STAFFORD — Freshman Eleanor Joiner (22:34.42) earned fourth medalist honors to spark Ellinwood's girls (43) to first place ahead of Ness City (56) in Thursday's St. John cross country meet.
Ellinwood's 11th-place Kyla McCormick (23:46.08), 23rd-place Ali Gonzales (25:15.66) and 24th-place Jenna Borror (25:15.96) also counted for the Eagles.
In the boys division, Stafford's Joel Valadez (18:24.63) placed ninth and St. John's Quade Smith (19:07.23) finished 18th.
STAFFORD INVITATIONAL
BOYS TEAM SCORES—1—Pratt Skyline 35; 2—Ness City 53; 3—Pratt 93; 4—St. John 125; 5—Lyons 126; 6—Haven 127; 7—Nickerson 142; 8—Ellinwood 157
TOP 10 MEDALISTS—1—Broxton Gall, NC, 17:18.73; 2—Miltner, ML, 17:21.94; 3—McKinney, SB, 17:40.11; 4—Nelson, Skyline, 17:40.13; 5—Robinson, Skyline, 18:00.6; 6—Martinez, Spearville, 18:18.46; 7—Doherty, Haven, 18:21.29; 8—Lara, Pratt, 18:23.43; 9—Joel Valadez, Stafford, 18:24.63; 10—Martinez, KC, 18:31.74
ST. JOHN—18—Quade Smith, 19:07.23; 22—Aaden Gonzalez, 19:33.65; 37—Emmett Delp, 20:33.34; 46—Liam Knight, 21:11.2; 55—Garrett Dunn, 21:44.18; 56—Kaden Foote, 21:46.66; 77—Jayce Feril, 23:56.93
STAFFORD—50—Josue Valadez, 21:30.94;
LARNED—36—Lane Elam, 20:22.27; 69—David Lumpkins, 22:53.64; 76—Caleb McDonald, 23:52.34; 81—Landon haney, 28:07.66
ELLINWOOD—34—Shae Hoskins, 20:09.54; 39—Joe Brauer, 20:34.72; 41—Dallon Luker, 20:40.55; 47—Grey Ringwald, 21:16.56; 58—Ethan Robl, 21:53.5; 82—Jonas Kern, 30:31.81
CENTRAL PLAINS—26—Cale Thompson, 19:43.47
NICKERSON—20—Levi Pauley, 19:19.63; 30—Dakota Brinkley, 20:01.86; 40—Aiden Brinkley, 20:36.82; 45—Andy Huggard, 21:01.49; 70—Renner Hawks, 22:56.87; 71—Dale Landry Smith, 23:00.45; 73—Evan Trostle, 23:26.51
GIRLS TEAM SCORES—1—Ellinwood 43; 2—Ness City 56; 3—Ellsworth 57; 4—Hodgeman County 87; 5—Ingalls 93
TOP 10 MEDALISTS—1—Molly Ehlrich, Ellsworth, 21:18.34; 2—Ceniceros, Ashland, 21:4.6.85; 3—Esparza, NC, 22:01.24; 4—Eleanor Joiner, Ellinwood, 22:34.42; 5—Kilgore, Sterling, 22:40.57; 6—White, PP, 22:53.13; 7—Inwood, Sterling, 22:55.94; 8—Harrold, Skyline, 23:17.87; 9—Taylor, KC, 23:25.71; 10—Beckman, Ellsworth, 23:33.07
ELLINWOOD—11—Kyla McCormick, 23:46.08; 23—Ali Gonzales, 25:15.66; 24—Jenna Borror, 25:15.96; 30—Madison Dombroski, 25:52.69; 40—Heidi Brauer, 27:11.76
NICKERSON—28—Amelia Peil, 25:42.32
OTIS-BISON—14—Destiny Mitchell, 24:17.08
LARNED—22—Teagan Walker, 25:12.5
