by Tony Bozarth
The march to Rimrock Farm for next Saturday's
Kansas State Cross Country Championship's began this Saturday with regional championships
across the state. In 6A and 5A, three regionals were held with the top four
teams and fifteen individuals advancing. In 4A, 3A, and 2A-1A four regionals
were held with the top three teams and top 10 individuals advancing. 5k
for boys and 2 miles for girls at all races.
Here's 6A highlights
Shawnee
Mission Regional @ SM Park, Shawnee KS
Van Rose's
Shawnee Mission Northwest program, having dominated the state for the last decade,
continued to roll. SMNW won the boys title with 30 points, and the girls
with 52. The boys race saw a large lead pack eventually whittled down over
the hills by Northwest's Ryan Hopper and Will Polk, who placed 1-2 in 16:14 and
16:15. Blue Valley North's Grady Sullivan was third at 16:16. Northwest's
Jason Pugh was fourth at 16:20 and Olathe East sophomore James Swartz was fifth
at 16:33.
Northwest dominate the team race with all five scorers
in the top fifteen. SM East placed second with 84, followed by qualifiers
Olathe East at 112, and Aquinas at 119.
Alysha Galbraith, Olathe
South's defending 6A state champion, rolled over the SM Park hills to edge BV
Northwest's Taryn May 11:49 to 11:54. May's team mate Kristina Rand was
third at 11:59, with SM South's Connie Abbott (12:07) and BV North's Laura Kelley
(12:16) rounding out the top five.
A vicious regional assignment
found six of the top eight ranked schools in the state fighting for four spots.
Shawnee Mission Northwest (ranked #1) edged Blue Valley Northwest (tied
for #2) 52-59. Olathe South (tied for #2) was third at 95, while SM East
(#5) edged Aquinas (#6) for the last qualifying spot 109 to 110. Olathe
East (#8), with a key top runner hurt, slid to seventh.
Team scores
(qualifiers in bold): Boys: SMNW 30, SM East 84, Olathe East 112,
Aquinas 119, SM South 129, Olathe South 132, Blue Valley North 169, SM West
179, BV Northwest 224, SM North 276, Olathe North 305,
Girls: SMNW
52, BV Northwest 59, Olathe South 59, SM East 109, Aquinas 110, BV North 137,
Olathe East 206, SM South 206, SM West 285, SM North 285, Olathe North 292
Top
15: 1. Ryan Hopper, SMNW 16:14, 2. Will Polk, SMNW 16:15, 3. Grady Sullivan,
BVN 16:16, 4. Jason Pugh, SMNW, 16;20, 5. James Swartz, OE, 16:33, 6. Kai Siegle,
SM West 16:37, 7. Jeremy Holthaus, OS, 16;38, 8. Eric Gullickson BVNW 16;41, 9.
Justin Simonich SME 16:41, 10. Danny Nelson, SMNW 16:43, 11. Zach Pope, OE 16:48,
12. David Atashroo SME 16:50 13. Bryan McGhee SMNW 16:52 14. Pat Allen OS 16:53
15. Brady Pyle Aquinas, 16:54
Top 15: 1. Alysha Galbraith,
OS 11:49, 2. Taryn May BVNW 11:54, 3. Kristina Rand BVNW 11:59, 4. Connie Abbott
SMS 12:07, 5. Laura Kelley BVN 12:16, 6. Amy Gouchnour OS 12:19, 7. Kate Swain
SMNW 12:23, 8. Becca Ingraham SMNW 12:24, 9. Christine Lathrop, BVNW 12:25 10.
Stephanie Schmidt SME 12:25 11. Beca Munro SMNW 12:26 12. Leann Shirley SMNW 12:30
13. Grace Del Nero Aquinas 12:32, 14. Erin Elam SMNW 12:33 15. Meighan Farley
Aquinas 12:35
Dodge City Regional
Hutchinson's
Morgan Bonds, last years' 6A runnerup, cruised to a 12:20 victory in Dodge City.
Bonds beat Melissa Ortiz (Wichita West) by twenty seconds, with Amber Shanahan
(Wichita North-13:06) Michelle Galydardt ( Wichita Northwest- 13:09 and
Megan Cox (Maize-13:11) rounded out the top five. Maize edged Hutchinson 70-78
in the girls team race with Derby (83) and Dodge City (96) also qualifying.
Wichita
West rolled to a fourty-point victory on the boys' side, with team leader David
Williams edging Hutchinson's Tyler Roark 17:18 to 17:19 for the individual title.
Wichita West rounded out the top five with David Lewis, 17:55; Ryan
Thomas, 18:21; and Chris Anderson,
18:21. West won the team title
with 33 points. Derby 73, Maize (80) and Hutchinson (116) also qualified.
Boys team scores (qualifiers in bold) 1. Wichita West 33;
2. Derby 73; 3. Maize 80; 4. Hutchinson 116; 5. Garden City 153; 6. Wichita
Northwest 156; 7. Wichita South 157; 8. Wichita North 175; 9. Dodge City 190;
10. Haysville INC.
Girls team scores (qualifiers in bold) 1.
