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Ashlyn Keeney is headed back to the state cross country meet for the third consecutive season.

For the second year in a row Keeney is going to have some company in Fort Dodge.

Liberty High qualified three individual runners for the state meet for the second straight season as Cami and Cori Mac each secured trip to state along with Keeney on Wednesday at the Class 4A qualifying meet at Crow Creek Park in Bettendorf.

The defending Class 4A runner-up, Keeney won the individual title in a time of 19:00 finishing 16 seconds in front of runner-up Hannah Beintema of Bettendorf.

Senior Cami Mac qualified for the state meet for the second straight season with a fifth-place finish on Wednesday while freshman Cori Mac placed 12^th to earn her first trip to state.

Cami Mac finished in 19:37 while Cori crossed the finish line in 20:14.

No. 15 ranked Pleasant Valley won a tight team race by three points over No. 13 Cedar Rapids Prairie and Bettendorf edged Liberty High by one point for the final state meet berth.

Class 4A State Qualifier

At Crow Creek Park in Bettendorf

Team scores – 1. Pleasant Valley 54; 2. Cedar Rapids Prairie 57; 3. Bettendorf 68; 4. Liberty High 69; 5. North Scott 138; 6. Davenport Central 164; 7. Davenport West 184; 8. Davenport North 192

Individual leaders – 1. Ashlyn Keeney (ICL) 19:00; 2. Hannah Beintema (BET) 19:16; 3. Bella D’Antico (PV) 19:26; 4. Keirra Hess (CRP) 19:36; 5. Cami Mac (ICL) 19:37; 6. Emily See (BET) 19:39; 7. Lizzie McVey (PV) 19:39; 8. Kylie Daily (DW) 20:00; 9. Gabby Cortez (CRP) 10:01; 10. Bailey Boddicker (NS) 20:06; 11. Lily Johannes (CRP) 20:07; 12. Cori Mac (ICL) 20:14; 13. Lydia Sommer (PV) 20:25; 14. Kendall White (CRP) 20:26; 15. Gretchen Highberger (PV) 20:26

Liberty High (69) – 1. Ashlyn Keeney 19:00; 5. Cami Mac 19:37; 12. Cori Mac 20:14; 24. McKenzie Logan 20:59; 27. Chaise Lange 21:22; 30. Grace Ceynar 21:33; 32. Malia Taylor 21:38

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