Poteau cross country runners seek state berths at Class 4A Regional Meet this afternoon; Heavener runner to participate in Class 3A State Meet today in Shawnee

October 22, 2011

REGIONAL RUNNER — Poteau's Colleen Peterson runs the course during the Poteau Pirate Invitational Sept. 17 at the Poteau Area Recreational Complex. The Lady Pirates and Pirates will run this afternoon in the Class 4A Regional Meet at Tulsa's O'Brien Park to earn berths to next week's Class 4A State Meet at Edmond's Mitch Park. PDN Staff Photo by David Seeley

The postseason has arrived for the Poteau High School cross country teams. The Pirates and Lady Pirates will run in the Class 4A Regional Meet at 2 p.m. this afternoon at Tulsa's O'Brien Park.
The top seven teams will automatically qualify all their runners to next weekend's Class 4A State Meet at Edmond's Mitch Park, while the top seven individuals remaining after the top seven teams' runners are taken out of the mix will also qualify for state.
While the Poteau runners are trying to get qualified for state, one other county runner will get the privilege to run at state this weekend.
Heavener's Jose Farias qualified as an individual at last week's Class 3A Regional Meet in Coweta. He will run at noon today in the Class 3A State Meet at Shawnee's Gordon Cooper Vo-Tech Center.