BY Jim Misunas
jmisunas@gbtribune.com
WAMEGO — The St. John boys and Ellinwood girls placed third in the Wamego Invitational cross country meet.
St. John’s A.J. Miller led the Tigers with a sixth-place finish (18:18.5). Norton (97), Alma-Wabaunsee (125) and St. John (131) led the team scores. Frankfort’s Brodric Shirley placed first (16:56.5).
Also running for the Tigers were 24th—Mason Osborne, 19:25.2; 40th—Trey Fisher, 19:59.0; 41st—Braden Witt, 20:04.4; 47th—Quincy Smith, 20:10.0; 60th—Cashe McVey, 20:36.8; and 65th—Wrangler Walker, 20:41.8.
Ellinwood’s Ashtin Klepper (21:38.9) led the Eagle girls. Also running for the Eagles were 13th—Erin Hammeke, 22:48.6; 22nd—Courtney Cook, 23:39.7; 33rd—Sarah Hammeke, 24:22.6; 72th—Alicia Mitchell, 28:20.5.
Bennington’s Halle Johnson won the girls race (20:30.6). Norton (70) was followed by Hays-TMNP (85) and Ellinwood (97).
WAMEGO INVITATIONAL
GIRLS 5K
TEAM SCORES—1—Norton 70; 2—Hays-Thomas More Prep 85; 3—Ellinwood 97; 4—St. Marys 98; 5—Christ Prep 102; 6—Sabetha 114; 7—Bishop Seabury 177; 8—Mission Valley 199; 9—Wellsville 219; 10—Alma-Wabaunsee 241
GIRLS 5K—1—Halle Johnson, Bennington, 20:30.6; 2—Helen Giefer, Trego, 20:46.9; 3—Lexi Kats, Norton, 21:12.9; 4—Ashtin Klepper, Ellinwood, 21:38.9; 5—Sybil Giefer, Trego, 21:46.5; 6—Paige McDaniel, Wellsville, 21:53.9; 7—Hannah Bailey, Norton, 22:05.4; 8—Emily Schippers, TMP, 22:21.6; 9—Chloe Stanley, Bennington, 22:22.1; 10—Abigail Zitter, Christ Prep, 22:36.4
ELLINWOOD—13—Erin Hammeke, 22:48.6; 22—Courtney Cook, 23:39.7; 33—Sarah Hammeke, 24:22.6; 72—Alicia Mitchell, 28:20.5
ST. JOHN—57—Shayla Garcia, 26:34.0
BOYS 5K
TEAM SCORES—1—Norton 97; 2—Alma-Wabaunsee 125; 3—St. John 131; 4—Bennington 136; 5—Riley County 194; 6—Sabetha 195; 7—Christ Preparatory 203; 8—Frankfort 222; 9—Marysville 227; 10—Trego 240
TOP 10—1—Brodric Shirley, Frankfort, 16:56.5; 2—Henry Nelson, Seabury, 17:10.2; 3—Brett Kulp, Riley Co. 17:58.7; 4—Luke Oatney, Pleasant Ridge, 18:04.7; 5—Anton Reeves, Pike Valley, 18:17.6; 6—A.J. Miller, St. John, 18:18.5; 7—Josh Wurtz, Wabaunsee, 18:29.1; 8—Dalton Kistner, Lebo, 18:30.1; 9—Gabe TenEyck, Silver Lake, 18:33.6; 10—Kyle Schmitz, Wabaunsee, 18:38.7
ST. JOHN—24—Mason Osborne, 19:25.2; 40—Trey Fisher, 19:59.0; 41—Braden Witt, 20:04.4; 47—Quincy Smith, 20:10.0; 60—Cashe McVey, 20:36.8; 65—Wrangler Walker, 20:41.8
ELLINWOOOD—39—Peter Joslin, 19:54.0; 50—Seth Winget, 20:14.8; 63—Jonathon Whisnant, 20:39.9; 85—Jacob Cole, 21:44.0