Panthers' earn two top 20 medals
AUGUSTA —Great Bend Panther Emilia Diaz (20:09.83) earned 15th medalist honors and regional champion Kaiden Esfeld (16:43.52) earned the 18th boys medal in the 5A state cross country championships at Four Mile Creek Resort.
The Great Bend girls (143) placed sixth with regional champion Maize South (58) edging Wichita Carroll (59) for the school's first state championship. Carroll's Hope Jackson (18:58.0) earned medalist honors.
The Panther girls return its state lineup with 30th Morgan Beckwith, 20:44.51; 39th Emma Loomis, 20:50.97; 42nd Addy Nicholson, 20:54.81; 54th Eliana Jackson, 21:18.46; 67th Haley McCormick, 21:44.23; and 93rd August Siefkes, 24:20.45.
St. Thomas Aquinas (32) defended the boys state championship with Lenexa St. James (77) placing runner-up. Wichita Kapaun Mt. Carmel's Erik Enriquez (15:43.9) captured medalist honors.
Great Bend's boys (261) finished 10th with 69th Matthew Huslig, 18:09.37; 70th Malachi Wasson, 18:11.53; 83rd Apollos Johnson, 18:47.62; 84th Brody Feist, 18:53.23; and 94th Brandon Suppes, 20:39.16 competing. Huslig is the team's lone senior.
FOUR MILE CREEK RESORT AUGUSTA
5A BOYS TEAM SCORES—1—St. Thomas Aquinas 32; 2—Lenexa St. James 77; 3—Mill Valley 84; 4—Wichita Carroll 139; 5—Maize 151; 6—Maize South 160; 7—Goddard Eisenhower 169; 8—Lansing 235; 9—Topeka Seaman 246; 10—Great Bend 261; 11—Shawnee Heights 266; 12—Andover 312
TOP 10 MEDALISTS—1—Erik Enriquez, KMC, 15:43.9; 2—McEachern, WC, 15:51.84; 3—Hazen, Aquinas, 15:57.61; 4—Seger, Aquinas, 16:05.6; 5—Surdy, DeSoto, 16:11.13; 6—True, Emporia, 16:17.25; 7—Higgerson, Aquinas, 16:23.98; 8—Moore, St. James, 16:29.41; 9—Schoenhofer, Andover Central, 16:28.68; 10—Irvine, St. James, 16:29.41; 11—Njoroge, Topeka West, 16:31.68; 12—Mauro, St. James, 16:33.51; 13—Schrieber, Mill Valley, 16;36.04; 14—Grantham, Aquinas, 16:38.23; 15—Schaeffer, Maize South, 16:39.8; 16—Fawson, Eisenhower, 16;39.8; 17—Turpin, Mill Valley, 16:41.24; 18—Kaiden Esfeld, Great Bend, 16:43.52; 19—Davied, KMC, 16;47.06; 20—Mallot, Aquinas, 16:49.32
GREAT BEND—69—Matthew Huslig, 18:09.37; 70—Malachi Wasson, 18:11.53; 83—Apollos Johnson, 18:47.62; 84—Brody Feist, 18:53.23; 94—Brandon Suppes, 20:39.16
5A GIRLS TEAM SCORES—1—Maize South 58; 2—Wichita Carroll 59; 3—BV Southwest 105; 4—Mill Valley 130; 5—Kapaun Mt, Carmel 133; 6—Great Bend 143; 7—Aquinas 160; 8—Topeka Seaman 188; 9—Andover 200; 10—Leavenworth 260; 11—Valley Center 274; 12—Basehor 325
TOP 20 MEDALISTS—1—Jackson, Carroll, 18:58.0; 2—Schwartzkopf, Mill Valley, 19:04.16; 3—Forbes, Carroll, 19:13.74; 4—Vetter, Andover, 19:17.64; 5—Rios, MS, 19:19.49; 6—Hanson, KC Piper, 19:27.55; 7—Grover, Valley Center, 19:28.01; 8—Ecord, Maize, 19;43.13; 9—Druse, Seaman, 19:50.32; 10—Sargent, MS, 19:51.63; 11—Kelly, MS, 19:53.61; 12—Loffredo, BVSW, 19:53.81; 13—Schwarz, BVSW, 20:04.68; 14—Bruening, KMC, 20:07.82; 15—Emilia Diaz, Great Bend, 20:09.83; 16—Curtis, KMC, 20:07.82; 17—Pascal, Carroll, 20:13.74; 18—Landrum, DeSoto, 20:14.46; 19—Ricker, Mill Valley, 20:15.3; 20—Pavlik, Eisenhower, 20:17.06
GREAT BEND—30—Morgan Beckwith, 20:44.51; 39—Emma Loomis, 20:50.97; 42—Addy Nicholson, 20:54.81; 54—Eliana Jackson, 21:18.46; 67—Haley McCormick, 21:44.23; 93—August Siefkes, 24;20.45
