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Ellinwood girls, boys qualify for state cross country
Strecker leads Ellinwood girls
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HILL CITY – Ellinwood’s defending Class 2A state champions and Ellinwood’s boys both qualified their teams for the Class 2A cross country championship at Wamego Country Club.
Ellinwood’s Joanna Strecker placed third (21:19.06) and Sarah Hammeke placed seventh (22:09.52) to help the Eagles score 60 points for first place. Maddie Hayes placed 15th, 23:59.81; Eline Hansen was 20th, 24:49.59; and Kimberly Ruhbach placed 33rd, 26:42.84.
Ellinwood’s Peter Joslin won the boys race (18:16.02). Other runners who counted were Jayce Christiansen, 15th, 19:32.28; Jason Winget, 21st, 19:59.9; Jon Whisnant, 38th, 21:20.37; and Perez Gonzalez Galle, 42nd, 21:42.09.

BOYS RESULTS
TEAM SCORES
1—Salina Sacred Heart 47; 2—Wichita County 78; 3—Ellinwood 107; 4—Ell Saline 112; 5—Trego 113; 6—Hill City 121; 7—Oakley 140; 8—Smith Center 172; 9—Oberlin-Decatur 223

BOYS
TEAM RESULTS
1—Salina Sacred Heart 47
2—Wichita County 78
3—Ellinwood 107
4—Ell Saline 112
5—WaKeeney-Trego 113
6—Hill City 121
7—Oakley 140
8—Smith Center 172
9—Oberlin Decatur 223
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

TOP 10 MEDALISTS
1—Peter Joslin, Ellinwood, 18:16.02
*2—Bernard Giefer, Trego, 18:23.24
3—Rayne Schmidtberger, Sacred Heart, 18:57.69
4—Jorge Gallegos, Wichita County, 19:00.81
5—Tyler Gormley, Sacred Heart, 19:02.96
6—Luis Mendez, Sacred Heart, 19:03.22
*7—Joel Karg, Smith Center, 19:03.52
8—John Biermann, Wichita County, 19:05.58
*9—Trace Flax, Ness City, 19:13.02
*10—Caleb Umscheid, Ell Saline, 19:17.28
11 Ridder, Joe 11 Wichita County 19:20.46 10
*12 Conness, Sean 12 Trego Community 19:27.72 11
13 Engel, Jace 11 Oakley 19:28.74 12
14 Barney, William 10 Trego Community 19:29.72 13
15 Christiansen, Jayce 10 Ellinwood 19:32.28 14
16 eckols, tucker 12 Hill City 19:35.34 15
17 Stone, Samuel 10 Salina Sacred Heart 19:43.43 16
18 Brull, Jake 12 Salina Sacred Heart 19:46.62 17
19 Kuhlman, Jacob 12 Oakley 19:48.88 18
20 beydler, logan 11 Hill City 19:51.78 19
21 Winget, Jason 9 Ellinwood 19:59.90 20
22 Gomez, Luis 10 Ness City 20:04.96
23 Stelter, Jacob 10 Ell Saline 20:07.02 21
24 Bell, Blake 10 Ell Saline 20:13.27 22
25 Griffin, Kaden 9 Ell Saline 20:19.34 23
26 North, Logan 9 Ellis 20:32.52
27 Snodgrass, Austin 9 Ness City 20:34.02
28 Runnals, Mason 11 Oakley 20:43.12 24
29 Trillo, Beau 11 Smith Center 20:45.09 25
30 Santillana, Rene 11 Wichita County 20:45.40 26
31 brandyberry, everett 12 Hill City 20:49.62 27
32 Herrenbruck, Tate 9 Salina Sacred Heart 20:53.12 28
33 brandyberry, asa 10 Hill City 20:57.72 29
34 Hernandez, Gabriel 9 Wichita County 21:00.09 30
35 blanks, michael 9 Hill City 21:02.96 31
36 lemon, garrett 12 Hill City 21:15.93 32
37 lindenman, jacob 9 Hill City 21:17.72 33
38 Whisnant, Jonathan 10 Ellinwood 21:20.37 34
39 Pinckney, Oliver 11 Smith Center 21:22.00 35
40 Robertson, Dante 12 Decatur Community 21:38.68 36
41 Schneider, Seth 10 Ell Saline 21:40.72 37
42 Perez Gonzalez Galle, Pa 11 Ellinwood 21:42.09 38
43 Wells, Lane 10 Wichita County 21:45.09 39
44 Byerly, Nicholas 11 Oakley 21:49.40 40
45 Howard, Preston 9 Lincoln 21:52.84
46 VanDyke, Matthew 12 Plainville 21:54.46
47 Juenemann, Jeffery 12 Decatur Community 21:54.98 41
48 Anderson, Benjamin 9 Trego Community 22:00.09 42
49 Guzman, Milton 10 Ness City 22:02.96
50 Ridder, Aaron 11 Wichita County 22:23.09 43
51 Farr, Jack 9 Decatur Community 22:27.53 44
52 Mejia, Andrew 9 Trego Community 22:41.06 45
53 Whyte, Karsten 10 Oakley 22:48.43 46
54 Whiterock, Jaydon 9 Central Plains 22:55.34
55 Tabor, Neil 9 Ell Saline 22:58.52 47
56 Weiss, Nathan 10 Salina Sacred Heart 23:00.90 48
57 Shobe, Evan 12 Decatur Community 23:02.31 49
58 Engel, Jantz 9 Oakley 23:10.11 50
59 Hammeke, Paxton 10 Central Plains 23:14.02
60 Henrichs, Tanner 9 Smith Center 23:14.38 51
61 Heinrich, Cade 10 Ell Saline 23:53.27 52
62 Koerperich, Luke 12 Decatur Community 24:22.84 53
63 Baker, Martin 9 Smith Center 26:14.34 54
64 Feemster, Christian 10 Ellinwood 28:14.28 55
65 Wilds, Evan 10 Trego Community 28:21.78 56

