1A LAKE BARTON — St. John's 4-time state qualifier Quade Smith (17:20.31) finished ninth at Lake Barton to qualify after placing 13th, 14th and 49th at the 1A state cross country meet. Stafford's Joel Valadez (17:17.32) placed seventh to qualify for 1A state.

"Quade is running his fourth state race, which is pretty special," said St. John coach Joel Delp. "He has a great shot at a top 10 finish and a PR on the state course."

St. John (67) finished fifth to qualify as a team with 18th Aaden Gonzalez, 18:08.29; 23rd Emmett Delp, 18:35.96; 37th Garrett Dunn, 19:25.37; 42nd Liam Knight, 19:39.22; 45th Jayce Feril, 20:03.6; and 51st Kaden Foote, 20:53.83.

"We ran at Wamego earlier and had a great race," Delp said. "Our guys are anxious to get back and see what they can can do. This is one of the fastest 1A states coming in that I remember. Our guys should be pushed to run great times. We ran some of our fastest times at regionals. We're peaking at the right time. We're freshmen, sophomores running their first state race outside of Quade. We'll gain valuable experience."  

Otis-Bison's Destiny Mitchell (21:54.55) earned a fourth state trip with a 14th-place finish. Mitchell has placed 9th, 38th and 39th at state. After her run, Mitchell helped her Cougar teammates qualify for the 1A-Division 2 state volleyball tournament. 

Macksville's Kennedy Butler (21:20.48) finished 11th at Lake Barton to qualify for 1A state at Wamego.

3A NORTON — Three-time state qualifier and 2-time Central Kansas League champion Kamden Tarlton (16;40.78) placed fifth to qualify for 3A state with sixth-place finisher Brady Rossman (16:52.56) also qualifying.

Hoisington's Tianna Lutters (20:49.38) placed 11th to qualify for 3A state.

2A NORTON — Ellinwood's Central Prairie League champion Eleanor Joiner (20:05.84) placed fourth and Jenna Borror (21:26.09) placed seventh to qualify for the 2A state cross country meet at Wamego.

3A NORTON

BOYS TEAM QUALIFIERS—1—Holcomb 39, 2—Lakin 71; 3—Scott City 86

GIRLS TEAM QUALIFIERS—1—Norton 60; 2—Scott City 65; 3—SW Heights 95

HOISINGTON GIRLS—SQ 11—Tianna Lutters, 20:49.38; 21—Tristin Compton, 21:44.86; 28—Monroe Walker, 22:11.04

LARNED GIRLS—52—Teagan Walker, 24:11.62

HOISINGTON BOYS—SQ 5—Kamden Tarlton, 16:40.78; SQ 6—Brody Rossman, 16:52.56; 48—Kasey Andereck, 19:29.41

LARNED—35—Lane Elam, 18:34.6; 68—Jayden Ramirez, 20:52.19; 85—David Lumpkins, 23:43.79; 86—Asher Olivier, 22:51.99

2A NORTON

GIRLS TEAM QUALIFIERS—1—Hoxie 36; 2—Ellinwood 44; 3—Republic County 69

ELLINWOOD GIRLS—SQ 4—Eleanor Joiner, 20:05.84; SQ 7—Jenna Borror, 21:26.09; 17—Kyla McCormick, 23:10.43; 18—Ali Gonzalez, 23:11.75; 27—Madison Dombroski, 23:52.33

BOYS TEAM QUALIFIERS—1—Hoxie 41; 2—Stanton County 54; 3—Bennington 60

6—ELLINWOOD BOYS (111)—23—Shae Hoskins, 19:00.66; 26—Joe Brauer, 19:13.47; 27—Ethan Robl, 19:22.63; 34—Dallon Luker, 19:58.87; 35—Greg Ringwald, 20:13.5; 44—Caleb Zook, 20:59.12

1A LAKE BARTON

GIRLS TEAM SCORES—1—Smith Center 28; 2—Ness City 34; 3—Kiowa County 60; 

8—MACKSVILLE GIRLS (107)—SQ 11—Kennedy Butler, 21:20.48; 38—Alexis Barron, 26:08.11; 50—Alycia Fulls, 30:18.28; 49—Alexandria Lopez, 29:43.81

OTIS-BISON GIRLS—SQ 14—Destiny Mitchell, 21:54.55

ST. JOHN GIRLS—45—Abi Herrera, 27:36.57

BOYS TEAM SCORES—1—Quinter 24; 2—Meade 28; 3—Ness City 50

5—ST. JOHN BOYS (67)—SQ—9—Quade Smith, 17:20.31; 18—Aaden Gonzalez, 18:08.29; 23—Emmett Delp, 18:35.96; 37—Garrett Dunn, 19:25.37; 42—Liam Knight, 19:39.22; 45—Jayce Feril, 20:03.6; 51—Kaden Foote, 20:53.83

6—STAFFORD BOYS (115)—7—Joel Valadez, 17:17.32; 40—Josue Valdez, 19:32.96; 43—Sam Lowther, 19:46.3; 66—Joseph Valdez, 24:00.92; 69—Jobe Valadez, 26:36.79  

CENTRAL PLAINS BOYS—60—Cale Thompson, 22:06.93; 64—Alden Metro, 22:56.03

MACKSVILLE BOYS—64—Aiden Gandara, 22:56.03