The Carlisle Boys won the State Qualifier Meet in Clear Lake and punched their ticket to the State Meet. The Cats scored a meet low 57 points in front of 2nd place South Tama County's 70 and 3rd place ADM's 76. The victory marks the 4th SQM win in school history. The team was led by automatic qualifiers (top 15) Kael Streeter in 3rd place (16:41), Ezra DeCleene in 6th place (16:52), Kamden Brown in 8th place (17:00), and Brody Roth in 13th place (17:16). Also running well for the Cats were Josh Lancaster in 27th place (17:53), Talan Walstrom in 32nd place (18:09), and Chase Gach in 43rd (18:27).
The Wildcats will next compete at the Cross Country State Meet October 28th in Fort Dodge. This will be the 8th straight State Meet appearance by the Wildcats.