Six of seven runners gone from last year’s state championship team, but Hutchinson Trinity Catholic hasn’t missed a beat.
The Celtics, ranked No. 1 in the latest Kansas Cross County Coaches Poll, captured the Kansas Class 2A sub-state Race A championship Saturday at Belleville (hosted by Republic County High School) with 56 points.
The Celtics will go for a Class 2A state title repeat Saturday at the Wamego Country Club. The Class 4A and 1A state meets also will take place at Wamego.
The Kansas Class 6A, 5A and 3A state cross country meets will take place Saturday at Lawrence Rim Rock Farm.
Hutchinson Trinity placed four runners in the top 15 at the sub-state meet and six in the top 30, led by Dylan Bornholdt, who placed fourth with a 5K time of 17:47.46.
Sam Madden and Axel Walline placed seventh and eighth in 18:04.57 and 18:09.04. Ian Bornholdt placed 15th, 18:18.46; Owen Hammersmith, 24th, 18:47.89; Tyler Schletzbaum, 30th, 19:16.43; Jonathan Springer, 47th, 20:52.7.
Other area teams ranked in Class 2A boys are Marion, third; and Moundridge, fifth. In Class 2A girls, Berean Academy is ranked first, followed by Marion, fifth; and Ellinwood, sixth.
In Class 1A boys, St. John-Hudson is ranked sixth. Pretty Prairie is ranked third in Class 1A girls.
The Hesston girls are ranked first in Class 3A and the Hesston boys are tied for eighth with Cheney. The Cheney girls ranked fourth. Southeast of Saline is ranked second in Class 3A boys and Ellsworth is ranked fifth in 3A girls.
The Buhler girls are ranked first in Class 4A and the Crusader boys are fourth. The Andale boys are ranked first and McPherson ninth.
The Great Bend girls are ranked seventh in Class 5A and the Panther boys are tied for 10th.
