Hesston High School won the Kansas Class 3A girls regional team title at Norton’s Prairie Dog Golf Course Saturday by placing five runners in the top 12 and seven in the top 40.
The Swathers scored 32 points for first place, followed by Ellsworth with 66, Lakin 82, Nemaha Central 104, Hiawatha 109, Scott Community 115. Sabetha 165, Nickerson 236 and Marysville 237.
Hesston High School’s Avery Larson placed second in the regional’s individual competition with a personal record 5K time of 19 minutes, 29.97 seconds.
Hesston’s Reese Quinn, Mary O’Halloran and Josie Heinrichs placed fifth, sixth and seventh with times of 20:08.86, 20:19.71 and 20:27. O’Halloran set a personal record.
Hesston’s Brenley Schmidt placed 12th with a person record time of 21:13.68, followed by Indrayani Patwardhan, 30th, 23:03.58; and Jenny Roth, 40th, 23:42.24.
The Hesston boys team placed fifth in the Class 3A boys B regional with 108 points,
Hesston’s Grant Pearce placed third with a 5K time of 17:00.70 and Tyler Fast finished eighth in 17:25.37. Sam Scott placed 16th, 17:46.94; Coyce Lunsford, 42nd, 19:32.59; Jack Bigham, 57th, 20:17.25; Sully Eicher, 71st, 21:54.91; and Jacob Keuker, 78th, 22:22.07.
The Kansas Class 3A girls and boys state cross country meets take next Saturday (Oct. 31, Halloween Day) at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence.
