The Dell Rapids Quarrier cross country team will have eight runners in the 2017 State A Cross Country Meet in Rapid City. The Quarriers ran in the Region 2A meet on Thursday, October 12th, in Volga.
The entire Quarrier girls team qualified after finishing third at the regional meet. Dell Rapids had 69 points. Sioux Falls Christian won the team title with 17 points, and Flandreau placed second with 29 points.
Shaylee Hoff finished 11th with a time of 21:21.52. Katrina Kreul was 18th with a time of 21:46.37. Aspen Hansen (21st) had a run of 22:08.25. Kathryn Fletcher (27th) had a time of 22:55.39. Alli DeStigter (33rd) finished at 23:53.12, and Madysen VanOverbeeke (36th) had a time of 24:27.25.
The Dell Rapids team just missed qualifying the entire team with a fourth place finish with 76 points. West Central was first with 15 points. Sioux Falls Christian was second with 21 points, and Sioux Valley finished third with 61 points.
Carter Wynja and Canyon Lowman were able to qualify for the state meet as an individual runners by placing in the top 20. Wynja placed 15th with a time of 18:24.81. Lowman placed 18th with a time of 18:30.11. Caleb Kirschenman (23rd) had a time of 18:54.98. Brayden Pulscher (24th) finished with a time of 19:00.38. Mitchell Heinemann (45th) had a time of 19:50.07. Logan Anderson (50th) had a run of 20:00.33.
The 2017 State A Cross Country Meet will be held in Rapid City on Saturday, October 21st at Hart Ranch Camping Resort.