Washington Demons cross country continued their fantastic season by sending five individual runners and the girls’ team from a 3A district meet they hosted yesterday at Washington Golf & Country Club and onto state. The Washington girls finished second in the team standings with 41 points, 19 points behind district champion Lisbon. Freshman Iris Dahl had the top time for the Demons, completing the course in 19 minutes and 46 seconds to finish sixth in a field of 77 runners. Sophomores Qunicy Griffis and Lauren Horak were 10th and 11th, respectively, both finishing the course in just over 20 minutes. Despite not qualifying for state individually, sophomores Alyvia Anderson and Kendall Hinrichsen will move on with the team to state and yet just missed the medal stand by finishing 16th and 17th.

On the boys’ side, Washington finished fifth in the team standings, 57 points behind district champ Mount Vernon-Lisbon. Still, junior Micah Rees added to his excellent year by finishing runner-up and cracking under 16 minutes by a second and trailing the lead runner by 16 seconds. Sophomore Tyler Alderton also qualified for state with a 13th-place time of 17 minutes and 8 seconds. Alderton, Rees and the girls’ team will represent Washington at the 3A State Championships next Saturday in Fort Dodge.