Jude Benbow won the Class 1A state qualifying meet, and the Ogden boys cross country team qualified for the state cross country meet on Thursday, October 24, at Holstein. 

Ogden won the meet with 37 points. 

Benbow was the champion in 16:50.91. 

Caden Lerdal was 5^th in 17:42.36, and Myles Tromblay was 7^th in 17:50.38. 

Rounding out the scoring for Ogden were Brady Van Sickle in 9^th place in 17:52.26 and Thomas Bergstrom in 12^th place in 18:16.48. 

The Ogden boys will run in the Class 1A state meet at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 2, at Kennedy Park in Fort Dodge. 

Ogden girls finish 6^th at state qualifier 

The Ogden girls’ cross country team placed 6^th in the meet at Holestein with 159 points. 

Alta-Aurelia won the meet with 49 points. 

Samantha Lass was the first Bulldog across the line in 15^th place in 22:41. 

Addison Trusler finished 18^th in 22:49.23, and McKenzie Spencer was 31^st in 24:06.59. 

Finally, Elyse Fisher was 51^st in 27:34.00, while Ava Wohlwend ended in 69^th in 31:06.31. 

Teams competing on Thursday in Holstein were Odgen, Sioux Central (Sioux Rapids), Ridge View (Holstein), Alta-Aurelia, Newell-Fonda, Gehlen Catholic (Le Mars), Westwood (Sloan), West Bend-Mallard (girls), Emmetsburg (girls), Graettinger-Terril-Ruthven-Ayrshire (girls), Sibley-Ocheyedan (boys), Hartley-Melvin-Sandborn (boys), South O-Brien (Paullina) (boys), Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn-Remsen-Union (boys), and Trinity Christian (Hull) (boys) 

Jill Lutz reporting