ELLINWOOD RESULTS
15—Jayce Christiansen, 19:32.28; 21—Jason Winget, 19:59.9; 38—Jon Whisnant, 21:20.37; 42—Perez Gonzalez Galle, 21:42.09; 64—Christian Feemster, 28:14.28

CENTRAL PLAINS RESULTS
54—Jaydon Whiterock, 22:55.34; 59—Paxton Hammeke, 23:14.02

GIRLS RESULTS
TEAM TOTALS
1—Ellinwood, 60; 2—Decatur 86 3—Ellis 95; 4—Salina Sacred Heart 98 5—Lincoln 112;
6—Ell Saline 114; 7—Ness City 129; 8—Wichita County 139

ELLINWOOD RESULTS
15—Maddie Hayes, 23:59.81; 20—Eline Hansen, 24:49.59; 33—Kimberly Ruhbach, 26:42.84; 49—Karoline Madsen, 29:08.71

CENTRAL PLAINS RESULTS
43—Jade Wissing, 28:06.81; 44—Jada Whiterock, 28:09.56

GIRLS
TEAM TOTALS
1—Ellinwood 60
2—Oberlin-Decatur 86
3—Ellis 95
4—Salina Sacred Heart 98
5—Lincoln 112
6—Ell Saline 114
7—Ness City 129
8—Wichita County 139
INDIVIDUL RESULTS

TOP 10 MEDALISTS
*1—Helen Giefer, Trego, 20:02.72
*2—Aubry Donley, Lincoln, 21:08.85 
3—Joanna Strecker, Ellinwood, 21:19.06
*4—Sybil Giefer, Trego, 21:43.34
*5—Jordan Gilliland, Sacred Heart, 21:53.24 
*6—Kate Brull, Sacred Heart, 21:58.94
7—Sarah Hammeke, Ellinwood, 22:09.52
*8—Savannah Moore, Ness City, 22:14.34
*9—Danielle Allison, Oakley, 22:42.81
*10—Summer Smades, Wichita County, 22:51.21
11 Gamez, Jessica 12 Ellis 23:17.21 8
12 Johnson, Kamdyn 10 Ell Saline 23:33.43 9
13 Davis, Tristen 12 Decatur Community 23:45.53 10
14 Sheaffer, Cindy 10 Decatur Community 23:45.84 11
15 Hayes, Madelyn 12 Ellinwood 23:59.81 12
16 Biermann, Nicole 10 Wichita County 24:14.81 13
17 Capps, Sonya 11 Decatur Community 24:20.37 14
18 Panter, Caley 9 Smith Center 24:37.82
19 Devlin, Sydney 10 Smith Center 24:45.31
20 Hansen, Eline 12 Ellinwood 24:49.59 15
21 Pereyda, Alexa 12 Salina Sacred Heart 25:05.62 16
22 Karg, Hannah 10 Smith Center 25:11.12
23 McKenzie, Tayln 10 Smith Center 25:35.46
24 Jones, McKenzy 11 Ellis 25:36.93 17
25 Dreyer, Shyanne 11 Ell Saline 25:38.24 18
26 White, Brittany 12 Lincoln 25:38.75 19
27 Bollig, Brittany 12 Ellis 25:42.40 20
28 Hendrickson, Sierra 12 Decatur Community 25:43.06 21
29 Schmidt, Sierra 11 Ellis 26:08.40 22
30 Moody, Cicely 11 Ness City 26:14.56 23
31 Relph, Kathryn 12 Ell Saline 26:21.72 24
32 Huskey, Libby 10 Lincoln 26:27.02 25
33 Ruhbach, Kimberly 11 Ellinwood 26:42.84 26
34 Wallace, Jaycee 10 Lincoln 26:48.90 27
35 Frickey, Allie 12 Ellis 27:12.31 28
36 Stewart, Jaymi 11 Ness City 27:30.34 29
37 Hickson, Gracie 9 Trego Community 27:34.38
38 McKenna, Hallee 10 Hoxie 27:36.09
39 Grafel, Isabel 10 Decatur Community 27:36.94 30
40 Brin, Reilly 12 Ell Saline 27:41.52 31
41 Hayes, Madelyn 11 Ell Saline 27:48.62 32
42 Weems, Lyndsi 11 Ell Saline 28:02.40 33
43 Wissing, Jade 11 Central Plains 28:06.81
44 Whiterock, Jada 12 Central Plains 28:09.56
45 Worcester, Grace 12 Salina Sacred Heart 28:22.52 34
46 Foos, Ashley 9 Ness City 28:29.52 35
47 Hahn, Sophie 9 Ness City 28:48.99 36
48 White, Macalee 10 Hoxie 29:02.56
49 Madsen, Karoline 10 Ellinwood 29:08.71 37
50 Ridder, Abigail 12 Wichita County 29:17.90 38
51 Fuentes, Nayeli 10 Wichita County 29:32.40 39
52 Hageman, Elena 11 Plainville 29:39.53
53 McClellan, Claire 12 Plainville 29:49.29
54 Hayworth, Tia 12 Lincoln 30:29.59 40
55 Straub, Jaylee 9 Salina Sacred Heart 30:46.31 41
56 Casas, Toni 12 Wichita County 31:34.21 42
57 Meitl, Faith 10 Decatur Community 33:24.52 43
58 Waterman, Courtlyn 9 Decatur Community 33:42.88 44
59 Bonilla, Jonnie 9 Salina Sacred Heart 37:11.85 45
60 Maya, Alyssa 9 Salina Sacred Heart 37:22.28 46