Pekin boys and girls cross country run away with State-qualifying meet in Cedar Rapids

CEDAR RAPIDS- The Pekin Panthers boys and girls varsity cross country squads shined in the State qualifying meet in Noelridge Park in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Oct. 20. Both the boys and the girls came away with State qualifying titles in this one finishing first in both. The boys toped Calamus-Wheatland by nearly a minute and a half. Bellevue was the other team from this meet on the boys side to qualify for State. Pekin boys finished with a time of 1:24:51, which is an average of 16:58. The girls finished above Marquette Catholic and North Linn with a total time of 1:44:00, which was an average of 20:48. They topped Marquette Catholic by 36 seconds.