LAKE BARTON — Great Bend Panther Tavon Stroup qualified for 5A state with a 14th-place regional  finish (17:36.06) after placing 50th at 5A state last year.

5A LAKE BARTON

BOYS TEAM QUALIFIERS—1—Valley Center 61; 2—Goddard Eisenhower 66; 3—Salina Central 67

TOP 15 QUALIFIERS—1—Deniau Young, SC, 16:20.01; 2—Dent, GE, 16:27.93; 3—Griffith, Goddard, 16:35.12; 4—Maupin, Hays, 16:38.73; 5—Affholder, SC, 16:59.14; 6—Moses, VC, 17:04.96; 7—Miller, VC, 17:07.11; 8—Spiva, GE, 17:08.89; 9—Moreno, SS, 17:13.82; 10—Dykes, SS, 17:14.13; 11—Lewis, Goddard, 17:16.11; 12—Soper, SC, 17:18.76; 13—Webb, VC, 17:21.71; 14—Tavon Stroup, GB, 17:36.06; 15—Morris, SC, 17:38.96

GREAT BEND—23—Anthony Lawrence, 18:06.64; 28—Brogan Lashley, 18:19.26; 29—Diego Pasos, 18:20.26; 31—Isaac Aldana, 18:25.85; 40—Noah Kaiser, 19:01.63; 44—Parker Coleman, 19:22.25