RAPID CITY, S.D. — High school runners from across the region are set to compete Saturday at the 2026 State Cross Country Meet at Hart Ranch near Rapid City.
The competition kicks off with the girls races, starting with Class B at 10 a.m., followed by Class AA at 12:15 p.m. and Class A at 2:30 p.m.
In the Class AA girls race, Watertown will field a full squad including Grace McElroy, Kate Fischer, Lilly Gerlach, Olivia Anderson, Jayda Jensen, Grace List and Addison Rechling. Representing area teams in other classes are Shyla Tvedt of Deuel; Melanie Bach, Sierra Keller, Mya Schwinger and Brook Meland of Florence/Henry; and Kamryn Nesheim and Johanna Vandersnick of Clark/Willow Lake.
The boys races begin with Class B at 10:45 a.m., Class AA at 1 p.m. and Class A at 3:15 p.m.
Watertown’s boys Class AA lineup features Dane Stark, Channing DeBoer, Evan Mack, Logan Becker, Kaiser Lunde, Grady Lindgren and Zayne Hartwig.
Also competing in the boys races are Nolan Eidson and Leo Taken Care Of from Castlewood; Caden Hourigan, Sutton Benck, Tyson Hagberg, Gavin Mattson, Dominic Kluckman and Malachi Peterson from Deuel; Austin Keller from Florence/Henry; Ethan Zemlicka and Askel Gjerde from Clark/Willow Lake; and Sam Manian from Great Plains Lutheran.
SDPB will provide coverage of the event at SDPB.org/CrossCountry
