Hoxie Cross Country Dominates at Substate Meet
On Saturday, October 24, the Hoxie Indians cross country teams traveled to Belleville for the Sub-State meet. The Indians had an amazing, competitive day. The girls’ team finished first for the third straight year, earning 26 team points and beating the 2nd-place team by more than 40 points. The boys’ team placed second overall with 80 points, earning a trip back to state.
Top placers for the Lady Indians were (Fr) Jenna Herl, (Fr) Aubrey Diercks, and (So) Brylie Lindenman, all of whom punched their own tickets to state. Herl finished 4th overall in 20:17.73, setting a new PR. Diercks also set a PR, finishing 5th in 20:31.46. Lindenman placed 7th in 20:58.56. Other competitors for the Lady Indians included (Sr) Emily Farber in 17th place (22:46.45), (So) Bailynn Moser in 18th place (23:04.28, PR), (Jr) Lillie Denio in 25th place (23:42.40), and (So) Kansas Tso in 26th place (23:58.19). All runners placed in the Top 30 out of 48 runners total.
On the boys’ side, (Jr) Nathan Haffner led the Indians as the only individual placer, finishing 11th in 18:11.51 and beating his competitor by 0.26 seconds. All other runners ran sub-19 minutes and finished in the Top 25 out of 74 runners. (Sr) Gunner Wente earned a PR and placed 16th (18:20.28). Following right behind, (So) Kooper Moss placed 17th (18:23.23). (Sr) Gabe Koster pushed through to finish in 19th place (18:28.67). Rounding out the Hoxie runners, (Jr) Ty Fenner placed 22nd with a new PR (18:39.21). After not making it to State as a team last year, the Hoxie boys’ team returned determined to qualify.
The state meet will be held in Wamego on Halloween. Good luck to the Indians!
Photo credit: Erin Farber