Sub-State Cross Country Headlines & Results

Sub-State Cross Country Meets were held on Saturday. 

Criteria to Qualify for the State Meet:

1. The top three teams from each sub-state race advance. 

2. Top 15 runners to cross the finish line medal and qualify for state, regardless of if their team qualifies for state or not. Runners that finish 16th or further back can only qualify if their team qualifies.

Class 1A at Cheney Lake: The Axtell boys finished in second place in Race B to qualify for state. Henry Stallbaumer, Brycen Heinen, Bill Lybarger, and Ethan Ronnebaum all finished inside the top 16. Onaga's Miken Wheeler qualified for state with a fifth place finish. 

On the boys side in Race A, Blue Valley-Randolph's Titus Cobb was the individual champion. Centralia's Kaden Franklin also qualified for state with a 12th place finish. 

On the girls side in Race A, state qualifiers include Troy's Ella Grable who finished in third, and Troy's Hailey Groff who finished in sixth. 

Class 2A at Republic County: The Valley Heights girls had one state qualifier with Emma Warders who finished in 12th place. On the boys side in Race B, Clifton-Clyde had multiple state qualifers with Cohen Girard taking home a second place finish while Remy Girard finished in 10th place. 

Other state qualifiers include Valley Heights' Langston Gray who finished in sixth place and Washington County's Atticus Jensen who finished in 12th place. 

Class 2A at Wabaunsee: The Jefferson County North girls qualified in Race A with a third place finish. The Chargers had Ella Seymour and Rowan Robey both finish inside the top 10. Also making it to state was Aubrey Vanderpool of Atchison County who finished in third place. 

On the boys side in Race A, state qualifiers include Kail Bare of Horton who finished in sixth, Clint Wilson of ACCHS who finished in eighth, Abe Bell of ACCHS who finished in ninth, and McLouth's Caleb Bandel who finished in 15th place. 

On the girls side in Race B, state qualifiers include Rossville's Madelyn Wonnell who finished in 12th place, Rossville's Payton Shaddox who finished in 13th place, and Oskaloosa's Annabelle Shelkey who finished in 15th place. 

The Jefferson County North boys won Race B with Max Kane leading the way with a third place finish. The Chargers also had Tucker Bryant who finished in 10th place and Caliber Beecham who finished in 12th place. 

Other state qualifiers include Corbin Madden of Maur Hill-Mount Academy who finished in fourth place, Jackson Cole of Doniphan West who finsihed in fifth place, and Duke Condo of Jackson Heights who finished in 15th place. 

Class 3A at Fredonia: On the girls side in Race A, state qualifiers include Silver Lake's Alessandra Gerber who finished in seventh place, Silver Lake's JessiLyn Mohler who finished in 10th place, plus two Royal Valley runners with Clara Larison who finished in 12th place and Josie Shelton who finished in 14th place. 

On the boys side in Race A, there were two state qualifiers with Riverside's Eric Ashworth who finished in fifth place and Royal Valley's Jarret Johnson who finished in 15th place. 

Holton's Lexis Mick qualified on the girls side in Race B with a 15th place finish while on the boys side in Race B, Jefferson West's Dalton Westbrook qualified with a 15th place finish. 

Class 3A at Norton: On the girls side in Race A, state qualifiers include Nemaha Central's Cora Langill who finished in ninth place and Hiawatha's Pauly Rockey who finished in 10th place. 

On the boys side in Race A, Riley County and Nemaha Central qualified in the team standings finishing second and third respectively behind Holcomb. Riley County's Jeter Adams won the individual crown while Dash Hancock finished in fourth place. The Thunder had three qualifiers with Harry Langill in seventh place, Will Martin in 10th place, and Colten Corby in 15th place. 

Riley County's Kinley Henle qualified on the girls side in Race B with a sixth place finish. 

The State Meets will be on Saturday, Oct. 31. More information can be found here.