The Buhler High School girls cross country team captured the Kansas Class 4A state championship Saturday at the Wamego Country Club with 45 points.
Baldwin placed second with 69 points and Wamego placed third with 121 points.
Mulvane freshman Aubrey Teter won the Kansas Class 4A girls 5K state title with a time of 18 minutes, 19.31 seconds.
Buhler’s Corbin Starkweather placed second in the 4A girls 5K race with a time of 18:56.52. Teammates Isabella Rivera and Isabella Friesen placed fifth and ninth with times of 19:43.73 and 20:01.96.
Buhler’s Hannah Dick placed 22nd, 20:43.62, followed by Brooklyn Beals, 29th, 21:10.78; Brynlee Adams, 42nd, 21:33.41; and Kambria Brown, 47th, 21:49.64.
Andale’s Ayvah Banda placed seventh in the 4A girls cross country state meet with a time of 19:49.11.
4A girls state Top 10:
1. Aubrey Teter, Mulvane, 18:19.31
2. Corbin Starkweather, Buhler, 18:56.52
3. Willa Collier, Bishop Miege, 19:17.18
4. Ella Needham, Paola, 19:34.97
5. Isabella Rivera, Buhler, 19:43.73
6. Shea Griffith, Baldwin, 19:45.31
7. Ayvah Banda, Andale, 19:49.11
8. Maddox McGhee, Louisburg, 19:50.26
9. Isabella Friesen, Buhler, 20:01.96
10. Cheyenne Brunker, Baldwin, 20:02.98
Buhler’s Ryan Cherry finishes 2nd at 4A state cross country meet
Buhler High School senior Ryan Cherry placed second in the Kansas Class 4A state boys cross country championship Saturday at the Wamego Country Club.
Cherry posted a 5K time of 16 minutes, 21.12 seconds.
Buhler’s Zayden Mendenhall placed 31st, 17:44.01; Silas Nowlan, 56th, 18:24.05; Graham McCarty, 73rd, 18:48.49; Logan Johnson, 75ht, 18:51.36; and Christian Valle, 79th, 18:54.15.
The Buhler boys placed sixth with 185 points. McPherson placed eighth with 194 points.
McPherson placed eighth in Class 4A boys with 194 points.
Tipp Pelle led the Bullpups with a 32nd place finish with a time of 17:44.15, followed by Xavier Hartinger, 39th, 18:01.39; Isaiah Ortiz, 55th, 18:21.09; Nathan Friesen, 57th, 18:26.21; Maxton Nelson, 67th, 18:43.69; Oren Klein. 87th, 19:06.08; and Jonas Emery, 19:15.64.
After placing sixth as a sophomore last year, Eudora junior Grayson Masterson won the boys 4A state title with a time of 16:09.49.
4A boys state Top 10:
1. Grayson Masterson, Eudora, 16:09.49
2. Ryan Cherry, Buhler, 16:21.12
3. Logyn Evans, Wamego, 16:31.53
4. Dustin Buchanan, Andale, 16:35.44
5. Cade Brown, Andale, 16:38.82
6. Riley DeLorenzo, Chapman, 16:42.06
7. Donte Barnaby, Winfield, 16:43.05
8. Hayden Babbitt, Augusta, 16:44.18
9. Roman Lubbers, Andale, 16:48.97
10. Greyson Stream, Wamego, 16:53.50
