The Andale boys cross country team qualified for state at the Class 4A West substate hosted by Buhler on Saturday at Prairie Ridge Cross Country Park.
Andale won the meet with 22 points, 51 points ahead of runner-up Buhler. The Indians had four in the top five, led by champion Dustin Buchanan, who won the race in 16 minutes 48 seconds, finishing .5 ahead of Augusta’s Hayden Babbitt. Roman Lubbers took third (17:08.2), Cade Brown was fourth (17:08.9), and Sam Pavelski finished fifth (17:23.3). William Parks ran 18:06.4, good for ninth. Levi Schmidt finished 11th in 18:08.4, and Rhett Romero was 31st with a time of 19:05.2
The Andale girls finished fourth with 96 points and were six points away from qualifying for state as a team. Ayvah Banda was the lone Andale girl to qualify for state with a fourth-place finish with a time of 20:37.6.
The Class 4A State Championships will be held at Wamego Country Club on Saturday. Banda will run at 10 a.m., with the Andale boys scheduled to run at 11:45 a.m.
