STAFFORD COUNTY – Ellinwood’s 2A defending state champion Erin Hammeke captured medalist honors (18:52.24) at Thursday’s St. John Cross Country Invitational. Macksville’s Madison Butler (20:47.23) was third medalist and Ellinwood’s Ashtin Klepper was fourth medalist (20:47.8).
Andale’s girls placed first (30) and Ellinwood (39) placed runner-up.
“It was really a nice day to run. Madison Butler ran into some good runners that helped her reach a new PR,” said Macksville coach Mike Hullman. “All the girls team ran season PRs. They ended up Fifth overall with a number of good teams. We need to get our runners closer to Madison.”
Ellinwood’s Asher Miller earned ninth medalist honors (17:52.31). Otis-Bison’s Peytan Butler (18:10.96) placed 12th and St. John’s Uriel Calleros (18:22.29) finished 14th.
Andale (25) finished ahead of Holcomb (37) and Ellinwood (67).
“On the boys side, they ran new season PRs,” Hullman said. “Jesse Nava ran a new personal best PR by taking off almost two minutes off his previous PR. He skipped under the 20-minute barrier. The other runners took off a minute off their previous season PRs.”
STAFFORD INVITATIONAL
BOYS TEAM SCORES—1—Andale 25; 2—Holcomb 37; 3—Ellinwood 67; 4—Ingalls 93; 5—Ellsworth 93; 6—Spearville 116; 7—Macksville 119; 8—Pretty Prairie 126; 9—Central Plains 142; 10—Haven 146; 11—Sterling 154
BOYS TOP 10—1—Winter, Andale, 16:50.83; 2—Pierce, LaCrosse, 16:51.04; 3—Ricke, Spearville, 17:19.28; 4—Sizemore, Holcomb, 17:28.17; 5—Barnes, Andale, 17:32.43; 6—VanPelt, Holcomb, 17:37.7; 7—Robles, Holcomb, 17:49.87; 8—Bradbury, Andale, 17:50.12; 9—Asher Miller, Ellinwood, 17:52.31; 10—White, PP, 17:54.38
OTIS-BISON—12—Peytan Butler, 18:10.96; 33—Jayce Kohls, 19:43.4; 79—Ike Bahr, 25:44.56
ST. JOHN—14—Uriel Calleros, 18:22.29; 20—Nick Huston, 18:48.01; 27—Dylan Reed, 19:26.62
ELLINWOOD—23—Chase Gibson, 19:03.43; 24—Kaden Baird, 19:04.52; 40—Sam Brauer, 20:07.72; 50—Cole Ringwald, 20:36.84; 70—Logan Sturtz, 23:13.46; 78—Presten McCord, 24:19.51
MACKSVILLE—32—Jesse Nava, 19:40.45; 35—Kyler Evans, 20:03.35; 39—James Lee, 20:07.7; 62—Alex Mendez, 21:47.05; 76—Thoran Cross, 24:09.7
CENTRAL PLAINS—37—Hunter Green, 20:05.25; 69—Ethan Hurley, 22:49.59; 73—Brian Whiterock, 23:22.18
GIRLS TEAM SCORES—1—Andale 30; 2—Ellinwood 39; 3—Pretty Prairie 66; 4—Holcomb 68; 5—Macksville 68; 6—Kiowa County 97; 7—Minneola 98
