BY JIM MISUNAS
jmisunas@gbtribune.com
LAKE BARTON – Hoisington's state qualifier Kamden Tarlton wasn't intimidated by last year's 5A state cross country runner-up Kaleb Glazier (16:18.1). Tarlton kept pace with Glazier for quite a while over the 3.1-mile Lake Barton course.
Tarlton's time (17:09.0) would've placed 11th in the 4-6A division. Tarlton placed 22nd in last year's 3A state cross country meet at Lawrence's Rim Rock.
"I was pretty much on target for the first race of the season. I improved by a minute from last year, but missed my goal of 17 minutes. I paced off a Hays runner, but had to pace off some Garden City runners. I could've picked my pace up a little on my second mile. I plan to breaking the school record (15:53.0). Our guys ran great today."
Tarlton's teammates also ran solid races after just missing a 3A team berth last year. Runner-up Eli Lewis (19:54.0); Michael Hipp (19:54.3); Landon Beaver (21:51.6); and Kasey Andereck (22:27.7) also counted in the team scores.
Great Bend's 27th-place Ramirez (18:15.5) and 29th Tavon Stroup (18:18.9) joined 40th Alex Galindo (,18:39.7) and 63rd Braylon Moore (19:33.2). Suppes improved by 1:39 and Moore improved 1:31.
"When we compare times, they're a minute to two minutes faster," said Great Bend coach Lyles Lashley. "It speaks volumes for the summer work they've invested. We want to keep rolling."
LAKE BARTON BOYS 3-1A (5K)
TOP 10 MEDALISTS–1–Tarlton, Hoisington, 17:09.0; 2–Lewis, H, 19:454.0; 3–Peyton Ryan, CP, 19:54.2; 4–Hipp, H, 19:54.3; 5–Gibson, E, 19:59.8; 6–Ringwald, E, 20:00.2; 7–Zook, E, 20:06.6; 8–Pauley, Nickerson, 20:06.8; 9–Froese, Sublette, 20:29.9; 10–Brauer, E, 20:30.6
ELLINWOOD–12–Hoskins, 21;21.0; 19–Luker, 22:58.0
HOISINGTON–15–Beaver, 21:51.6; 16–Andereck, 22:27.7; 17–Rossman, 22:44.2
CENTRAL PLAINS–11–Thompson, 20:56.0
NICKERSON–13–Brinkley, 21;25.4; 14–Engelland, 21:33.8; 18–Ketterl, 22:51.2; 20–Stout, 27:26.7
LAKE BARTON BOYS 6-4A (5K)
TEAM SCORES–1–Garden City 65; 2–Buhler 72; 3–Wichita Carroll 78; 4–Liberal 115; 5–Maize High 128; 6–Dodge City 177; 7–Salina Central 197; 8–Great Bend 220; 9–McPherson 220; 10–Derby 225; 11–Hays High 244; 12–Salina South 304
TOP 10 MEDALISTS–1–Glazier, Maize, 16:18.1; 2–Munoz, GC, 16:30.0; 3–Whisler, Buhler, 16:40.5; 4–Lohrentz, Buhler, 16:50.4; 5–Stephenson, WC, 16:57.1; 6–Pavia, Liberal, 17:01.0; 7–Fry, GC, 17:03.2; 8–Nemechek, GC, 17:03.6; 9–Muehler, Mc, 17:04.9; 10–Unruh, Maize, 17:07.4
GREAT BEND–27–Ramirez, 18;15.5; 29–Stroup, 18:18.9; 40–Galindo, 18:39.7; 63–Moore, 19:33.2; 70–Suppes, 20:10.5; 71–Lawrence, 20:11.5
BOYS JV (5K)
MEDALIST–1–Smith, GC, 18:10.7
NICKERSON–54–Huggard, 23:05.8; 92–Nelson, 29:43.0
C TEAM BOYS (2 MILE)
MEDALIST–DeGroot, WC, 12:28.0
7TH BOYS (1 MILE)
MEDALIST–1–Cruz, GB, 6:02.4
ELLINWOOD–6–Zook, 6;15.7; 16–Herman, 6;42.7; 19–Thomas, 6:48.7;
GREAT BEND–8–Kurtz, 6:23.1; 23–Leyva, 7:04.1; 24–Leech, 7:05.9; 40–Mason, 7:39.0
RENO VALLEY–42–Shelton, 7:51.0
8TH BOYS (2 MILES)
MEDALIST–Ponce, DC, 11:08.1
GREAT BEND–11–Weber, 13:12.2; 12–Aldana, 13:33.2; 19–Casturita, 14:31.3; 23–Johnson, 14:54.9; 27–Gonzalez-Perez, 15:10.5; 37–Lashley, 15:54.8; 40–Garcia, 16:02.9; 48–Cline, 17:54.6; 58–Alvarez, 23:09.1; 59–Scheuerman, 23:19.2; 60–Harr, 24:12.5
RENO VALLEY–10–Aiden Brinkley, 13:09.5; 32–Hawks, 15:40.1
