WISCONSIN RAPIDS — It won’t be hard to find a Badger Saturday at the WIAA state cross country meet in Wisconsin Rapids.
Both the girls and boys teams qualified for the Division 1 state meet Saturday.
The Badger boys qualified with four returning runners from a team that placed sixth during the traditional season a year ago,
Senior Demetrius Farmakis of Badger is considered a contender for the individual title following sectionals last week, along with junior Owen Bosley of Homestead, junior Noah Jahnke of West De Pere, senior Christian Kohr of Marquette, junior Nash Merklein of Hartford, and freshman Manny Putz of Onalaska.
BOYS
Demetrius Farmakis 12
Dominic Alonzo 12
Evan Wruk 12
Brody Kluge 12
Angel Toribio 12
Nolan Cassidy 12
Nathaniel Rafe 12
OTHER BOYS AREA QUALIFIERS
Jack Hefty 9 Whitewater
Gus Foster 12 Big Foot/Williams Bay
GIRLS
Molly Deering 9
Mya Lenz 10
Brooklyn Flies 9
Kate Hoover 12
Vivian Ford 12
Kennedy Monge 9
Skye Genrich 12
OTHER GIRLS AREA QUALIFIERS
Alaina Sorg 9 Delavan-Darien
RACE INFORMATION: The boys and girls will both run a 5,000-meter course. The following is a listing of the scheduled start times for each race:
Boys
Noon – Division 2
12:35 p.m. – Division 1
1:10 p.m. – Division 3
Girls
1:45 p.m. – Division 2
2:25 p.m. – Division 1
3:05 p.m. – Division 3
