Clinton High School senior Emmanuel Marcos-Teles captured 14th place for the second year in a row at the Iowa Class 4A boys cross country state meet on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, in Fort Dodge. Marcos-Teles (bib No. 915) ran the 5,000-meter course in 15 minutes, 47 seconds. Jason Thomas (bib No. 518) of team champion West Des Moines Dowling Catholic was the individual champion in 15:02, followed by Dylan Eigenberger (bib No. 521) of Dubuque Senior and Caleb Drake (bib No. 563) of Pleasant Valley in 15:07 each. All three times broke the previous course record for 4A boys. In 4A girls, freshman Stephanie Jenks (bib No. 73) of Marion Linn-Mar was the champion in 13:42. Pleasant Valley won the team title.

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