Maize 70; 2. Hutchinson 78; 3. Derby 83; 4. Dodge City 96; 5. Wichita West
99; 6. Wichita North 126; 7. Wichita South 159; 8. Wichita Northwest 160.
Boys
top 15: 1. David Williams, Wichita West, 17:18; 2. Tyler Roark, Hutchinson,
17:19; 3. David Lewis, Wichita West, 17:55; 4. Ryan Thomas, Wichita West, 18:21;
5. Chris Anderson, Wichita West, 18:21; 6. Chris Janish, Maize, 18:22; 7. Matt
Moon, Derby, 18:22; 8. Tyson Fairley, Derby, 18:23; 9. Andrew Leopold, Wichita
Northwest, 18:27; 10. Nick Geier, Dodge City, 18:35; 11. Elias Dias, Garden City,
18:41; 12. Steven Owens, Wichita Northwest, 18:41; 13. Kyle Rogers, Wichita North,
18:44; 14. Emmanuel Brown, Wichita South, 18:47; 15. Kyle Zahn, Derby, 18:48.
Girls Top Fifteen 1. Morgan Bonds, Hutchinson, 12:20; 2. Melissa
Ortiz, Wichita West, 12:40; 3. Amber Shanahan,Wichita North, 13:06; 4. Michelle
Galydardt, Wichita Northwest, 13:09; 5. Megan Cox, Maize,13:11; 6. Emily Winn,
Wichita South, 13:11; 7. Krissy Killian, Derby, 13:16; 8. Lexi Beaudet,Hutchinson,
13:20; 9. Christina Huynh, Dodge City, 13:21; 10. Jennifer Dinsmore, Derby, 13:28;
11.Melanie Glazier, Maize, 13:30; 12. Crystal Perry,Hutchinson, 13:34; 13. Maeredith
Morris, DodgeCity, 13:35; 14. Cassie Brand, Wichita West, 13:36; 15. Amy Sorenson,
Maize, 13:37.
Manhattan Regional @ Warner Park, Manhattan KS
Amy
Hastings (Leavenworth) solidified her status as the 6A state favorite, rolling
over Warner Park's hills to score an impressive 11:18 win, leaving her competitor's
in the dust. Lawrence Free State's Mallory Richardson was second at 11:59,
with Harper McConnell (Manhattan) at 12:01 in third. Sarah Butler (Lawrence-12:08)
and Dean Seible (Emporia-12:20) finished fourth and fifth.
In
the team race, Emporia continued to pack well, scoring 60 points to defeat Lawrence
(74) and Lawrence Free State (78). Manhattan finished out the team qualifiers
with 120.
Dylan McClain won a fast 15:46 race to lead Lawrence
to the boy's team title. McClain shaded Wichita Height's Ryan Wilson (15:51)
with Justin Riley (Lawrence 16:04) and Washburn Rural team mates Joe Zimmer (16:20)
and Matt Swedlund (16:21) finishing the top five.
Lawrence (ranked
#1 in the state) scored 52 to cross-town rival Free State's 67. Washburn
Rural (83) and Emporia (99) completed the state qualifiers in a regioon that matche
four of the state's top eight ranked teams.
Boys team scores (qualifiers
in bold): Lawrence 52, Lawrence Free State 67, Topeka Washburn Rural 83,
Emporia 99, Topeka High 113, Leavenworth 168, Manhattan 193, Wichita Heights
212, Wichita East 224, Junction City 224, Wichita Southeast 307
Girls
team scores (qualfiers in bold): Emporia 60, Lawrence 74, Lawrence Free State
78, Manhattan 99, Topeka Washburn Rural 120, Wichita East 155, Leavenworth
175, Wichita Southeast 200, Wichita Heights 211, Topeka High 215, Junction City
INC
Top 15: 1. Dylan McClain, Law. 15:46, 2. Ryan Wilson WH 15:51,
3. Justin Riley Law. 16:04, 4. Joe Zimmer WR 16:20, 5. Matt Swedlund WR 16:21
6. Dallas Henry Leav. 16:23, 7. Bo Clark, WH 16;25, 8. Justin White FS 16:27,
9. Jason Jenny FS 16:27, 10. Andy Struble, Lawr. 16;32, 11. Mike Knickerbocker,
Emp 16:38, 12. Chris White FS 16:44, 13. Peter Weyrens , TH 16:48, 14. Blake Beckmann
TH 16:50, 15. Nick Garcia Emp 16:51
Top 15: 1. Amy Hastings,
Leav. 11:18, 2. Mallory Richardson FS 11:59, 3. Harper McConnell Man 12:01, 4.
Sarah Butler Lawr. 12:08. 5. Dena Seibel, Emp. 12:22, 6 Meg Gentry Lawr. 12:28,
7. Jordan Schelling Emp 12:31, 8. Madeline Harms WR 12:32, 9. Bethany Stanbrough
Emp. 12:34, 10. Maggie Brooke FS 12:34, 11. Natalie Carroll Emp 12:35, 12.
Jill Christopher WR 12:43, 13. Lauren Davis Lawr. 12:44, 14. Sheila Murhpy Man
12:45, 15. Robyn Lee FS 12:48
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