The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals will be sending six runners to the 2017 State B Cross Country Meet in Rapid City on Saturday, October 21st.
The entire boys team qualified after a third place finish at the regional meet held in Irene on Wednesday, October 11th. The boys team finished with 33 points. Oldham-Ramona/Rutland won the region title with 29 points. McCrossan was second with 30 points.
Jacob Vogel placed sixth. Connor Libis placed seventh. Thomas Eining was 23rd, Ryan Eining was 26th, and Seth Roeman placed 27th. All five runners will participate in the state meet. This is the first time the entire boys team has qualified for state since a 2013 State B Runner-up finish.
The girls team had one runner qualify individually. Ella Heinitz had a state-qualifying finish of seventh. Catherine Vogel placed 21st.
Sam Palmer finished 3rd in the boys JV race.