JUNCTION CITY - The Hays High boys cross country team brought home the team title from the Bob Schmoekel Cross Country Invitational held outside of Junction City at Milford Lake.
The team placed three in the top ten to lead the way for a total of 40 points. Hays was eleven points better than Junction City.
Freshman Emery Zimmerman led the way in second place with a time of 16:19.61. Bladyn Werth placed fourth and Levi Denham was ninth.
Emmitt Dreiling was twelfth and Logan Leiker sixteenth to round out the team scoring.
Emery Zimmerman - 2nd - 17:04.61
Bladyn Werth - 4th - 17:21.40
Levi Denham - 9th - 17:32.00
Emmitt Dreiling - 13th - 17:46.30
Logan Leiker - 16th - 17:48.60
Shane Conner - 28th - 18:53.50
Jackson Huwa - 34th - 19:10.70
Kasdan Green - 44th - 19:48.80
Alexander Greenleaf - 45th - 19:59.80
Bentley Demel - 48th - 20:02.80
Matthew Mader - 49th - 20:03.30
Aiden Hardman - 56th - 20:31.20
Kade Brungardt - 66th - 20:53.90
Benson Ramirez - 82nd - 22:00.80
Robbie Readle - 101st - 25:04.80
Chase Baldwin - 105th - 26:40.40
The Hays girls placed third as a team with 84 points. Salina Central won with a score of 56 and Junction City was four points better than Hays at 80 points.
Hays placed three underclassmen in the top ten. Freshman Maya Pfeifer, sophomore Audrey Yarmer and sophomore Alex Cooley led the way.
Maya Pfeifer - 7th - 20:44.00
Audrey Yarmer - 8th - 20:44.00
Alexa Cooley - 10th - 20:58.00
Bekah Clark - 23rd - 22:43.40
Madelyn Wilkins - 44th - 24:52.50
Elaina Bach - 46th - 25:10.50
Camdyn Otte - 49th - 25:45.00
Amelia Atkinson - 51st - 26:02.40
Nadia Hernandez - 53rd - 26:20.80
Kadence Farr - 54th - 26:29.90
Eliana Pineda - 56th - 27:16.40
Lila Denham - 58th - 27:39.71
Ania Lynch - 60th - 27:49.50
Stella Hickert - 62nd - 28:23.00
Hays will compete in Salina on Saturday in a meet hosted by Salina Central.