Though the Pella Christian cross country team did not qualify any runners to the state meet in Fort Dodge last weekend, their success this season is measured on the stopwatch. For the underclassmen, especially the ones that are participating for the first time in the sport, their times from meet one to the final crossing of the finish line are incredible to see. Eagles’ coach, Jocelyn Meinders, says those differences were noticeable from some of the older kids on the team, too, this year. Pella Christian brings back a good core group of runners on both the boys’ and girls’ side of things, and Meinders says she’s looking forward to her squads being very competitive in Class 2A in 2015.