Finally, after a long stretch of rain cancelations, the Van Meter Junior High Cross Country Team had their first race of the year at the ADM golf course. Competing against a tough field of teams, the boys and girls had to make every step count. As a team, the junior high girls placed 4th
The Van Meter Cross Country teams wrapped up the 2017 season in Lake City on Thursday. The boys team finished in 12th place out of 14 teams. The girls finished in 10th place out of 14 total teams. The State Qualifying Meet takes the top 15 individuals and top 3 finishing teams to the State
The Van Meter boys junior high cross country team ran their way to the first ever conference championship at any level for Van Meter cross country. Van Meter won the meet scoring 64 total points, edging ACGC who finished 2nd with 75 team points. Dustin Barth was the meet runner-up finishing with a time of
The Van Meter cross country teams competed at an extremely competitive WCAC meet on Thursday. The boys race was a race that included 5 currently ranked teams out of 10 conference teams. Van Meter’s top finisher was Hunter Norris, who ran his 2nd best time of the year of 19:30, finishing 37th overall. The final
The Van Meter junior high cross country team competed at Nodaway Valley on a windy Monday night. The bulldogs ran hard as both teams came away with top 3 finishes in the teams standings. The lady bulldogs were led by Clare and Mary Kelly, as the sisters finished 1st and 2nd in the girls race
It was another great showing by the Van Meter junior high runners at West Central Valley. The boys team brought home their second meet win of the of year. Van Meter won the meet scoring 66 team points, beating Earlham and IKM, who tied for second with 83 points. Dustin Barth finished 3rd (13:32), Chris
The junior high boys and girls cross country teams ran very well at Clarke on Tuesday. There were 8 teams and 55 runners total for the junior high races. Runners that placed in the top 20 received a medal. The Van Meter boys competed very hard as three bulldogs grabbed a medal. Dustin Barth led
The Van Meter XC team competed at Nodaway Valley on Monday night. The Nodaway Valley course provides a very challenging, hilly and usually windy race. The varsity boys ran arguably their best team race of the year, finishing 5th place overall out of 10 teams. Hunter Norris was able to grab another medalist spot for
The Van Meter cross country team saw 13 new career best times on Thursday night at the WCV meet. It was a perfect night to run and the bulldogs took advantage of the weather. On the girls side, 4 high school runners hit their career best times. As a team, the bulldogs finished 6th overall
