The Hesston Swathers captured their third consecutive Kansas 3A girls state cross country championship, scoring 69 points at Rim Rock Farm to finish 15 points ahead of runner-up Southeast of Saline.
Wichita-Trinity Academy sophomore Tylee Coleman won the 3A state girls state title in 18:40.31, earning her second straight championship after winning as a freshman.
Frontenac sophomore Emerson Albright finished second in 19:12.37.
Hesston’s Reese Quinn placed fifth in the 5K girls race with a time of 19 minutes, 37.14 seconds. Avery Larson placed sixth in 19:40.99.
Hillsboro High School senior Riley Richert ran her final cross country race for the Trojans. She placed 10th with a time of 20:01.94.
Ellinwood’s Eleanor Joiner placed 13th in 20:49.16, folloeed by Lexi Thomas, 32nd, 22:03.31; Ali Gonzalez, 62nd, 23:03.03; Madison Dombroski, 86th, 26:03.52; Leah Steffan, 92nd, 27:23.9; and Emma Dewey, 100th, 32:23.85.
Berean Academy’s Addie Busenitz was 14th in 20:52.37.
Southeast of Saline placed second with 84 points, Cheney placed third in with 139 and Ellsworth placed fourth with 147.
Southeast of Saline’s Avery Tripp placed eighth with a time of 19:53.4, followed by Piper Brown, 11th, 20:08.11; Regan Duren, 28th, 21:06.92; Ava McGraw, 36th, 21:29.78; Skylar Duran, 39th, 21:34.53; Anna Jackson, 47th, 21:51.15; and Payson Murray, 54th, 22:09.26.
Cheney’s Abigail Blundell placed 18th with a time of 20:38.64, followed by Paisley Marsh, 26th, 21:00.51; Brin Bergkamp, 29th, 21:07.08; Autry Young, 56th, 22:12.26; Kortney Berry, 71st. 22:49.2; Addisyn Hudson, 78th, 23:14.22; and Maddisyn Lais, 91st, 24:18.06.
Ellsworth’s Molly Ehrlich placed seventh with a time of 19:47.76. Lakyn Beckman placed 14th, 20:24.85; Mazie Barta, 49th, 21:54.13; Kathryn Beggeln, 65th, 22:30.78; Sage Gray, 72nd, 22:52.76; Brooklyn Marston, 95th, 24:37.85; and Reese Grothusen, 105th, 27:08.67.
Hoisington’s Tristin Compton placed 17th with a time of 20:33.74. Jensynn Williams placed 27th in 21:04.88.
Russell’s Averie Counts placed 64th with a time of 22:28.36.
Hesston girls finishers
5th Reese Quinn, 19:37.14
6th Avery Larson, 19:40.99
16th Josie Heinrichs, 20:32.28
20th Mary O’Halloran, 20:41.68
50th Jenny Roth, 21:58.44
52nd Brenley Schmidt, 22:01.99
77th Indrayani Patwardhan, 23:12.02
Top three teams
1. Hesston, 69
2. Southeast of Saline, 84
3. Cheney, 139