GIRLS TOP 10—1—Erin Hammeke, Ellinwood, 18:52.24; 2—White, PP, 20:46.89; 3—Madison Butler, Macksville, 20:47.23; 4—Ashtin Klepper, Ellinwood, 20:47.8; 5—Bailey, Ingalls, 21:39.46; 6—Macias, Holcomb, 21:46.15; 7—Ramirez, Lyons, 21:56.1; 8—Brownleee, Sterling, 22:00.66; 9—Hoskinson, Haven, 22:04.84; 10—Steadman, Andale, 22:10.46
ELLINWOOD—26—Hannah Wingert, 24:27.95; 28—Allison Ricker, 24:50.66; 33-Brooklin Morgan, 25:46.0; 40—Gracie Schlessiger, 26:36.65
CENTRAL PLAINS—13—Hannah Redetzke, 22:37.4; 23—Monica Short, 24:01.14
MACKSVILLE—25—Abigail Ibarra, 24:18.63; 31—Joselin Garcia, 25:36.04; 47—Melanie Vargas, 28:26.23; 49—Anna Suiter, 28:56.81
JUNIOR VARSITY BOYS—1—Larned 12; 2—Nickerson 38; 3—Holcomb 48; 4—Lyons 49; 5—Haven 70
MEDALIST (5K)—1—Colton Maneth, LaCrosse, 19:11.61
LARNED—2—Kyler Semple, 19:54.64; 3—Jeron Debes, 20:03.06; 5—Dylan Roberds, 20:44.74; 7—Gabriel Thomson, 20:59.24; 22—Jameson Smith, 24:17.01; 28—Blake Crandall, 25:34.93; 36—Maverick Munden, 27:42.62; 39—Mark Hamrick, 30:10.7
ST. JOHN—15—Edwin Fernandez, 22:42.58; 22—Austin Kuhn, 24:25.22; 35—Karim Herrera, 27:19.03
JUNIOR VARSITY GIRLS—1—Nickerson 10
MEDALIST (5K)—1—Kaitlyn Suter, Andale, 25:35.76
CENTRAL PLAINS—2—Joanna Donecker, 26:01.13
LARNED—4—Aylice Clawson, 26:54.09
8TH GRADE BOYS—1—Holcomb 15; 2—Haven 29; 3—Reno Valley 52; 4—Pratt Liberty 54; 5—Ellsworth 70
MEDALIST (2 miles)—1—Quade Smith, St. John, 12:16.77
ELLINWOOD—10—Bryce Steffen, 13:18.16
HOISINGTON—2—Kamden Tarlton, 12:45.79; 40—A.J. Thurman, 27:37.45
OTIS-BISON—13—Dakota Slemp, 13:38.0; 27—Ian Haselhorst, 16:07.17
8TH GRADE GIRLS
MEDALIST (2 miles)—1—Lydia Reed, St. John, 14:06.2
LARNED—2—Ivy Hope, 14:23.28; 14—Madeline Hamrick, 22:28.61
HOISINGTON—11-Lake Ferguson, 18:28.48; 15—Alexia Neal, 26:20.15
7TH GRADE BOYS—1—Ellinwood 33; 2—Pratt Liberty 44; 3—Kiowa County 55; 4—Larned 56; 5—Holcomb 67; 6—Lyons 82
MEDALIST (1 mile)—1—Jisung Chang, Kiowa Co. 5:54.04
ELLINWOOD—3—Dawson Sounderland, 6:03.22; 9—Grey Ringwald, 6:26.7; 15—Caleb Zook, 6:37.28; 16—Joe Brauer, 6:41.07; 19—Colton Gibson, 6:47.29; 20—Shae Hoskins, 6:47.97; 35—Russell Kern, 7:43.64
LARNED—8—Christian Slattery, 6:25.78; 13—Tristan Thompson, 6:35.58; 23—Ian Thomson, 7:02.34; 32—Caleb McDonald, 7:21.03; 42—Allen Norris, 8:51.75
ST. JOHN—7—Keldon Bunker, 6:22.57; 11—Kaden Foote, 6:29.53; 14—Jace Reyes, 6:37.16
HOISINGTON—21—Kyler Jensen, 6:56.53
OTIS-BISON—22—Seth Richardson, 6:59.68; 43—Tavish Tracy, 9:05.11
7TH GRADE GIRLS—1—Ellinwood 10
MEDALIST (1 mile)—Emma Freeman, Pratt Liberty, 6:20.13
ELLINWOOD—7—Lydia Porter, 7:11.62; 12—Julia Schlessiger, 7:57.97; 14—Brandi Beals, 8:20.72; 18—Rella Ritterhouse, 13:53.55
