LAWRENCE – Kerby Depenbusch (16:24.5) and Connor Griffith (16:29.6) finished first and second and the Great Bend cross country teams first place in the Rim Rock Cross Country Classic.
Great Bend finished first (151) followed by Nixa, Mo. (187). The Panthers’ top two were followed by Sage Cauley, 32nd, (17:31.5) and Josh Tomlin, 36th (17:34.6).
Ninth-grader Aubrey Snapp placed sixth (21:07.3) to lead the Great Bend girls to first place (127), three points ahead of Hiawatha (130).
RIM ROCK HIGH SCHOOL CLASSIC
BOYS TEAM SCORES—1—Great Bend 151; 2—Nixa, Mo. 187; 3—Kearney, Mo. 247; 4—Platte, Mo. 265; 5—Wichita North 284
GREAT BEND BOYS—1—Kerby Depenbusch, 16:24.5; 2—Connor Griffith, 16:29.6; 32—Sage Cauley, 17:31.5; 36—Josh Tomlin, 17L34.6; 124—Collin Hammond, 18:2.2; 137—Evan Hammond, 18:34.0; 171—Matt Huslig, 18:54.4
GIRLS TEAM SCORES—1—Great Bend 12; 2—Hiawatha 130; 3—Basehor-Linwood 136; 4—Logan-Rogersville, Ark. 172; 5—Rock Creek 199
GREAT BEND GIRLS—6—Aubrey Snapp, 21:07.3; 27—McKenna Esfeld, 22:14.0; 29—Paloma Sandoval, 22:14.9; 30—Baleigh Fry, 22:15.7; 63—LaCora Bryant, 23:19.8; 204—Chloe Gibson, 28:02.7
ELLINWOOD GIRLS—14—Ashtin Klepper, 21:38.8; 53—Erin Hammeke, 23:03.6; 106—Sarah Hammeke, 24;12.2; 119—Courtney Cook, 24:41.3