Columbus Community’s Jenessa Carpenter and Winfield-Mt. Union’s Cecilia Hemsworth will cap off their high school cross country careers today when they compete in the 2017 Iowa Senior All-Star Cross Country Race at Des Moines Area Community College.

To qualify for the event a senior girl must have ran a race in 21:50 or better this year and have a coach nominate them. Carpenter emerged as the Wildcats’ top runner this season and nabbed a top 20 finish at the Southeast Iowa Super Conference meet by placing 20th. In a meet last month, Hemsworth helped the Wolves capture their first team title in a decade. She just missed out on a state appearance placing 24th at the district meet.

The event put on by the Iowa Association of Track Coaches will get started at 10:30 a.m. today and continue throughout the day on the campus of Des Moines Area Community College.