By CHARLES SPURLOCK
Special to TopSports.news
For a second consecutive Saturday, Seaman High School hosted a cross country meet in north Topeka.
Washburn Rural senior Emily Graf won the city individual cross country title Saturday, leading the Junior Blues to their seventh straight team title. [File photo/TSN]
Seaman senior Brody Anderson won his second straight city individual cross country title Saturday. [File photo/TSN]
Last week, it was the Seaman Invitational. This week, the city championships at Shawnee County North Park, with Washburn Rural's girls and boys sweeping the team championships.
Rural's boys stretched their city meet winning streak to 19 straight seasons while the Junior Blue girls won their seventh straight crown.
In the girls race, Washburn Rural senior Emily Graf won the city championship in a time of 19:18.57. It was her first race since the Shufelberger Top City Classic on the third week of September due to an injury.
“Coming back from a hip injury I’ve had over the past three weeks, it felt great to come out, run and get the win,” Graf said.
Graf was joined by three of her teammates in the top five -- freshman Alyson Hinck (second in 19:38.05), senior Kenzie Maddox (fourth in 19:44.75) and sophomore Reese Beardslee (fifth in 19:57.07). Overall, the Jr. Blues had eleven girls finish in the top 20 to earn city medals.
The only non-Washburn Rural runner to finish in the top five was Seaman junior Brynn Spencer. She was pleased with her third-place finish, where she also finished last week in the Seaman Invitational, but was able to trim almost 25 seconds off her time in the city meet.
“I’m very proud of myself for improving my time from last week and I knew I had a chance to be top three and break up the Washburn Rural girls a little bit,'' Spencer said. "They provide great competition so I wanted to stay up with them throughout the race.”
Spencer was joined by four teammates as medalists -- junior Kinley Robinson (ninth in 21:29.35), junior Hannah Wempe (10th in 21:42.04), junior Jaydin Frickey (16th in 23:23.29) and sophomore Avery Villines (19th in 24:17.54).
Other medalists included Hayden junior Sofia Harper (seventh in 20:34.43), Topeka West freshman Phebe Phelps (12th in 22:34.71), Shawnee Heights freshman Kendall Lewis (15th in 23:04.35) and Topeka senior Breanna Maldonado (20th in 24:28.02).
In the boys race, Seaman senior Brody Anderson won his fourth race of the season, breaking the course record in a time of 15:00.11.
“I knew after last week, I knew the course was fast. Coach (Luke) Wiens and I were planning to come out, run fast and set a PR,” Anderson said.
Being so close to breaking the fifteen minute barrier was a hope of Anderson.
“I was close to the fourteen mark, I know I’m fit enough to do it, but things happen for a reason.”
Washburn Rural senior Brooks Kehoe finished second in Saturday's city cross country meet, leading the Junior Blues to their 19th straight city team title. [File photo/TSN]
The winning Washburn Rural team had the next four finishers to round out the top five -- senior Brooks Kehoe (second in 16:10.45), sophomore Duke Graf (third in 16:46.96), sophomore Clayton Fink (fourth in 16:52.01) and sophomore Jaxson Adams (fifth in 17:03.47). The Jr. Blues had eight other runners finish in the top twenty as medalists.
Hayden had two runners finish in the top ten -- sophomore Nick Newkirk finished sixth (17:04.74) and senior Connor Baldwin finished seventh (17:06.38).
Shawnee Heights’ senior Max Esquibel finished eighth in a time of 17:07.46.
Seaman had two other medalists -- junior Conner Bloom finished ninth in 17:13.81 and senior Drake Spurlock finished 20th with a time of 17:46.87.
Topeka sophomore Easton Davis finished in 17th in 17:33.64 while junior Ezra Phelps of Topeka West finished 18th with a time of 17:36.33.
The upcoming week is conference meet time for the city teams.
