WICHITA — Great Bend's Sydney Stein (18:50.98) placed runner-up and Decorah Schroeter (18:57.0) earned third medalist honors at Saturday's Rush at Thrush Park cross country invitational.
Wichita Kapaun Mt. Carmel's Ava Claasen (17:46) placed first. Wichita Carroll (42) and Wichita Kapaun-Mt. Carmel (47) was followed by third-place Great Bend (78).
Also counting for Great Bend were 12th-place Bella Long (19:48.8), 40th-place Samantha Negaard (22:38.38) and 41st-place Makenzie Gwin (22:43.46).
Great Bend's Brogan Lashley (17:02.73) placed 12th to lead the Panther boys. Other runners who counted in the team score were 32nd-place Tavon Stroup (17:44.34), 49th-place Isaac Aldana (18:20.17), 50th-place Parker Coleman (18:20.77) and 54th-place Noah Kaiser (18:26.75).
Kapaun’s Dan Enriquez (15:34.07) earned medalist honors. Wichita Carroll's boys (42) won the boys division. Great Bend (177) placed eighth.
RUSH AT BROWN THRUSH
GIRLS TEAM SCORES—1ST—Wichita Carroll 42; 2ND—Wichita Kapaun-Mt. Carmel 47; 3RD—Great Bend 78
TOP 5 MEDALISTS—1ST—Ava Claasen, WC, 17:46; 2ND—Sydney Stein, GB, 18:50.98; 3RD—Decorah Schroeter, GB, 18:57.79; 4TH—Thome, WC, 18:57.81; 5TH—Barringer, KMC, 19:11.11
GREAT BEND—12TH—Bella Long, 19:48.8; 40TH—Samantha Negaard, 22:38.39; 41ST—Makenzie Gwin, 22:43.46; 62ND—Alyssa Prendergast, 24:18.04; 67TH—Sydney James, 24:38.98.
RUSH AT BROWN THRUSH
BOYS TEAM SCORES—1ST—Wichita Carroll 42; 2ND—Kapaun-Mt. Carmel 52; 3RD—Maize 78; 8TH—Great Bend 177
TOP 5 MEDALISTS—1ST—Enriguez, KMC, 15:34.07; 2—Englert, WC, 16:15.39; 3—Steele, Maize, 16;34.61; 4TH—Etheridge, KMC, 16:34.84; 5TH—Reintjes, KMC, 16;:34.84
GREAT BEND—12TH—Brogan Lashley, 17:02.73; 32ND—Tavon Stroup, 17:44.34; 49TH—Isaac Aldana, 18:20.17; 50TH—Parker Coleman, 18:20.77; 54TH—Noah Kaiser, 18:26.75; 83RD—Julian Hernandez, 19:47.68; 84TH—Evan Mason, 19:48.13