The Hawkeye 10 Cross Country meet will be held on Thursday, October 15th at the Atlantic Golf and Country Club  in Atlantic.  Spectators are asked to enter on 22nd Street and park in the driving range area.  The middle school races start at 4:00pm with varsity races at 5:00pm with everything wrapping up around 6:30pm.

The Girls race Lewis Central, Denison-Schleswig, and Shenandoah-Essex are expected to compete for the team title.  Individually Tiffany Williams of Atlantic is the returning champion.  Ellie Mendlik of Denison and Kye Madsen of Lewis Central will be in the mix for the lead.  Atlantic will be searching to crack the top five in the team race with the potential for four runners in the top 20.

On the Boys side Harlan comes in as a large team favorite with a lot of teams battling for second.  Lewis Central, Atlantic, Kuemper Catholic, Glenwood and Shenandoah-Essex could all compete for the second team place.  Individually Brendan O’Brien of Lewis Central and Cooper McDermott of Creston are expected to battle for the title.  O’Brien out-dueled McDermott in the Atlantic home meet last week.  Chandler Hagen of Kuemper Catholic and Michael Sciranko of Harlan are also top contenders.  Atlantic lead runners Ryan Hawkins and Phoenix Shadden will shoot for top 10 finishes in hopes of getting the Trojans to a second place team finish.