Team Scores & Individual Results
Girls Varsity
Washburn 18, Seaman 45, Shawnee Heights 80
Washburn Rural
1. Emily Graf 19:18.57; 2. Alyson Hinck 19:38.05; 4. Kenzie Maddox 19:44.75; 5. Reese Beardslee 19:57.07; 6. Morgan Munson 20:10.61; 8. Clara Dillon 21:07.37; 11. Lilly Palmer 22:34.09; 13. Katherine Wolgast 22:57.33; 14. Rayauna Huey 23:01.76; 17. Harper Tenbrink 23:46.60; 18. Lily McCoy 24:00.67; 23. Lacey Middleton 25:17.88
Seaman
3. Brynn Spencer 19:40.74; 9. Kinley Robinson 21:29.35; 10. Hannah Wempe 21:42.04; 16. Jaydin Frickey 23:23.39; 19. Avery Villines 24:17.54; 21. Zoey Gooden 24:37.61; 24. Emma Gonzalez 25:18.68; 31. Bailey Martin 27:57.50
Shawnee Heights
15. Kendall Lewis 23:04.35; 22. Piper Geil 25:12.62; 26. Adelaide Davis 25:25.01; 27. Natalia Venegas 25:33.68; 30. Alyson Moss 27:07.01; 32. Brooklyn Binkley 29:24.52
Topeka West
12. Phebe Phelps 22:34.70; 29. Lily Phelps Roper 25:47.76
Topeka
20. Brenna Maldonado 24:28.02; 28. Victoria Reynaga 25:21.42; 28. Lyzet Cortez-Castro 25:46.10; 33. Diana Garcia-Silva 29:49.57
Hayden
7. Sofia Harper 20:34.43; 34. Juliette Donnay 29:53.24
Boys Varsity
Washburn Rural 24, Seaman 63, Hayden 99, Shawnee Heights 100, Topeka 121, Topeka West 133, Highland Park 203
Washburn Rural
2. Brooks Kehoe 16:10.45; 3. Duke Graf 16:46.96; 4. Clayton Fink 16:52.01; 5. Jaxson Adams 17:03.47; 10. Cadin Stratmann 17:18.25; 11. Gauge Dial 17:18.27; 12. Julius Wood-Nichols 17:18.90; 13. Rylan Rake 17:19.73; 14. Cohen Thiessen 17:27.79; 15. Wyatt Shorb 17:28.59; 16. Bennett Wells 17:29.60; 19. Trey Recob 17:44.61; 21. Brady Meek 17:52.89; 22. Ethan Koci 17:57.95; 26. Wesley Meek 18:17.15; 27. Eli Replogle 18:22.67; 33. Jackson Svaty 18:42.24; 35. Kael Harman 18:46.15; 37. Ethan Lake 18:52.50; 43. Marlon Barrios Martinez 19:07.99; 44. Cedric Geotz 19:09.67; 45. Blake Harader 19:09.89; 49. Charles Stones 19:29.32; 50. Dylan Ragsdale 19:30.84; 51. Thomas Reed 19:32.92; 57. Jacob Eilert 19:51.81; 58. Cole Replogle 19:54.12; 60. Jackson Buesing 19:57.17; 61. Avery Knappenberger 19:59.46; 62. Alex Jeffries 20:05.78; 64. Ryan Olsen 20:07.77; 69. Asher Denman 20:50.61; 70. Korbin Jones 20:52.02; 73. Ethan Lanier 21:07.14; 76. Antonio Fernkopf 21:14.26; 78. Ryder McClintock 21:17.70; 86. Collin Rezac 22:28.51; 93. Zachary Inloes 23:48.39; 95. Dylan Weigel 24:35.19; 97. Grady Wells 24:58.73; 99. Jason Hall 25:29.82; 100. Caleb Pearce 25:56.07
Seaman
1. Brody Anderson 15:00.11; 9. Conner Bloom 17:13.81; 20. Drake Spurlock 17:46.87; 23. Weston Kennedy 17:59.14; 31. Maddox Moore 18:40.28; 34. Emmanuel Armstead 18:43.46; 36. Abe Heffley 18:52.20; 42. Tate Oliva 19:01.53; 46. Camden Dutton 19:10.25; 52. Cody Moses 19:36.68; 55. Stephen Miano 19:50.51; 56. Nick Horton 19:51.73; 59. Trace La Row 19:55.47; 63. Eli Mott 20:07.59; 66. Max Roark 20:28.19; 68. Wesley Eckert 20:46.68; 74. Landen Poe 21:13.28; 75. Levi Rodecap 21:13.69; 80. Gabe Ferguson 21:48.98; 84. Davis Yarnell 22:19.37; 87. John Holloway 22:30.38; 88. Aaron Haynes 22:43.19; 89. Josh Horton 23:04.44; 102. Brady Marteney 27:14.24
Hayden
6. Nick Newkirk 17:04.73; 7. Connor Baldwin 17:06.39; 25. Luke Franklin 18:09.12; 48. Matthew Harmer 19:21.81; 72. Seamus Mcinerney 21:05.42; 77. David Yang 21:15.78
Shawnee Heights
8. Max Esquibel 17:07.46; 28. Cash Reitcheck 18:29.61; 29. Andrew Schulte 18:32.68; 38. Ronin Wiggs 18:55.85; 39. Deyton Coufal 19:00.73; 54. Carter Vincent 19:45.62; 71. Lennox Garretson 20:56.50; 81. Jakob Rouland 22:06.25; 92. Xain Brown 23:48.09; 94. Jackson Osborne 24:26.55; 96. Colton Geil 24:48.55
Topeka
17. Easton Davis 17:33.64; 30. Will Toland 18:34.67; 32. Oliver Snethen 18:40.62; 47. Matthew Hanes 19:10.82; 65. Nicholas McDonald 20:14.34; 67. Amir El-Jammal 20:43.81; 79. Salis Bechard 21:34.86; 82. Sam Stanton 22:14.50; 83. Jaivon Pugh 22:18.49; 98. Dexter Lonergan 25:24.45; 106. Sebastian Homerding 30:08.57
Topeka West
18. Ezra Phelps 17:36.33; 24. Cameron Parrett 18:03.24; 40. Rhys Green 19:01.18; 53. Maks Rodriguez 19:42.49; 90. Mason Gore 23:11.16; 91. Erich Abbo-Mott 23:29.49; 101. Jack Morgan 25:58.99
Highland Park
40. Matias Martinez-Astorga 19:01.03; 85. Romeo Miller 22:20.90; 103. Emilio Chavez 27:36.35; 104. Nathaniel Saraquse 28:47.65; 105. Zayden Henderson 28:57.83
