Cross country teams qualify for state
By LHSports
Saturday’s regional cross country meet in Norton was worth the drive for Lakin High School.
Both the girls and boys cross country teams qualified for the state meet by placing in the top three of their divisions.
Both teams finished third in their respective divisions. The boys finished with 95 points behind Southeast of Saline (40) and Scott City (76), while the girls scored 82 points behind Hesston (32) and Ellsworth (66).
Kate Miller won the girls race in 18:59.57, with Jeci Mead placing third (19:38.91).
Emma Miller finished 21st (22:35.19) and Honey Murillo 29th (23:03.55).
Tynslee Wideman finished 42nd, Claire Barnhardt 47th, and Tess Barnhardt 55th.
Miles Delgado led the boys by finishing fourth in 17:06.66. Gavin Dyas was 13th (17:32.06), Josiah Sholtz 18th (18:02.91) and Brantley Martin 36th (19:11.16).
Clark Maddux was 37th, Tyler Johnson 51st, and Blake Vasquez 55th.
The state meet will be held in Lawrence Saturday at Rim Rock Farm. The girls are scheduled to race at 11:10 a.m. and the boys at 12:55 p.m.
Note: This is the first time since 2008 that both Lakin girls and boys teams qualified for state. That meet was held in Wamego. The boys placed seventh and the girls 11th.
Running for the boys that meet were Kayson Matthews (31st, Bryce Koehn, 34th), Zac Anthony (42nd), Kevin Siersema (48th), Victor Moreno (90th), Skyler Pentheny (93rd), and Anthony Wilkinson (94th).
Running for the Lakin girls were Cassie Kessler (47th), Julia Rosales (68th), Brittany Root (78th), Jaden Bolmer (81st), Diana Aparicio (95th), Nicole Reece (98th) and Lindsey Vann (99th).