At State Cross-Country Meet, Making Records And Memories
![The Nome-Beltz cross-country team inside a Bering air plane, heading to Elim.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/XC-Elim-1-1200x675.jpg)
Twenty-two athletes represented the Bering Strait, Nome and Kotzebue school districts at the 1A/2A/3A State Championships in Anchorage on Saturday. Not only was it great competition, the Nome co-head coach says, the students also made “memories that they’re going to remember.”
Western Alaska Student Runners Head to State
![Boys from across Western Alaska took off from the finish line at the Bering Strait School District Cross-Country Championships (Photo courtesy of Brendan Ellis, 2017)](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/BSSDBoysStart-e1506463033728-1200x787.jpg)
After regional championships this past Saturday, athletes from across the region will compete at the state cross-country running competition in Anchorage this weekend.