The West Central Trojan cross country team ran in the Dak-12 Conference meet on Thursday, October 8th. The conference meet was held in Madison this year.
The girls team finished fifth with a total score of 91 points. Sioux Falls Christian won the team conference title with 16 points. Lennox was second with 49 points, and Tea Area was third with 54 points.
Abbie Cain had a 23rd place finish with a time of 23:17.17. Drew Caffrey was 24th just behind Cain with a time of 23:28.38. Sayda Rolfson finished 28th with a time of 23:57.62. Paige Pilker was 30th in 24:09.99. Kaylyn Kunz was 31st at 24:18.28.
The boys team placed seventh with 108 points. Sioux Falls Christian also won the boys title with 10 points. Vermillion was second at 42 points, and Lennox was third at 68 points.
Jonathon Roth had a 23rd place finish with a time of 19:37.28. Ben Strunk was 25th at 19:42.80. Justin Schumacher had a 33rd place finish with a time of 20:08.94. Jacob Peterson was 39th at 21:00.06. Blake Stark was 45th with a time of 22:32.84.
The Trojans will be at the Region 2A meet on Thursday, October 15th in Sioux Falls.