Winterset Cross Country

The official page for the Girls and Boys Winterset Cross Country program.

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Cross Country kids don’t do speed? False. Look at these kids get after it!

We do speed development 2-3x a week. Come join us!

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Summer training starts on Monday! We welcome all incoming 7th-12th grade runners of all abilities! We have fun, build relationships, and improve, daily. We meet Monday - Saturday every week.

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Congratulations to Morgan Back on her signing to Central College!

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Congratulations, Morgan! Go Huskies!

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🚨 𝘼𝙇𝙇-𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙁𝙀𝙍𝙀𝙉𝘾𝙀 🚨

A strong finish to the meet! The men's 4x800 relay team not only earns All-Conference honors, but also ran the second fastest time in school history!

📰 https://t.co/zm1jyuIZZ3

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Alum Collin Kessler is a conference champion in his freshman season! He led the DMR running the 1200m leg in 3:11.

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Our DMR are A-R-C Conference Champions!

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Calling all high school runners!

Grinnell College is bringing back the Unattached HS 5k & Mile for Distance Night at the Darren Young Classic - and with pace lights to help you hunt down those PRs!

📅 Friday, Feb 13
📍 Grinnell College

Register now! 👇
https://t.co/z1WUaqoXfF

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Coach Thompson and his wife welcomed their 1st child: Beckett Andrew Thompson on 12/27. You’ll be seeing him at meets in the near future 🩵

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No NXR this weekend, but senior Morgan Back ran the Good Life Halfsy half-marathon in cold conditions and came away with a new PR of 1:27:24 and winning 15-19 age group. She also finished as the 19th overall woman and 152/6915 overall!

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Winterset alums Mason Back (‘23) and Collin Kessler (‘25) competing at the American Rivers Conference meet.

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Ava Hope (18th, 19:11) and Mallory Back (28th, 19:32) earned 2nd Team All-State honors!

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John Taylor finished 65th (17:13) in his first individual appearance at the state meet, capping off a remarkable junior campaign!

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In back-to-back seasons, the girls finish 5th in Class 3A, tying Winterset’s highest placing in school history!!

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🚨STATE MEET DAY!🚨
📍Lakeside Municipal Golf Course, Fort Dodge
⏰ Girls: 2:00, Boys 2:45
Results: https://t.co/6ITowtqZ81

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En route to her 3rd place all-district performance, Mallory Back shatters the school record set last week, taking 17 more seconds off! This also sets the course record and sophomore record at Winterset.

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Junior John Taylor not only runs a personal best of 16:35 (37 seconds faster than last week’s major PR), not only runs a course record for Winterset, he QUALIFIES for his first state meet appearance! Congrats, JT!!!

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4 individual qualifiers and district medalists:
3rd Mallory Back 18:48
5th Ava Hope 19:00
7th Maven Smith 19:10
11th Morgan Back 19:20

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For the second year in a row, the girls have qualified for the state meet!!

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🚨Meet Day!🚨
📍Iowa State Cross Country Course
⏰ V Girls 4:00, V Boys 4:40
Results: https://t.co/8MMf4kIkLo

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Junior John Taylor earns his first cross country all-conference honor by placing 14th, gaining Second Team honors. Great work, JT!

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We had FOUR First Team All-Conference finishers with all four finishing in the top 8 in the RRC. Congrats, ladies!!