BOYS CROSS COUNTRY ATHLETE OF THE YEAR NOMINEES
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
SAWYER MEINDERS
Pella Christian
Meinders secured all-state honors for the first time in his career after showing well in Fort Dodge, taking 12th with his time of 16:27. The Eagles finished 13th as a team with 243 points.
MASON GAULKE
CANAAN DUNHAM
PELLA
Gaulke helped lead the Dutch to another top three team finish at state last fall. Gaulke had the second-best finish on the team as he would cross the line at 16:36 to finish 20th overall in Class 3A.
8 CHAPY AWARDS 2025
Pella
Dunham finished runner-up in the Class 3A state meet battling Western Dubuque star Quentin Nauman, who became the second ever Iowa boy to break 15 minutes while the Dutch junior finished at 15:16 to grab his third career all-state finish. It was also the team’ s third straight top three finish as they finished third with 92 points. Dunham then went on to narrowly miss a trip to Nationals as he would take sixth at the Midwest NXR Heartland Regional with a time of 14:54 to fall just short of a top five qualifying spot by 10 seconds. He was the