The Barton men’s cross country team closed out the regular season with the Region VI Championships over the weekend at the Westar/Prairie Ridge Park Course in Hutchinson.
The Cougars placed 11th in the 16-team field. Allen County won the meet with 45 points followed by Butler with 55 in 2-team race for the title. Johnson County was third with 111.
Barton finished with 282 points, just 13 points from 10th.
A pair of Cloud County runners paced the field, led by Moses Dirane with a time of 25:16.34 over the 8K course. His teammate Thobile Mosito won a 3-way battle for second with a 26:00.72 followed by Ricardo Banuelos of Allen with a 26:04.41 and Bonyface Kiptoo of Butler in 26:06.75.
The top Cougar runner was Ignacio Calderon in 32nd with a time of 28:27.02. He was followed by Samuel Hengeli in 49th with a time of 29:10.31.
Close behind Hengeli was Corban Ogle in 54th with a time of 29:30.18 and Felix Marquez in 65th with a time of 30:21.1.
Lukas Tucker rounded out the team scoring portion for the Cougars with a 32:58.65 for 106th. Treavon Ware finished 111th in 33:53.26 and Javon Patterson in 112th in 34:27.73
Barton will wrap up the cross country season on Nov. 12 when the Cougars head to El Dorado for the NJCAA Championships.
Region VI Championships
Westar/Prairie Ridge Park Course 8K
Team Scores
1 Allen 45
2 Butler 55
3 Johnson 111
4 Cloud 128
5 Colby 148
6 Highland 149
7 Cowley 185
8 Hutchinson 241
9 Garden City 266
10 Pratt 269
11 Barton 282
12 Dodge City 309
13 Hesston 378
14 NW Tech 380
15 Coffeyville 486
16 Neosho 493
Individual Top 10
1 Moses Dirane, Cloud, 25:16.34
2 Thobile Mosito, Cloud, 26:00.72
3 Ricardo Banuelos, Allen, 26:04.41
4 Bonyface Kiptoo, Butler, 26:06.75
5 Anthony Glasgow, Allen, 26:21.4
6 Emmanuel Biwott, Butler, 26:27.06
7 Eluid Koech, Butler, 26:38.59
8 Philip Lagemann, Allen, 26:43.98
9 Abel Ketema, Colby, 26:53.69
10 Stephen Marindich, Cloud, 27:14.39
Barton results
32 Ignacio Calderon, 28:27.02
49 Samuel Hengeli, 29:10.31
54 Corban Ogle, 29:30.18
65 Felix Marquez, 30:21.1
106 Lukas Tucker, 32:58.65
111 Treavon Ware, 33:53.26
112 Javon Patterson, 34:27.73
