Hoisington senior Brody Rossman, who placed 14th at state as a junior, placed second at the Kansas Class 3A boys state cross country meet Saturday at Lawrence’s Rim Rock Farm with a time of 16:12.91.
Wichita Trinity Academy won the Kansas Class 3A boys state cross country team title with 41 points, followed by Southeast of Saline with 111 points.
Riley County’s Jeter Adams captured the 3A boys individual state championship in 15:58.85.
Wichita Trinity Academy placed five runners in the top 18, led by former Buhler runner Gavin Lindahl, who placed fourth with a time of 16:23.12.
Cheney’s Stratton Young placed sixth, 16:30.3; Haven’s Isaiah Doherty, eighth, 16:32.43; and Russell’s Adam Hoch, 19th, 17:02.33.
Hesston’s Grant Pearce placed 20th with a time of 17:03.87, followed by Tyler Fast, 22nd, 17:10.12.
Southeast of Saline’s Brooks Carlin placed 28th with a time of 17:21.62, followed by Zachary Carlin, 29th, 17:23.05; Cole Franklin, 30th, 17:34.29; Joseph Bircher, 32nd, 17:24.92; Caleb Knopf, 40th, 17:37.82; Andrew Knopf, 49th, 18:01.58; and Bryce Hartman, 55th, 18:06.42.
Nickerson’s Aiden Brinkley finished 35th with a school-record time of 17:27.39. Lyons’ Aaron Villasenor placed 43rd with a time of 17:45.09.
Goessel’s Eli Gaeddert repeats as 1A boys state cross country champion
Goessel High School senior Eli Gaeddert is a back-to-back Kansas Class 1A boys state cross country champion.
Gaeddert won the 1A boys race at Wamego Country Club in 16 minutes, 21.18 seconds.
He finished nearly 13 seconds ahead of the field to close his high school cross country career with consecutive state titles.
Spearville’s Evan Martinez placed second with a time of 16:33.97 and Stafford’s Joel Valadez placed third with a time of 16:35.71.
Pretty Prairie’s Malachi Goering was 27th in 18:05.87. Canton-Galva’s Jacob Dieker was 28th in 18:05.87. Burrton’s Isaac Jones placed 29th in 18:24.38. Central Plains’ Jayden Stiles placed 44th in 18:53.58.
St. John placed eighth in the team standings with 118 points. The Tigers were paced by Aaden Gonzalez, who placed 26th, 18:01.17; followed by Liam Knight, 39th, 18:42.22; Garret Dunn, 60th, 19:16.26; Jayce Feril, 69th, 19:29.84; and Ryer Ward, 87th, 21:13.24
Ellis’ Taryn Boydston captures 1A girls individual title
Ellis sophomore Taryn Boydston is the Kansas Class 1A girls state cross country champion.
Boydston won the state title at Wamego Country Club with a time of 18 minutes, 44.99 seconds, finishing nearly 20 seconds ahead of the field.
As a freshman last season, Boydston finished runner-up to her older sister, Avery, who graduated following the season.
Pretty Prairie’s Lauren Detter placed fifth in the 1A girls state cross country race with a time of 20:31.28.
Teammates Amity White placed seventh in 20:41.12; Halli Yoder, 26th, 22:03.25; Ava Goering, 41st, 22:50.95; Brennan Schrag, 70th, 24:25.06; Lily Casey, 85th, 25:53.11 and Adyn Anderson, 86th, 26:10.3.
The Pretty Prairie girls placed second with 51 points and Goessel finished 10th with 144 points.
Goessel’s Mia Hiebert placed 31st with a time of 22:34.73, followed by Madelyn Olson, 54th, 23:36.46; Elaina Graber, 79th, 25:02.4; Moriah Guhr, 88th, 26:27.4; and Lydia Rodeman, 99th, 34:11.2.
Macksville’s Kennedy Butler placed 18th in 21:24.24.
Canton-Galva’s Faith McMannis placed 29th with a time of 22:22.99.
Great Bend’s Decorah Schroeter places 3rd at 5A girls state cross country meet
Great Bend High School’s Decorah Schroeter placed third at the Kansas Class 5A state country meet Saturday at Lawrence’s Rim Rock Farm.
Schroeter posted a 5K time of 18 minutes, 34.99 seconds. Kapaun-Mount Carmel’s Ava Claassen placed first with a time of 16.59.16, followed by Salina Central’s Kaylie Schulz in second place in 18:12.27.
St. Thomas Aquinas girls captured the 5A girls state cross country team championship.
The Saints scored 69 points at Rim Rock Farm to finish 17 points ahead of runner-up St. James Academy.
