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West High qualified a pair of runners for the state cross country meet on Wednesday at the Class 4A state qualifier at the Dubuque Soccer Complex.

Junior Jake Weiler and senior Lars Pressler each secured spots at the 4A state cross country meet scheduled for October 30 at Lakeside Golf Course in Fort Dodge with top-15 finishes at the state qualifier on Wednesday.

Weiler finished eighth in a time of 16:11.1 to secure a second consecutive state meet appearance.

Pressler finished 15^th in 16:27.2 to punch his ticket to the state meet.

Class 4A second-ranked Cedar Falls won the team title with 30 points followed by seventh-ranked Pleasant Valley with 55 points and No. 15 Dubuque Hempstead with 82 points.

West High was fourth with 120 points.

Evan Merrill finished 29^th in a time of 16:57.4 and Eli Dunham was 33^rd in 17:06.6 for West High while Michael Hanna finished 35^th in a time of 17:19.3.

Class 4A State Qualifying Meet

At Dubuque Soccer Complex     

Team scores – 1. Cedar Falls 30; 2. Pleasant Valley 55; 3. Dubuque Hempstead 82; 4. West High 120; 5. Dubuque Senior 134; 6. Cedar Rapids Kennedy 137; 7. Western Dubuque 170; 8. Cedar Rapids Washington 236; 9. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 259; 10. Clinton 277

Individual leaders – 1. Dominic Williams (CF) 15:19.3; 2. Owen Anderson (DS) 15:43.7; 3. Jonah Whitson (PV) 15:44.8; 4. Henry Maloney (DH) 15:47.5; 5. Jeremy Gall (CF) 15:49.5; 6. Porter Myers (CF) 16:06.5; 7. Cody Strohman (CF) 16:06.7; 8. Jake Weiler (ICW) 16:11.1; 9. Aidan Cooley (DH) 16:17.7; 10. Kamran Foad (PV) 16:19.9; 11. Ryne Kies (CF) 16:20; 12. Matthew Sargent (PV) 16:22; 13. Joel Klein (WD) 16:23.7; 14. Jacob O’Connor (PV) 16:27.2; 15. Lars Pressler (ICW) 16:27.2

West High – 8. Jake Weiler 16:11.1; 14. Lars Pressler 16:27.5; 29. Evan Merrill 16:57.4; 33. Eli Dunham 17:06.6; 35. Michael Hanna 17:19.3; 42. Oluwadara Olaleye 17:41.5; 47. Zachariah Bruzek 18:00.6

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