By Andrew Holtan
The Brookings Beacon
RAPID CITY – The Brookings girls’ cross country team came in fifth in the Class AA State Cross Country Meet at Hart Ranch on Saturday.
The Bobcat girls had 148 points as a team. The Bobcats came in 12th on the boys’ side and they had 321 points as a team.
Girls
Kaylie Kuehl was the top finisher for the ‘Cats and she came in sixth place. Kuehl had a time of 18 minutes and six seconds.
Kaitlyn Harris came in 23rd (19:14.3) and Aubrey Cooley finished in 28th (19:23.2). Jordyn Johnson came in 31st (19:30.7) and Maisie Mogard came in 61st (20:41.1). Kalla Foerster rounded things out for the Bobcats, coming in 68th (20:55.4).
Harrisburg won the team title on the girls’ side with 41 points. Sioux Falls Lincoln came in second (71) and O’Gorman finished in third (144). Yankton finished just ahead of Brookings in fourth (148).
Harrisburg had the top two finishers in Brianna Reilly (17:06.5) and Hannah Genrich (17:20.5). Iris Birnbaum of Rapid City Stevens came in third (17:21.2) and Spearfish’s Peyton VanDeest came in fourth (17:36.2). Mia Kadi of Sioux Falls Lincoln rounded out the top five (17:52.6).
Boys
Dylan Harr was the top finisher on the boys’ side for Brookings and he came in 32nd (16:42.3). Wyatt Cooley came in 60th (17:17.8) and Leo Hoppe finished in 70th (17:30.7). Kuddyer Baugher and Levi Van Zee came in 81st (17:42.7) and 83rd (17:46.2), respectively. Lucas Underwood and Martin Diedrich came in 93rd (17:59.6) and 94th (18:00.7), respectively.
Sioux Falls Washington won the team title with 51 points. Sioux Falls Lincoln came in second (81) and Rapid City Stevens finished in third (142). Spearfish came in fourth (149) and Rapid City Central rounded out the top five (152).
Sioux Falls Washington’s Cole Reilly won the boys individual title with a time of 14:53.9. Sioux Falls Lincoln’s Tyrus Needles came in second (15:07.5) and Rapid City Central’s Eric Errea came in third (15:15.3). Sioux Falls Lincoln’s Eric Sayler came in fourth (15:19.7) and Aberdeen Central’s Tate DeVries finished in fifth (15:28.7).
