Midlands runners qualify for state cross country meet

Class 5A Middle State

Boys Team Scores: Lexington 54; River Bluff 87; Spring Valley 98; Fort Mill 119; Northwestern 139; Irmo 143; Blythewood 182; Dutch Fork 223; Nation Ford 248; Rock Hill 268; White Knoll 322; West Florence 333; Sumter 334; Clover 361; South Florence 396

Top-10 finishers: Alan Deogracias (Blythewood) 16:14; Colby Caviness (River Bluff) 16:30; Steven Andreen (Spring Valley) 16:35; Thomas Sutcliffe (Lexington) 16:35; Jake Mueller (Irmo) 16:36; Brandon Poston (Sumter) 16:37; Zack Kochert (Irmo) 16:39; Jeffrey Keene (Lexington) 16:41; Zander Jeffcoat (Lexington) 16:41; William Johnson Lexington (16:48)

Girls Team Scores: Dutch Fork 59; Fort Mill 76; Lexington 115; Nation Ford 116; River Bluff 143; Northwestern 178; Irmo 201; Rock Hill 213; White Knoll 223; Spring Valley 260; Clover; West Florence 301; Blythewood 332; Sumter 336; South Florence 475

Top-10 finishers: Katie Pou (Nation Ford) 18:20; Riley Stuart (River Bluff) 19:16; Sydney George (Fort Mill) 19:19; Abigail Dawson (Fort Mill) 19:26; Lauren Devaney (Dutch Fork) 19:29; Ava Fowler (Lexington) 19:30; Morgan Werner (Rock Hill) 19:41; Mackenzie Meier (Dutch Fork) 19:51; Lanie Jo Knight (Rock Hill) 20:04; Elise Hill (Dutch Fork) 20:16

Class 4A Middle State

Boys Team Scores: Aiken 44; Chapin 69; AC Flora 94; Dreher 107; South Aiken 143; North Augusta 147; Westwood 188; Lancaster 275; Richland Northeast 288; Airport 289; Ridge View 291; Lugoff Elgin 295; Midland Valley; Orangeburg-Wilkinson 390

Top 10 finishers: Jaden Kingsley (Chapin) 16:41; Zakiah Bassett (South Aiken) 16:50; Ryan Gallagher (North Augusta) 16:57; Daniel Finger (AC Flora) 17:03; Bruce Nation (Aiken) 17:11; Nick Lintner (Aiken) 17:16; Kieran Schuetterle (Chapin) 17:20; Jared Keklak (Aiken) 17:28; Paul McCants (Westwood) 17:33; Micah Eargle (AC Flora) 17:43

Girls Team Scores: AC Flora 32; Dreher 45; Aiken 100; Chapin 112; South Aiken 168 Westwood 178; Lugoff Elgin 205; Ridge View 213; Lancaster 214; North Augusta 216 Orangeburg-Wilkinson 322

Top 10 finishers: Hannah Twine (AC Flora) 18:55; Pippa Richter (AC Flora) 19:15; Olivia Esselman (South Aiken) 19:43; Victoria Colon-LaBorde (Aiken) 19:58; Kathleen Allden (Dreher) 20:04; Sidney Jenkins (Dreher) 20:06; Kalie Mathis (Dreher) 20:31; Karina Tata (AC Flora) 20:51; Sarah Davis (AC Flora) 20:52; Jesma Evans (Chapin) 21:05

Class 3A Lower State

Boys Team Scores: Waccamaw 53; Bishop England 102; May River 112; Bluffton 119 Camden 132; Pelion 159; Wade Hampton 182; Aynor 228; Indian Land 240; Hanahan 263; Oceanside Collegiate Academy; Gilbert; Manning 366; Timberland 386; Edisto 445; Lake City 450; Battery Creek 477; Georgetown 494; Brookland Cayce 495; Swansea 544; Loris 631

Girls Team Scores: Waccamaw 45; May River 58; Indian Land 79; Bluffton 94; Pelion 153; Bishop England 196; Camden 218; Aynor 261; Gilbert 263; Georgetown 274; Hanahan 278; Oceanside Collegiate Academy 281; Battery Creek 300; Wade Hampton 401; Lake City 460; Manning 478