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Iowa high school cross country 2025: Where the top area teams and runners go for 4A and 3A state-qualifying meets
Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman and the top-five Mount Vernon-Lisbon teams will be at Manchester; watch for Iowa City Liberty’s Keegan Decker and the Iowa City High’s top-five teams at Iowa City
Oct. 21, 2025 10:11 am, Updated: Oct. 21, 2025 12:21 pm
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Autumn has arrived in Eastern Iowa; temperatures for Wednesday’s high school state qualifying cross country meets are forecast for the mid-50s.
Western Dubuque star Quentin Nauman will be featured at the 3A meet at Manchester, along with the girls’ and boys’ teams from Mount Vernon-Lisbon, both of which are ranked No. 3.
The area 4A highlight will be at Kickers Soccer Park in Iowa City. Iowa City Liberty’s Keegan Decker will be in attendance, as well as the squads from Iowa City High.
The Little Hawks’ girls and boys both are rated No. 5.
Cedar Rapids Prairie’s third-ranked boys will compete at Pleasant Valley.
Girls run at 4 p.m., boys at 4:30.
The top three teams and the top 15 individuals from each site advance to the state meet Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at Lakeside Golf Course, Fort Dodge.
State qualifying competition is Thursday in 2A and 1A.
Here is a primer on where the area’s top teams and individuals are running Wednesday:
Class 4A
AT IOWA CITY
The field — Ames, Cedar Rapids Jefferson, Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Cedar Rapids Washington, Dubuque Senior, Iowa City High, Iowa City Liberty, Iowa City West, Ottumwa.
Top-15 girls teams — (5) Iowa City High, (7) Dubuque Senior, (13) Ames.
Top-20 girls runners — (5) Emma Chesterman, sr., Dubuque Senior; (10) Abigail Burns, sr., Iowa City High; (12) Grace Hamann, soph., Iowa City High; (19) Emma Stanley, jr., Ames.
Top-15 boys teams — (5) Iowa City High, (6) Dubuque Senior, (14) Cedar Rapids Kennedy.
Top-20 boys runners — (2) Keegan Decker, jr., Iowa City Liberty; (6) Slader Buckheister, sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; (9) Adam Gray, sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy; (18) Linus McRoberts, sr., Iowa City High.
AT PLEASANT VALLEY
The field — Bettendorf, Cedar Rapids Prairie, Clinton, Davenport Central, Davenport North, Davenport West, Muscatine, Linn-Mar, North Scott, Pleasant Valley.
Top-15 girls teams — (1) Pleasant Valley, (11) Linn-Mar, (14) Cedar Rapids Prairie.
Top-20 girls runners — (2) Joley Sullivan, soph., Davenport Central; (6) Maddie Millage, jr., Pleasant Valley; (11) Sarah Foad, fr., Pleasant Valley; (20) Hailey Kozloski, jr., Linn-Mar.
Top-15 boys teams — (3) Cedar Rapids Prairie, (8) Pleasant Valley, (12) Bettendorf.
Top-20 boys runners — (13) Ethan Cheney, sr., Linn-Mar; (14) Kyle Johnson, sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie.
Class 3A
AT MANCHESTER
The field — Benton Community, Charles City, Decorah, Dubuque Wahlert, Independence, Maquoketa, Marion, Mount Vernon-Lisbon, Solon, Vinton-Shellsburg, Waverly-Shell Rock, West Delaware, Western Dubuque.
Top-15 girls teams — (3) Mount Vernon-Lisbon, (6) Decorah, (10) Solon.
Top-20 girls runners — (2) Evelyn Moeller, jr., Mount Vernon-Lisbon; (3) Isabelle Hardin, sr., Maquoketa; (16) Addison Dabroski, sr., Marion; (17) Lucy Murphy, sr., Dubuque Wahlert; (18) Kiersten Swart, sr., Mount Vernon-Lisbon.
Top-15 boys teams — (3) Mount Vernon-Lisbon, (9) Decorah, (15) Western Dubuque.
Top-20 boys runners — (1) Quentin Nauman, sr., Western Dubuque; (4) Dawson Scheil, sr., Mount Vernon-Lisbon; (7) Sawyer Feldman, sr., Mount Vernon-Lisbon; (10) Benjamin Brinkmann, fr., Mount Vernon-Lisbon; (14) Alex Torres, sr., Vinton-Shellsburg.
AT PELLA
The field — Adel ADM, Boone, Carlisle, Cedar Rapids Xavier, Clarke, Clear Creek Amana, Creston, Fairfield, Knoxville, Newton, Oskaloosa, Pella, Saydel.
Top-15 girls teams — (1) Pella, (9) Boone, (13) Adel ADM.
Top-20 girls runners — (1) Marissa Ferebee, sr., Pella; (4) Elsie Brenneman, jr., Pella; (14) Elizabeth Vande Voort, soph., Pella.
Top-15 boys teams — (2) Pella, (6) Clear Creek Amana, (10), Adel ADM.
Top-20 boys runners — (3) Canaan Dunham, sr., Pella; (8) Mason Gaulke, sr., Pella; (11) Carson Meskimen, soph., Clear Creek Amana; (13) Isaac Rankin, sr., Knoxville.
AT WILLIAMSBURG
The field — Ballard, Burlington, Center Point-Urbana, Central DeWitt, Davenport Assumption, Fort Madison, Grinnell, Keokuk, Mount Pleasant, South Tama, Washington, Williamsburg.
Top-15 girls teams — (5) Fort Madison, (8) Ballard, (14) Williamsburg.
Top-20 girls runners — (7) Avery Fedler, fr., Mount Pleasant; (12) Aaliyah Causey, soph., Center Point-Urbana; (13) Avery Rump, sr., Fort Madison.
Top-15 boys teams — (4) Grinnell, (8) Central DeWitt, (13) Davenport Assumption.
Top-20 boys runners — (6) Kyle Olson, jr., Central DeWitt; (9) Cadel Conner, sr., Grinnell; (17) Barrett Jesina, sr., South Tama; (19) Andrew Rees, sr., Washington; (20) Adam Wilke, sr., Central DeWitt.
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