The West Central Trojan cross country girls and boys team both finished fifth at the Region 2A meet on Thursday, October 15th held at Yankton Trail Park in Sioux Falls.
The girls team finished with 79 points. Sioux Falls Cristian won the girls region title with 14 points. Flandreau was second with 32 points, and Garretson placed third with 66 points. The top three teams qualified for state.
Two runners for the girls team qualified for state by finishing in the top 20 individually. Abbie Cain placed 13th with a time of 21:38.06. Reagan Stallman finished 20th with a time of 21:58.92. Drew Caffrey placed 23rd with a time of 22:35.22. Kaylyn Kunz was 27th with a time of 22:55.30. Sayda Rolfson placed 30th in a time of 23:11.20 Paige Pilker was 31st with a time of 23:17.25.
The boys team finished with 87 points. Sioux Falls Christian placed first with 10 points. Madison was second with 68 points, and Baltic placed third with 69 points.
Two runners for the boys team also qualified for the state meet. Justin Schumacher was 18th with a time of 18:27.34. Ben Strunk was 19th with a time of 18:32.13. Jonathon Roth was 25th in a time of 19:11.69. Jacob Peterson was 29th in a time of 19:38.48. Blake Stark placed 38th with a time of 20:50.28. Maison Schuldt was 43rd in 21:07.70.
Cain, Stallman, Schumacher, and Strunk will race in the 2020 Class A South Dakota Cross Country State Meet on Saturday, October 24th at Hart Ranch Camping Resort in Rapid City.