The Atlantic boys cross country team finished sixth overall at the Southeast Polk XC Meet. Dallas Center-Grimes won the boys title with 27 points,  Waukee came in second, Southeast Polk third, Des Moines Roosevelt finished at fourth, and Ames in fifth. The top boys runner was Joseph Lawry from Waukee. Atlantic’s best runner was Devon Fields finishing at 25th. Closely following him was Alex Sonntag at 27th, Luke Irlmeier 32nd, Bennett Whetstone at 33rd, Rickie Fields 43rd, and Braden Spurr 44th.

Team Totals:

1 Dallas Center-Grimes 27

2 Waukee 55

3 Southeast Polk 82

4 Des Moines Roosevelt 97

5 Ames 147

For the Atlantic girls cross country team they came in ninth. Johnston would take first place with 62 points, Ankeny came in second, Waukee in third, Waukee Northwest in fourth, and Dowling Catholic in fifth. Olivia Verde from Johnston was the top runner on the day. Claire Pellet came in ninth for the Trojans. Belle Berg was 51st, Katrina Williams 55th, Makenna Schroeder 68th. Towards the end a trio of runners from Atlantic came in together, Ella Brummer 74th,  Faith Altman 75th, and Mariah Huffman 76th.

1 Johnston 62

2 Ankeny 77

3 Waukee 90

4 Waukee Northwest 107

5 Dowling Catholic 111