Boys Cross Country at State
Lincoln Akins closed out the 2025 Southeast Valley cross country season when he crossed the finish line Friday at the state cross country meet in Fort Dodge. As the lone state qualifier for the Jaguars, the first in two years, Lincoln crossed the finish line in his second best ever time of 17:57 for 75th place. Lincoln’s season best of 17:48 is the 8th fastest all-time in school history. He also earned all-conference finishing 10th and is 5th all-time for the number of medal honors in a season with 6 this year.
“It’s a great honor for Lincoln to end his career at state. He’s been right on the cusp of breaking through the last two years, and he finally found his stride the last half of the season,” commented Coach Nuss. “This concluded a strong season for the Jaguars. I was proud of all the seniors this year and wish them the best as they move on to their next endeavor after high school. Coach Sorenson and I appreciate all their hard – work and leadership this year.”
While seven seniors will graduate from the team this year, there will be a strong nucleus returning for next year. “A lot of the underclassmen were at the state meet on Friday and I think that was good, because they were excited to see what is possible and were already talking about next year. We need to find some more numbers for the girl’s team, but a lot of the upperclassmen got a taste of varsity this year and that will help build a strong team for next year.”
As always there are many people that contribute to all the success of our season. Thank you to Coach Sorenson for the time you sacrifice to be at practice and all the little things you do for athletes and help at practice and meets. To all the athletes for their hard work and dedication and their parents/guardians for supporting their athletes and teams, getting their athletes to and from practices and being at their meets. The community and schools for their support at our home meet back in August as well as everybody in town who encourage and stops and asks how the team is doing.
Finally, thank you for the support from my family for the extra hours spent away from home and extra hours at home spent working on all the things it takes to have a successful season while trying to balance teaching, family and all those other things that still need to be done at home during the season.