The Atlantic cross country teams will attempt to punch their ticket to State tonight in Winterset. The Trojans will be competing in one of five State Qualifying Meets in Class 3A with the Top 3 Teams and Top 15 Individuals qualifying for the State Meet on Friday, October 30th in Fort Dodge.

The teams included in the Winterset site are: ADM, Atlantic, Boone, Clarke, Creston, Dallas Center-Grimes, Gilbert, Glenwood, Greene County, Kuemper Catholic, Perry, Saydel, and Winterset.

Atlantic Head Coach Dan Vargason is proud of the way his teams have run so far this year and knows they have put themselves in position to try to earn team trips to State. He said they have emphasized the fact that it just takes one good night for everyone on the team to advance.

Both the boys and girls races will feature a number of tough ranked teams. Coach Vargason says they can’t think about numbers and need just go out and fight to reach their goals.

Action in Winterset gets underway at 4:00 p.m. tonight. Again the Top 3 Teams and Top 15 Individuals advance to State.

Denison-Schleswig and Harlan will be competing at the Spencer SQM tonight as well. In Class 4A CB Abraham Lincoln, CB Thomas Jefferson, and Lewis Central will all be at the Council Bluffs site.

Class 1A and 2A SQM’s will be contested on Thursday.