Kee cross country team’s six-runner boys squad returns four letterwinners; Just one competitor for girls squad during 2023


2023 Kee boys and girls cross country ... Left to right - Front row: Carter Verthein, Addison Winters, Isaiah Wagner; Back row: Daniel Jones, Brendan Jones, Justin Wagner. Not pictured: Kaeden Weber. Photo by Danielle Potter.

The Kee cross country program will field two teams heading in opposite directions for 2023, as far as participation numbers. The Lady Hawks have had their squad dwindle to just one runner this season, while the Kee boys should be able to consistently tally a team score as their participation has grown to six athletes this fall.

“We had a good first week of practice,” Kee cross country coach Pat Wagner said. “All the athletes came in physically fit and all seven of them did good work.  I am looking forward to our season.”

The Hawks were scheduled to get their 2023 season underway at the Edgewood-Colesburg Invitational Tuesday, August 22 before wrapping up the month of August at the MFL/MarMac Invitational Thursday, August 31. The month of September will open with two meets in the first week of that month, beginning with the Clayton Ridge Invitational at Guttenberg Tuesday, September 5 and then the Luther Invitational in Decorah Saturday, September 9.

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