Boys Cross Country Roundup: Liberty High Wins State Qualifying Meet Title to Return to State Cross Country Meet for Fourth Consecutive Season
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Liberty High is returning to the state cross country meet for the fourth consecutive season and seventh time in the past eight years and this time the Lightning will head to Fort Dodge as a state meet qualifying champion.
Class 4A third-ranked Liberty High put four runners in the top 10 and cruised to the team title at the 4A state qualifying meet at Marshalltown Community College on Wednesday.
The Lightning won the team title with 32 points, outdistancing runner-up Norwalk by 50 points while No. 10 Waukee Northwest was third with 85 points.
Senior Keegan Decker finished runner-up in a time of 15:03.6 behind last season state runner-up Preston Johnson of Marshalltown who won the individual title in a time of 15:02.9.
Decker led four Lightning runners to finish in the top 10 including a trio of top-five finishers.
Sophomore Maxwell Kinzer finished third in 15:45.4 and senior Tayson Cho was fourth in 15:47.6 for Liberty High.
Lars Hildebrand placed seventh in a time of 16:19.2 while junior Jens Strand finished 17th in a time of 16:44.1 for Liberty High.
The Class 4A state cross country meet is schedule for October 30 at Lakeside Golf Course in Fort Dodge.
Class 4A State Qualifying Meet
At Marshalltown Community College
Team scores – 1. Liberty High 32; 2. Norwalk 82; 3. Waukee Northwest 85; 4. Linn-Mar 104; 5. Urbandale 129; 6. Marshalltown 138; 7. Des Moines Roosevelt 184; 8. Fort Dodge 208; 9. Waterloo United 216
Individual leaders – 1. Preston Johnson (MAR) 15:02.9; 2. Keegan Decker (ICL) 15:03.6; 3. Maxwell Kinzer (ICL) 15:45.4; 4. Tayson Cho (ICL) 15:47.6; 5. Jack Tryon (URB) 15:54.3; 6. Oliver Tice (NOR) 16:18.6; 7. Lars Hildebrand (ICL) 16:19.2; 8. Cayden Miller (URB) 16:20.4; 9. Brayden Walderbach (NOR) 16:24.1; 10. Costin Piscatelli (MAR) 16:24.3; 11. Cael Hansen (FD) 16:28.4; 12. Cooper Adams (L-M) 16:29.3; 13. Leo Derry (WNW) 16:34.2; 14. Nolan Van Bruggen (WNW) 16:35.9; 15. Owen Tuyls (WNW) 16:37.7
Liberty High – 2. Keegan Decker 15:03.6; 3. Maxwell Kinzer 15:45.4; 4. Tayson Cho 15:47.6; 7. Lars Hildebrand 16:19.2; 16. Jens Strand 16:44.1; 18. Hans Hildebrand 16:47.1; 38. Colin Finch 17:38.7
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