DODGE CITY - The high school cross country season is nearing the finish line. Hays High traveled to Dodge City for a wet, cold, windy Western Athletic Conference championship race.
Hays High boys were runner-up to Garden City by six points. Dodge City finished third, Great Bend fourth and Liberal fifth.
Emery Zimmerman and Bladyn Werth paced the Indians in third and fourth place. Emmitt Dreiling placed tenth. Great Bend's Brogan Lashley was the conference champion at 17:08:76.
Emery Zimmerman - 3rd - 17:18.37
Bladyn Werth - 4th - 17:19.82
Emmitt Dreiling 10th - 17:50.71
Levi Denham - 13th - 18:10.32
Logan Leiker - 18th - 18:10.83
Jackson Huwa - 19:05.52
Shane Conner - 19:11.20
The girls finished in third place with 81 points. Hays placed behind champion Great Bend at 31 points and Dodge City with 43. Liberal was fourth and Garden City fifth.
The girls run a 4K race at the league meet. Audrey Yarmer was tenth followed by Maya Pfeifer in eleventh to lead the Indians. Decorah Schroeter of Great Bend won the individual conference crown at 14:55.34.
Audrey Yarmer - 10th - 16:52.76
Maya Pfeifer - 11th - 16:53.88
Alexa Cooley - 14th - 17:17.16
Bekah Clark - 22nd - 17:56.55
Kiana Sun - 24th - 17:59.27
Elaina Bach - 36th - 19:34.09
Hays will be in Great Bend on Saturday, October 24th for the 5A West Sub-State. There is a new format for postseason cross country. Sixteen schools will be at one location. The teams are seeded by performances at certified courses. The teams are then divided into two races on each the girls and boys side. The top three teams from each race qualify for state. The top 15 runners to cross the finish line in each race qualify for state