Fremont County cross country teams placed six individual runners in the top 10 in the Class 2-A and 3-A boys and girls’ races and three teams brought home trophies at the Casper Country Club last Saturday.
The Wyoming Indian boys and girls finished runner-up in their respective divisions with the boys tallying 47 points to finish behind state champion Burlington who scored 27. Burlington placed three runners in the top four positions with Howard and Paul McNiven first and second and Connor Hoyt third.
Colton SunRhodes had an outstanding season for the Chiefs this year and led Wyoming Indian with a sixth-place individual finish. Teammate Heeyeiniitou Monroe-Black earned all-state honors as well finishing in 10th place.
The Lady Chiefs were just nine points behind state champion Wright with 39 points. Dai’onna Posey led Wyoming Indian with a third-place finish in 22:13.81. Shye Killsontop, Justice Isis, and Camellia Brown came across in 11th, 12th, and 13th place.
The Lander girls were eighth in the Class 3-A race, but senior Ameya Eddy had a great finish to her stellar career with a runner-up finish behind Zena Tapia of Worland.
In the Class 3-A boys race, Riverton and Lander each had a top 10 finisher and the Wolverine boys brought home the third-place trophy.
Lander’s Diego Lobatos was fifth in 16:58.2 and Riverton senior Kaden Chatfield ninth with a time of 17:22.4.
The Riverton boys tallied 97 points, finishing behind state champion Evanston and runner-up Worland while edging fourth-place Buffalo by a single point.
Class 2-A Boys Team Scores: 1. Burlington 27, 2. Wyoming Indian 47, 3. Thermopolis 58, 4. Lovell 88, 5. Sundance 89, 6. Saratoga 99, 7. Wright 113, 8. Glenrock 125, 9. Tongue River 1 54, 10. Wind River 174, 11. St. Stephen’s 206, 12. Rocky Mountain 217
Class 2-A Boys Top 10: 1. Howard McNiven, BUR 17:4, 2. Paul McNiven, BUR 18:01.2, 3. Jadeth Elder, THM 18:01.5, 4. Connor Hoyt, BUR 18:06.9, 5. Dolan Glasser, WRI 18:10.8, 6. Colton SunRhodes, WI 1826.1, 7. Tobyn Teigen, WRI 18:29.7, 8. Isaiah Cote, TR 18:31.3, 9. Marcus James, MOOR 18:54.3, 10. Heeyeiniitou Monroe-Black, WI 19:06.1
Wyoming Indian Runners: 6. Colton SunRhodes 18:26.08, 9. Heeyeiniitou Monroe-Black 19:06.09, 15. Jordan Black 19:35.81, 17. Marley C’Hair 19:47.49, 34. Kelynn Mount 20:38.34, 40 .Caleb Addison 21:04.97
Wind River Runners: 11. Logan Gardner, 19.14.34, 52. Braxton Leonhardt 21:59.85, 54. Preston Gould, 22:34.31, 57. Rylan Groenke 23:17.56, 65. Kolton Martinez 24:27.80, 6. Kai Alatini 24:30.59
St. Stephen’s Runners: 33. Zion Sioux 20:37.88, 50. Anytn Bell 21:57.10, 60. Brycen Harris 23:52.37, 63. Mason Ridgley-Ortiz 24:21.40
Ft. Washakie Runners: 34. Wesley Underwood
