One Demon and one Golden Hawk will carry the banner for southeast Iowa Saturday at the Iowa Track and Field Coaches Association’s Senior All-Star Cross Country Meet. Washington’s Grace Voss and Mid-Prairie’s Blake Creed will wear their school colors in a race one final time. Voss was part of a Washington girls team that qualified for the state meet in Fort Dodge for the first time since 1996 and finished in sixth place overall in 3A, best in school history. Creed was part of a Mid-Prairie boys team that qualified for state for the second year in a row and finished 13th in 2A in Fort Dodge. He was 84th individually at state.
To be eligible, participants must be a senior in high school with a confirmed time 21:50 or faster for girls and 17:50 or faster for boys and have completed their season in good standing with their school. Check-in for the race begins at 10a.m. with introductions at 11a.m. and the All-Star girls race at 11:45a.m. with the boys at 12:15p.m. Awards ceremonies will follow at 1p.m. The race will be held Saturday, November 5th at the Pella Sports Park.