East Kansas League Championships
Laura Roxberg (14:29) leads Blue Valley Northwest girls to title; PJ Greer (16:39) does same with St. Thomas Aquinas (O. Park) boys
10/11/07 Heritage Park, Olathe KS
by Tony Bozarth
Three-time KS 6A state champ Laura Roxberg blitzed at 14:29 4k to lead her Blue Valley Northwest team (ranked #2 6A) to the EKL title. Erin Beck (Blue Valley North) was a quick second at 14:48, with Ashley Washburn (Aquinas) third at 15:07, with Ellie Mohr (BVNW 15:10) edging Devin Wiegers (Blue Valley 15:11) for fifth. Blue Valley Northwest put three runners into the top ten to win with 43 points, with Blue Valley North (#5 6A) second with 71 points and Aquinas (#1 5A) third with 79. PJ Greer led Aquinas to the boys team title, cruising a 16:39 5k to win from Michael Virgo (Blue Valley Northwest 16:43). Kyle Hanson (16:43) was third for Aquinas, with Alex Doolittle (Blue Valley) 16:55 fourth and Preston Speakman (Blue Valley North 17:13) fifth. Aquinas, ranked #2 in 5A and a HL team-to-watch, put four in the top ten to win with 37 points. Blue Valley West was second with 58 and Blue Valley Northwest third with 75. Girls Team Scores: Blue Valley Northwest 43, Blue Valley North 71, St. Thomas Aquinas (Overland Park) 79, Blue Valley 80, Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission) 103, Blue Valley West 108 Boys Team Scores: St. Thomas Aquinas (Overland Park) 37, Blue Valley West 58, Blue Valley Northwest 75, Blue Valley North 82, Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission) 109, Blue Valley 131 Girls 1 196 Laura Roxberg BV N-West 14:29.9 2 112 Erin Beck BV North 14:48.6 1 3 369 Ashley Washburn Aquinas 15:07.9 4 191 Ellie Mohr BV N-West 15:10.4 5 66 Wiegers Devin BV High 15:11.2 6 195 Anna Roxberg BV N-West 15:24.0 7 252 Emily Evans BV West 15:25.8 8 142 Emily Wilson BV North 15:33.3 9 15 Etagegn O'Neill Bishop Miege 15:35.5 10 65 Freeman Devin BV High 15:44.2 11 9 Mollee Hercules Bishop Miege 15:45.7 12 328 Emily DeLong Aquinas 15:45.9 13 80 Melissa Illies BV High 15:49.8 14 185 Hannah Hayes BV N-West 15:52.4 15 139 Dayna Trempy BV North 15:58.2 16 137 Camille Smith BV North 15:58.8 17 257 Steph Golub BV West 16:01.2 18 204 Maddie Wilk BV N-West 16:01.2 19 8 Jenny Hauser Bishop Miege 16:02.0 20 322 Jenna Bellinder Aquinas 16:02.7 21 331 Betsy Donahue Aquinas 16:03.0 22 282 Ashley Wurth BV West 16:03.0 23 362 Amanda Pigott Aquinas 16:04.6 24 358 Sarah Moore Aquinas 16:06.5 25 48 Luker Alyssa BV High 16:09.9 26 4 Alley Dicapo Bishop Miege 16:15.2 27 81 Owens Paige BV High 16:17.8 28 187 Laura Junge BV N-West 16:18.4 29 250 Dakota Dixon BV West 16:18.8 30 129 Erin Horn BV North 16:20.1 1 31 181 Lisa Barrett BV N-West 16:21.3 32 130 Sara Houck BV North 16:26.7 33 237 Mary Anderson BV West 16:31.7 34 57 Casey Bodenhausen BV High 16:34.1 35 326 Morgan Commodore Aquinas 16:39.2 36 274 Heather Scott BV West 16:41.1 37 134 Emily Ponchur BV North 17:09.8 38 3 Jessica Brock Bishop Miege 17:15.5 39 19 Emily Thorpe Bishop Miege 17:24.8 40 54 Elizabeth Baldwin BV High 17:25.7 41 11 Maddy Ledom Bishop Miege 17:26.7 Boys 1 398 PJ Greer Aquinas 16:39.7 2 234 Michael Virgo BV N-West 16:43.6 3 403 Kyle Hanson Aquinas 16:43.8 4 93 Alex Doolittle BV High 16:55.4 5 172 Preston Speakman BV North 17:13.3 6 305 Eric Larson BV West 17:15.3 7 29 Alex Jury Bishop Miege 17:16.5 8 317 Justin Scott BV West 17:22.5 9 417 Jeff Muckenthaler Aquinas 17:24.6 10 440 Kevin Towle Aquinas 17:29.1 11 158 Tyler Holmes BV North 17:30.2 12 212 William Graves BV N-West 17:33.4 13 289 Ben Bentley BV West 17:33.7 14 397 Ben Grace Aquinas 17:36.5 15 284 Jason Baker BV West 17:41.8 16 309 Nick Marlo BV West 17:42.4 17 221 Kevin Mayer BV N-West 17:43. 18 206 John Arce BV N-West 17:44.3 19 43 Jeremy Unseld Bishop Miege 17:44.8 20 179 Ian Weidling BV North 17:46.4 21 155 Glenn Dunne BV North 17:49.2 22 444 Steve Whiteside Aquinas 17:53.6 23 26 Kevin Glatt Bishop Miege 17:55.2 24 401 Alex Hanson Aquinas 17:58.8 25 147 Taylor Boyd BV North 18:06.6 26 208 Nick Bauer BV N-West 18:08.7 27 91 Ryan Clark BV High 18:09.1 28 31 Harry Keegan Bishop Miege 18:11.3 29 94 Ben Gaede BV High 18:11.4 30 162 Matt Norton BV North 18:12.6 31 152 Doug Dellinger BV North 18:14.0 32 35 Jimmy Linhoff Bishop Miege 18:17.5 33 230 Connor Terry BV N-West 18:21.9 34 108 Tyler Smiley BV High 18:24.4 35 290 Aaron Caldwell BV West 18:24.4 36 287 Vance Beiser BV West 18:33.4 37 96 Brian Ivanuska BV High 18:37.5 38 38 Eddie Munoz Bishop Miege 18:59.6 39 231 Sam Thomas BV N-West 19:03.6 40 41 Connor Schaible Bishop Miege 19:29.0 41 89 Alan Chinery BV High 19:40.3 42 106 Matt Roselli BV High 19:57.2
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