WAMEGO — Moundridge High School wrapped up its cross country season with a strong showing at the KSHSAA Class 2A State Cross Country Championship on Oct. 31 at Wamego Country Club, with the boys team finishing seventh overall and senior Dan Kuder earning a top-10 individual finish.
The Moundridge boys finished seventh among 12 teams with 162 points.
The Wildcats recorded a team average of 18 minutes, 40 seconds, with a 2:47 spread between their top and fifth runners.
Kuder led the Wildcats, placing sixth individually in the 5,000-meter race with a time of 17:10.40.
His finish put him among the top 10 runners in the Class 2A field.
Anthony Eguia followed with a 43rd-place finish in 18:22.80, while Andrew Porter placed 65th in 18:51.30.
Karson Ryan finished 74th with a time of 19:03.00, and Josh Seeger rounded out Moundridge’s scoring runners in 88th place at 19:57.40.
Trey Jantz finished 101st in 21:48.70, followed by Karson Yost in 104th place with a time of 22:22.70.
Hutchinson-Trinity Catholic claimed the boys team championship with 108 points.
Jayhawk Linn finished second with 131 points, followed by Jefferson County North with 138.
Kansas City Christian, Medicine Lodge and Hoxie rounded out the top six ahead of Moundridge.
On the girls side, junior Baylee Schriner represented Moundridge as an individual qualifier.
Schriner finished 35th in the Class 2A girls 5,000-meter race with a time of 22:07.96.
Pittsburg St. Mary’s Colgan won the girls team championship with 68 points, followed by Hoxie with 78 and Berean Academy with 111.
The state meet marked the conclusion of the season for the Moundridge cross country program, with the boys earning a team berth and Schriner qualifying individually for the state championship.