Class 2-A Girls Team Scores: 1. Wright 30, 2. Wyoming Indian 39, 3. Burlington 51, 4. Tongue River 62, 5. Thermopolis 87, 6. Hulett 93, 7. Glenrock 103, 8. Lovell 108, 9. Rocky Mountain 148
Class 2-A Girls Top 10: 1. Jessie Michaels, BUR 20:49.7, 2. Kylie Benim, WRI 21:45.6, 3. Marilee Williams, SAR 22:02.5, 4. Dai’onna Posey, WI 22:13.9, 5. Ava Byrd, BH 22:15.8, 6. Grace Perkins, TR 22:30.0, 7. Caroline Navarro, WRI 22:37.7, 8. Caemlyn Nolte, WRI 22:40.6, 9. Jayda Griffin, THM 22:55.7, 10. Laken Walker, TR 22:55.8
Wyoming Indian Runners: 3. Dai’onna Posey 22:13.81, 11. Shye Killsontop 23:49.64, 12. Justice Isis 23:52.68, 13. Camellia Brown 23:54.90, 18. Roberta Whiteplume 25:05.56, 21: Takara Ferris, 25;55.52
Wind River Runners: 16: Faye Hellyer 24:00.6
St. Stephen’s Runners: 21. Georgetta Moss 24:50.9, 22. Georgeanne Moss 24:51.4, 48. Phoenix Hereford 31:08.2
Class 3-A Girls Team Scores: 1. Powell 65, 2. Cody 76, 3. Evanston 84, 4. Buffalo 139, 5. Green River 141, 6. Worland 143, 7. Lyman 202, 8. Lander 215, 9. Rawlins 254, 10. Torrington 275, 11. Douglas 288, 12. Riverton 295, 13. Mountain View 301
Class 3-A Girls Top 10: 1. Zena Tapia, WOR 19:33.3, 2. Ameya Eddy, LAN 20:05.1, 3. Maya Hall, BUF 20:18.0, 4. Lillie Kirkham, COD 20:23.3, 5. Karee Cooley, POW 20:32.1, 6. Ava Tapia WOR 20:35.2, 7. Kaycee Kosmicki, TOR 20:39.2, 8. Kenna Jacobsen, POW 20:40.0, 9. Jocelyn Capener, EVN 20:41.8, 10. Hailie Schramm, COD 20:51.2
Lander Runners: 2. Ameya Eddy 20:05.04, 25. Blue Blackburn 21:41.98, 58. Twyla Beason 23:11.51, 67. Alandra French 24:44.46, 71. Jordan Nielsen 25:03.80, 75. Magdalena Lasnoski 25:58.39, 84. Salisha Carusona 27:05.12
Riverton Runners: 23. Kiana Swann 21:35.84, 55. Ashlyn Tracy 23:25.78, 64. Alexis Whiteplume 24:25.94, 72. Samantha Krantz 25:11.25, 81. Maddux Wildcat 26:55.18, 82. Janeisa Whiteplume 26:55.73, 83. Whitney Wright 26:57.42
Class 3-A Boys Team Scores: 1. Evanston 57, 2. Worland 81, 3. Riverton 97, 4. Buffalo 98, 5. Cody 110, 6. Lander 137, 7. Mountain View 164, 8. Rawlins 264, 9. Lyman 268, 10. Torrington 292, 11. Douglas 331, 12. Pine Bluffs 338, 13. Newcastle 351, 14. Green River 364, 15. Powell 366
Class 3-A Boys Top 10: 1. Charlie Hulbert, COD 16:10.2, 2. Trajn Swalstad, WOR 17:17.8, 3. Benjamin Stewart, COD 16:46.4, 5. Diego Lobatos, LAN 16:58.2, 6. Paul Baxter, EVN 17:04.2, 7. Zach Freise, BUF 17:07.9, 8. Aidan Conrad, EVN 17:13.8, 9. Kaden Chatfield, RIV 17:22.4, 10. Sully Wilson, TOR 17:23.6
Riverton Runners: 9. Kaden Chatfield 17:22.4, 12. Alexander Truax 17:28.22, 16. Davian Spoonhunter 17:39.42, 19. Marshall Walton 17:43.45, 41. Kyler Heil 18:31.45, 55. Zander Hinkley 19:13.26, 57. Carlos Shaw 19:15.84
Lander Runners: 5. Diego Lobatos, 26. Reed McFadden 18:04.56, 30. Mack White 18:13.62, 32. Logan Milek 18:19.73, 44. Aquinas Lasnoski 18:42.00, 62. Micah Morgan 19:28.14, 73. Logan Heller 20:28.70