STERLING — Great Bend’s Mayra Ramirez broke the Panthers’ school record (19:13.8) while capturing medalist honors at Thursday’s Sterling Invitational cross country meet. The meet was held in 45-degree weather with light rain and mist falling.

Ellinwood’s Erin Hammeke (19:39.3) placed third and teammate Ashtin Klepper (20:12.5) finished eighth.

 ST. JOHN RUNNER-UP – Seventh-place medalist A.J. Miller (17:04.1) and 10th-place medalist Mason Osborne (17:09.1) paced the St. John boys to a runner-up finish with 63 points behind champion Buhler with 22 points.

Cashe McVey, 15th,  Wrangler Walker, 19th, 17:23.7; and Hunter Hanson, 21st, 17:53.3; counted in the Tigers’ team score.

Larned’s Brayden Lothman earned fifth medalist honors (16:54.5).

MACKSVILLE — Ninth-grader Abigail Ibarra (21:56.9) captured medalist honors in the freshmen division to lead the Mustangs. Itzel Garcia (22:05.5) placed 25th and Gabe Wolf (18:49.1) finished 41st in the varsity division. In the junior varsity division, Anna Suiter (26:57.6) placed ninth and Kyler Evans (20:12.3) finished 11th. 

Macksville coach Mike Hullman said the Mustangs ran personal season-bests in the cool and calm conditions.

"Wow, what a meet we had," Hullman said. "We ran extremely well with all runners setting new PRs for the season.  The conditions were great for running, cool with a mist in the air. Our runners took full advantage of the weather conditions and a fast course.  We had several earn medals with the freshmen girls dominating their race.  This amazing effort sets us up well. This gives confidence that we have been searching for.  They showed what they can do when they challenge themselves.  Some of them even said that they should have given more."

STERLING INVITATIONAL

GIRLS TEAM SCORES

1—Buhler 43

2—Berean Academy 74

3—Ellinwood 75

4—Pratt 82

5—Hutchinson Trinity 132

6—Skyline 139

7—Sterling178

8—Macksville 196

 GIRLS TOP 10 MEDALISTS

1—Mayra Ramirez, GB, 19:13.8

2—Erin Topham, Berean, 19:18.8

3— Erin Hammeke, Ellinwood, 19;39.3

4—Brooke Wiebe, Berean, 19:43.1

5—Sian Helfrich, Pratt, 19:51.8

6—Emma Willison, Buhler, 19:58.5

7—Addie Hoeme, Pratt, 20:.05.3

8—Ashtin Klepper, Ellinwood, 20:12.5

9—Amaleigh Mattison, Buhler 20:12.5

10—Daycee DeWindt, Buhler, 20:26.9

 CENTRAL PLAINS—11—Hannah Redetzke, 20:29.5

 ELLINWOOD—17—Sarah Hammeke, 20:45.8; 26—Gracie Schessiger, 22:13.1; 39— Courtney Cook, 22:57.8; 43—Lauren Petz, 23:39.1

 LARNED—19—Cierra Nord, 20:50.9; 29— MaKayla Leiker, 22:26.1; 44—Brooke Butler, 23:39.1

 MACKSVILLE—25—Itzel Garcia, 22:05.5; 46—Lydia Mendez, 23:52.3; 62—Caren Holguin, 26:00.2; 66—Kaylee Hottovy, 26:37.3; 70—Christine Garza, 27:33.3

 HOISINGTON—32—Jessi Kindscher, 22:43.2

 ST. JOHN—37—Jackie Rios, 22:53.3; 51—Paige Doran, 24:16.4; 61—Jaden Reed, 25:49.4

 OTIS BISON—64—Sheridan Ewy, 26:13.4; 65—Danielle Wagner, 26:16.2; 68—Calli Riley, 27:03.1; 69—Ashtyn Butler, 27:03.7

STERLING INVITATIONAL

BOYS TEAM SCORES

1—Buhler 22

2—St. John 63

3—Pratt 99

4—Berean Academy 134

5—Hutchinson Trinity 152

6—Skyline 200

7—Sterling 203

8—Hoisington 207

9—Haven 238

10—Otis-Bison 241

11—Macksville 248

12—Hillsboro 293

BOYS TOP 10 MEDALISTS

1—Tanner Lindahl, Buhler, 16:32.7

2—Rand Lohrentz, Buhler, 16:45.1

3—Nate Kolm, Pratt, 16:47.1

4—Hayden Keller, Buhler, 16:48.2

5—Brayden Lothman, Larned, 16:54.5

6—Cordel Hendrixson, Buhler, 16:59.2

7—A.J. Miller, St. John, 17:04.1

8—Jon Whisenant, Ellinwood, 17:04.7

9—Jackson Wallace, Skyline, 17:07.3

10—Mason Osborne, St. John, 17:09.1

ST.JOHN—15—Cashe McVey, 17:19.0; 19—Wrangler Walker, 17:23.7; 24—Hunter Hanson, 17:53.3;  29—Uriel Calleros, 18:06.3; 40—Trey Fisher, 18:33.4;

ELLINWOOD—34—Peter Joslin, 18:18.3; 48—Kaden Baird, 19:03.8;

LARNED—49—Ethan Haas, 19:04.3;

HOISINGTON—11—Dayne Yott, 17:09.1; 53—Ian Doss, 19:07.2; 57—Aydan Davis, 19:29.4; 59—Gabriel Hipp, 19:31.2; 77—Noah Dolezal, 20::55.2; 79—Dante Urban, 21:06.1; 82—Keaton Klug, 21:31.0

