapids Kennedy was third with 92 points.

City High placed fourth with 93 and Cedar Rapids Washington was fifth with 105.

Class 4A State Qualifier

At Birdsall Park in Cedar Falls

Team scores – 1. Cedar Falls 47; 2. Ames 61; 3. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 92; 4. City High 93; 5. Cedar Rapids Washington 105; 6. Western Dubuque 153; 7. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 206; 8. Dubuque Senior 210; 9. Muscatine 222; 10. Waterloo 290

Individual leaders – 1. Jacob Green (CRK) 16:15; 2. Noah Kohut-Jackson (AME) 16:24; 3. Aniey Akok (AME) 16:25; 4. Max Locher (CRW) 16:27; 5. Brayden Burnett (CF) 16:31; 6. Lewis Kleman (CRW) 16:32; 7. Ford Washburn (ICH) 16:36; 8. Michael Goodenbour (CF) 16:46; 9. Conner Kilgore (DS) 16:47; 10. Eli Smith (CF) 16:48; 11. TJ Tomlyanovich (CF) 16:54; 12. Cade Messer (WD) 16:55; 13. Joel Burris (CF) 16:56; 14. Kayde Bowers (CRK) 16:57; 15. Benett Ryken (AME) 17:04

City High – 7. Ford Washburn 16:36; 18. Mitchell Wilkes 17:16; 20. Lance Smith 17:22; 21. Evan McElroy 17:23; 27. Truman Thompson 17:33; 29. Sullivan Hall 17:34; 32. Parker Max 17:42

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