Atlantic’s Craig Alan Becker put down a strong run and took a 7th place finish at the Class 3A State Cross Country Meet on Friday in Fort Dodge, the best ever for a Trojan boys runner. Becker ran a time of 16:27 to grab a place on the medal balcony. ADM’s Nate Mueller won the State Title with a time of 15:28.

Atlantic’s Zane Berg also competed in his third State Meet and finished 46th with a time of 17:19. Trey Gross of Harlan finished 11th and Glenwood’s Andrew Smith was 19th. Dallas Center-Grimes was the Team Champion with 87 points. Glenwood finished 15th.

On the girls side Atlantic’s Taylor McCreedy was running in the 4th State Meet of her great career, and finished in 50th place with a time of 20:32.40. Shewaye Johnson of Ballard was the State Champion with a time of 17:55.30. Other area individuals were Braelyn Baker of Creston in 14th, Brecken Van Baale of Harlan 30th, Kaia Bieker of Harlan 31st, Liv Freund of Harlan 37th, and Emma Hughes of Glenwood was 40th.

The Team Title went to Ballard with 66 points. Dallas Center-Grimes was Runner-Up. Glenwood finished 6th with 192 points. Harlan went 7th with 210.

In the 4A Boys race Ethan Eichhorn of Lewis Central finished 16th and Aidan Booton of CB Thomas Jefferson was 47th.