OTIS-BISON—31—Blake Pierce, 18:08.8; 47—Grantley Sinn, 18:59.8; 60—Will Rues, 19:32.2; 67—Jayce Kohls, 20:10.3; 86—Ethan Schneider, 22:08.8

MACKSVILLE—41—Gabe Wolf, 18:49.1; 43—Jacob Suiter, 18:56.6; 56—Andrew Cross, 19:21.1;  73—Trey Britton, 20:35.6; 87—Grant Frink, 22:59.4

 BOYS JV TEAM SCORES

1—Pratt 38

2—Sterling 42

3—St. John 69

4—Haven 71

JV  BOYS TOP 5 MEDALISTS

1—Carter Crank, Sterling, 18:29.3

2—Dalton Nemec, St. John, 18;48.3

3—Joe Forbes, Buhler, 18:51.2

4—Kaiser Pelland, Pratt, 19:15.4

5—Chris Roberts, Buhler, 19:17.2

 ST.JOHN—9—Dylan Reed, 20:05.7; 30—Ethan Huston, 22:54.1; 37—Sead Pepic, 24:23.6; 43—Edson Gracia, 25:51.6

 MACKSVILLE—11—Kyler Evans, 20:12.3; 32—Harley Blaske, 23:24.7

 CENTRAL PLAINS—18—Ethan Hurley, 21:35.1; 24—Jaydon Whiterock, 22:14.1; 35—Paxton Hammeke, 23:54.3; 40—Brian Whiterock, 24:33.8

 ELLINWOOD—34—Logan Sturtz, 23:44.3

 HOISINGTON—39—Matthew MacMahon, 24:26.5

JV GIRLS TOP 5 MEDALISTS

1—Tawny Bush, 22:07.2

2—Aidyn White, Buhler, 22:56.9

3—Emma Hershberger, Buhler, 22:58.6

4—Grace Whisler, 23:07.7

5—Saitis Krouulik, Ellinwood, 24:07.7

MACKSVILLE—9—Anna Suiter, 26:57.6; 14—Kiley Blevins, 29:46.1; 15—Elena Kuckelman, 31:06.5

ST. JOHN—16—Jordon Willinger, 31:53.3

HOISINGTON—12—Jan Manavibool, 29:21.2

NINTH-GRADE BOYS TOP 5 MEDALISTS

1—Carlos Rodriguez, 18:54.2

2—Tyler Adams, 18:57.0

3—Ian Orth, Larned, 19:54.5

4—Cole Zongker, Haven, 20:16.6

5—Ethan Mulligan, 20:37.5

CENTRAL PLAINS—6—Hunter Green, 20:52.6

MACKSVILLE—13—Alex Mendez, 24:16.1; 14—Thoran Cross, 25;19.1

ST. JOHN—8—Nick Huston, 21:42.7

NINTH-GRADE GIRLS TOP 5 MEDALISTS

1—Abigail Ibarra, Macksville, 21:56.9

2—Evelyn Staib, Buhler, 23:16.0

3—Aylice Clawson, Larned, 23:38.4

4—Krystal Marquez, Macksville, 24:01.1

5—Karen Hall, Macksville, 24:09.8

8TH-GRADE BOYS TOP 5 MEDALISTS

1—Ian Carroll, Berean, 10:59.6

2—Ashler Miller, Ellinwood, 11:51.8

3—Keryk Yott, Hoisington, 12:11.3

4—Rolando Ordaz, Lyons, 12:44.5

5—Jonah Godina, Hutchinson Trinity, 13:05.8

HOISINGTON—13—Isaac Burgess, 14:31.2

8TH-GRADE GIRLS TOP 5 MEDALISTS

1—Bella Brownlee, Sterling, 13:12.4

2—Yam Ramirez, Lyons, 13:16.3

3—Jayla Wyant, Hoisington, 13:29.6

4—Emma Gilpin, Pratt, 13:34.9

5—Reese Yoder, Haven, 13:46.2

ST. JOHN—8—August Siefkes, 14;23.2; 25—MacKenzie Hacker, 16:41.4

HOISINGTON—13—Kiana Grandclair, 15;12.7; 26—Maddy Mitchell, 17:20.8

LARNED—16—Ali Zook, 15:38.6; 17—Sarah Manry, 15:47.0

7TH-GRADE BOYS TOP 5 MEDALISTS

1—Levi Allen, Hillsboro, 5:28.6

2—Chase Gibson, Ellinwood, 6:01.0

3—Quade Smith, St. John, 6:03.6

4—Kyler Semple, Larned, 6:04.2

5—Dylan Roberts, Larned, 6:09.1

 LARNED—12—Gabriel Thompson, 6:33.3; 14—Jeron Debes, 6:41.8; 19—Maverick Munden, 6:54.0

 HOISINGTON—9—Eli Lewis, 6:27.3; 13—Landon Woydziak, 6:35.8

 7TH-GRADE GIRLS TOP 5 MEDALISTS

1—Sheena Gocela, Hoisington, 6:18.3

2—Hannah Winget, Ellinwood, 6:36.0

3—Jaelynn Bridges, Pratt, 6:46.5

4—Judah Kuhn, Sterling, 6:51.5

5—Grace May, Pratt, 7:00.1

 HOISINGTON—6—Vada Kaiser, 7:00.5; 21—Caty Lewis, 8:27.4

 ELLINWOOD—7—Stormy Mitchell, 7:06.7; 11—Allison Ricker, 7:23.0; 17—Morgan Shinliver, 7:41.2; 19—Sydney Kruckenberg, 8:08.6