By CHARLES SPURLOCK
Special to TopSports.news
MANHATTAN -- The cross country season began for Highland Park, Seaman, Topeka, Topeka West and Washburn Rural Saturday on a beautiful “Chamber of Commerce” day in Manhattan.
Manhattan Invitational champion Ryin Miller congratulates Payton Fink, Rylee Ismert and Emily Graf, who finished second, third and fourth individually to lead Washburn Rural to the team title. [Photo by Charles Spurlock/Special to TSN]
BOYS VARSITY
Seaman junior Brody Anderson won the first race of the season with a personal best time of 15 minutes, 35.77 seconds. Following the race, Anderson commented on his preparation, “I really felt that all of the summer work was worth it and everything I’ve done leading up to this has paid off. I went out pretty fast and it was easy on my legs. When I reached the two-mile mark I heard I was a little under 10 minutes and the third mile I knew I had to hammer it home.”
Washburn Rural was the top team finisher of the city schools, finishing in fourth place with three runners finishing in the top 20. The Junior Blues were led by freshman Henry Laubach, who played fourth in a time of 16:29.33.
Topeka West senior Adrian Lehman (right) posted a third-place individual finish in Saturday's Manhattan Invitational. [Photo by Charles Spurlock/Special to TSN]
Topeka West’s Adrian Lehman finished third overall with a time of 16:12.16. Stuart Campbell led Topeka High in a time of 18:10.11, finishing in 37th place.
Final Team Standings : Lawrence 67, Manhattan 69, Wamego 72, Washburn Rural 73, Olathe Northwest 134, Topeka West 138, Seaman 155, Topeka 207.
Seaman : Brody Anderson (15:35.77; 1st); Conner Bloom (17:44.33; 29th); Corbin Murrow (18:26; 45th); Drake Spurlock (18:43.10; 49th); Alex Newell (19:09.78; 52nd).
Topeka West : Adrian Lehman (16:12.16; 3rd); Tony Lloyd (17:40.87; 26th); Mark Wilkie (17:56.56; 34th); Jayden Sigle (18:21.09; 42nd); Ezra Phelps (18:56.51; 51st).
Topeka High : Stuart Campbell (18:10.11; 37th); Gregory Njorgoe (18:30.55; 46th); Easton Davis (18:37.18; 48th); Will Toland (18:45.42; 50th); Oliver Snethen (20:50.24; 55th); Tayleon Flores (21:50.53; 56th).
Washburn Rural : Henry Laubach (16:29.33; 4th); Christopher Quarles (17:03.16; 12th); Connor Olsen (17:07.39; 13th); Duke Graf (17:29.29; 23rd); Bodie King (17:41.77; 27th); Anderson Leinwetter (17:43.32; 28th); Wesley Meek (18:01.80; 36th).
Seaman junior Ryin Miller ran the fourth-fastest time in Kansas history on Saturday en route to the win in Manhattan Invitational. [Photo by Charles Spurlock/Special to TSN]
GIRLS VARSITY
Seaman junior star Ryin Miller opened her season with a personal-best time of 16:59.46. Her time was the fourth-fastest time in state history.
“The goal was to win and not really worry about the time,'' Miller said. "It’s a tough course and usually really hot because we run after the junior varsity races. The time was the cherry on top. Breaking 17 minutes was a goal, but I thought it would be at Kanza, didn’t think it was attainable here. To have that goal knocked out here, I feel good about it.”
Manhattan Invitational champion Ryin Miller congratulates Payton Fink, Rylee Ismert and Emily Graf, who finished second, third and fourth individually to lead Washburn Rural to the team title. [Photo by Charles Spurlock/Special to TSN]
The Washburn Rural girls won the team championship, with all five of their scoring runners finishing in the top 14, led by senior Peyton Fink, who finished second in a time of 18:14.98. Rylee Ismert finished third with a time of 18:57.35, followed by Emily Graf in a time of 19:21.99. Kenzie Maddox finished seventh with a time of 20:01.13.
Seaman sophomore Brynn Spencer finished sixth in a time of 19:54.64 and senior Stella Applehanz was ninth with a time of 20:10.38.
Peyton Rice led Topeka West by finishing in 19th place in a time of 21:09.06. Chloe Phelps finished in 37th with a time of 22:55.83.
Topeka High’s Victoria Reynaga finished in 45th in a time of 31:05.91.
Final Team Standings : Washburn Rural 30, Seaman 70, Olathe North 82, Manhattan 97, Olathe Northwest 100, Emporia 127, Wamego 140.
Seaman : Ryin Miller (16:59.46; 1st); Brynn Spencer (19:54.63; 6th); Stella Applehanz (20:10.38; 9th); Kinley Robinson (21:52.40; 28th); Hannah Wempe (22:17.28; 32nd).
Topeka West : Peyton Rice (21:09.06; 19th); Chloe Phelps (22:55.83; 37th)
Topeka High : Victoria Reynaga (31:05.91; 45th).
Washburn Rural : Peyton Fink (18:14.98; 2nd); Rylee Ismert (18:57.35; 3rd); Emily Graf (19:21.99; 4th); Kenzie Maddox (20:01.13; 7th); Brooklyn Nolte (20:33.02; 14th)
BOYS JUNIOR VARSITY RESULTS
Highland Park : Matias Martinez-Astorga (21:11.75; 56th); Samuel Portlock (32:27.74; 74th).
