Dowling Catholic is the best XC program in Iowa history and it's not even a contest.
Dowling Catholic is the best XC program in Iowa history and it's not even a contest.
All 7 of DCHS runners who won the last few state titles for the team went to parochial middle schools...no transfers necessary
The question is if they will pull through and make NXN in 2024. First time in a dozen years.
If Dowling makes it, this also would mean first time in a dozen years when no Minnesota boys team makes NXN. Stevens Point is looking to be the favorite in Heartland again.
In 2012 it was Bismarck (ND) and Dowling
I don't think you realize that every single varsity runner for Dowling during the last three state title wins went to a parochial middle school, which is where students go to prepare for enrolling at Dowling...
And a few kids in that parochial middle school league end up at other high schools in Des Moines. Some are very fast and would have made Dowling even better.