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Hawkeye Ten Cross Country Meet today in Denison

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October 15th, 2020 by admin

The Hawkeye Ten Conference Cross Country Championships will be run today in Denison.

The girls race will feature two teams ranked in the latest Class 3A poll out on Wednesday. Glenwood is ranked 7th and Harlan is 8th. Atlantic will look to be another team in the mix for the title. Creston’s Braelyn Baker, Glenwood’s Emma Hughes, Harlan’s Brecken VanBaale and Kaia Bieker, Claire Miller of Denison, Haley Bach of Lewis Central, and Atlantic’s Taylor McCreedy are some of the top individuals vying for a title.

The boys race won’t feature any teams currently ranked in Class 3A but Atlantic, Glenwood, and Harlan have all spent time in the poll or been recognized as a team to watch through the year. Lewis Central is another tough team in 4A. Individually Craig Alan Becker of Atlantic, Ethan Eichorn and Nathan Sell of Lewis Central, Leonardo Flores of Denison, and Trey Gross of Harlan are some of the top runners to keep an eye on.

The meet will start at 4:00 p.m. on the course near Denison High School with the middle school boys first. The middle school girls follow at 4:10 p.m., JV boys at 4:30 p.m., Varsity boys at 5:00 p.m., then Varsity girls at 5:30 p.m. and JV girls at 6:00 p.m.