Seaman : Maddox Moore (19:31.73; 33rd); Manny Armstead (19:55.51; 36th); Cody Moses (20:04.35; 41st); Stephen Miano (20:48.36; 52nd); Max Roark (20:49.68; 53rd); Trace LaRow (21:35.47; 58th); Camden Dutton (22:00.11; 61st); Trace Brungardt (22:06.88; 63rd); Brady Marteney (22:16.81; 66th).
Topeka West : Matias Bledsoe (20:42.84; 49th); Payton Collette (20:59.60; 55th); Rhys Green (22:00.81; 62nd); Julian Ramcharan (22:09.58; 64th); Finn Lappin (22:57.33; 67th); Wyatt Jones (23:44.06; 68th); Erich Abbo-Mott (24:39.84; 69th).
Topeka High : Matthew Hines (22:15.48; 65th); Dexter Lonergan (25:06.16; 70th); Amir El-Jammal (25:10.55; 71st); Sebastian Homerding (26:23.02; 72nd); Jaivon Pugh (27:51.83; 73rd).
Washburn Rural : Clayton Fink (17:43.74; 4th); Wyatt Shorb (17:50.26; 6th); Brady Meek (18:22.04; 13th); Trey Recob (18:29.51; 16th); Eli Replogle (18:36.87; 19th); Jackson Svaty (18:47.31; 22nd); Brody Tenbrink (18:49.74; 24th); Ethan Koci (19:06.81; 26th); Preston Bahr (20:12.77; 43rd).
GIRLS JUNIOR VARSITY RESULTS (4K)
Highland Park : Breanna Maldonado (22:16.03; 69th); Jimena Alvarez (22:25.09; 70th); Kimberly Rodriguez (24:46.67; 85th); Yurida Garcia-Hernandez (26:33.67; 90th); Karla Barron (32:09.53).
Seaman : Avery Villines (17:42.78; 4th); Abigail Cooper (18:53.69; 20th); Kennedy Gatewood (19:19.11; 29th); Emma Gonzalez (19:20.37; 30th); Jaydin Frickey (19:21.68; 31st); Jasmine Sanchez (20:34.85; 52nd); Bailey Martin (20:52.98; 58th); Sophie Reffett (24:28.76; 81st); Kelsey Woolery (27:03.27; 91st); Catie Gould (27:37.22; 93rd).
Topeka West : Jordyn McKinzie (20:24.22; 47th); Alexis Chockley (21:53.71; 66th).
Topeka High : no runners.
Washburn Rural : Jazlyn Badger (18:53.91; 21st); Kate Muir (19:02.34; 24th); Reese Beardslee (19:18.02; 27th); Michka Meja (19:39.21; 35th); Harper Tenbrink (19:57.22; 40th); Maddy Blow (20:02.48; 43rd); Lily McCoy (20:17.87; 46th); Lacey Middleton (20:54.07; 59th); Rayauna Huey (21:04; 60th); Katherine Wolgast (21:09.54; 61st); Maiden Loreman (25:36.22; 87th).
BOYS C TEAM RESULTS (4K)
Seaman : Caleb King (16:48.14; 36th); Eli Mott (17:13; 43rd); Easton Murrow (17:56.90; 65th); John Holloway (18:29.44; 78th); Nick Horton (18:36.10; 79th); Aaron Haynes (18:49.22; 87th); Spencer Archer (23:53.20; 115th); Andrew Yorke (27:27.11; 117th).
Topeka West : Tony Lloyd (15:42.79; 15th).
Topeka High : Juan Cruz-Acosta (28:50.27; 118th).
Washburn Rural : Jaxson Adams (14:57.65; 1st); Bennett Wells (15:08.62; 3rd); Daniel Ginzburg (15:22.69; 4th); Gauge Dial (15:31.68; 7th); Asher Denman (15:40.12; 10th); Braxton Ullery (15:41.89; 12th); Braylon Badger (15:47.66; 16th); Steven Carr-Metzger (15:53.87; 17th); Cedric Geotz (16:06.98; 21st); Hagen Bass (16:12.01; 22nd); Kale Harman (16:23.67; 28th); Jacob Eilert (16:29.06; 30th), Landon Haberman (16:29.09; 31st); Ryder McClintock (16:29.93; 32nd); Blake Harader (16:36.75; 34th); Kaleb Lawrence (16:54.27; 38th); Dylan Ragsdale (17:20.82; 47th); Korbin Jones (17:24.12; 49th); Ayden Mooney (17:49.13; 61st); Ryan Olsen (18:11.20; 68th); Zachary Inloes (18:15.43; 70th); Walker Wilson (18:22.08; 76th); Jack Hedden (18:22.31; 77th); Jason Hall (18:41.88; 84th); Avery Knappenberger (19:32.67; 95th); Charles Stones (19:59.44; 99th); Collin Rezac (20:01.06; 100th); Grady Wells (20:15.37; 103rd); Dylan Weigel (20:34.98; 107th); Blake Hanson (21:07.42; 108th); Caleb Pearce (21:08.80; 109th); Grady Frederickson (24:38.83; 116th).
