COLORADO SPRINGS — Fort Collins High senior Christian Groendyk leaves for Thailand on Sunday, the place he’ll compete for the United States within the under-20 mountain working race on the World Mountain & Trail Running Championships.
But Groendyk had some unfinished enterprise to care for first. Namely, successful his first Class 5A state cross-country title on Saturday.
“I came here to win. In fact, my entire season was about winning here today,” he stated after ending the robust 5-kilometer course on the Norris Penrose Event Center in quarter-hour, 13.5 seconds. That was practically a minute sooner than his time a 12 months in the past when he completed ninth.
Valor Christian senior Drew Costelow completed second with a time of 15:23.3 to assist the Eagles win the 5A crew crown. Mountain Vista senior Tyler Downs (15:24.5) positioned third for his second straight top-10 end at state.
“Short of being an NCAA champion, nothing is going to surpass the feeling of winning here today,” stated Groendky, who completed his senior season unbeaten in highschool competitors.
Repeat feats. The Classical Academy boys received each the 3A crew title in addition to the person gold medal for the second 12 months in a row.
Senior Chandler Wilburn led the way in which for the Titans, ending with a time of 15:46.3 to beat Eaton’s Logan Gullett (15.52.10) and teammate and defending state champion Matthew Edwards (16:00.4).
“It was a battle. But hearing the cheers — it’s exactly how I played it out in my head,” Wilburn stated. “Logan is an incredible competitor; I have gotten beat by that guy a number of times. It was a blast to race against him today.”
TCA took first place, adopted by Frontier Academy and Alamosa.
The Lake County women received back-to-back crew titles in 2A, edging out Heritage Christian Academy. Lake County misplaced its high runner, Adele Horning, to sickness earlier this month and she or he missed useful coaching time, resulting in hypothesis that LC wouldn’t be capable to repeat.
But Horning ran robust, ending eighth in 20:36.2, and Keira King (eleventh, 20:49.6), junior Violet Hill (twelfth, 20:51.7), and sophomore Ella Bullock (fifteenth, 21:00.1) gave LC the deep efficiency it wanted to repeat.
Record-setters. Liberty Common junior Isabel Allori set a excessive bar within the first race Saturday. She crossed the end line in 17:10.3, breaking the 3A state meet file by 50 seconds. She defeated previous champion Katelyn Maley (18:15.2), of Basalt, by greater than a minute.
Alamosa received the 3A crew title, inserting two runners within the high 10, led by junior Sarah Delacerda (fifth, 18:43.5) and freshman Madeline Castillo (seventh, 18:45.7).
In 2A women, Vanguard sophomore Nadhia Campos set a 2A course file, successful the person title in 18:37. She additionally went back-to-back, successful as a freshman in 2021.
BOYS
Class 5A
Team standings: 1. Valor Christian, 155; 2. Centaurus, 170; 3. Fairview, 184; 4. Mountain Vista, 187; 5. Rock Canyon, 189.
1. Christian Groendyk (Fort Collins), 15:13.5
2. Drew Costelow (Valor Christian), 15:23.3
3. Tyler Downs (Mountain Vista), 15:24.5
4. Dane Eike (Valor Christian), 15:40.8
5. Evan Charkut (ThunderRidge), 15:48.6
6. Daniel Hruska (Cherry Creek), 15:49.7
7. Ryan Olree (Denver South), 15:50.3
8. Tanner Brown (Chaparral), 15:50.7
9. Kaeden Dendorfer (Valor Christian), 15:50.9
10. Owen Casselman (ThunderRidge), 15:52.8
Class 4A
Team standings: 1. Cheyenne Mountain, 76; 2. Niwot High School, 92; 3. Grand Junction Central, 159; 4. Eagle Valley, 161; 5. Battle Mountain, 168.
1. Nolan Hoffman (Mead), 15:31.4
2. Porter Middaugh (Battle Mountain), 15:31.7
3. Will Brunner (Battle Mountain), 15:39.4
4. Jacob Sushinsky (Mullen), 15:52.5
5. Jake Drever (Eagle Valley), 15:54.6
6. Kaden Levings (Cheyenne Mountain), 15:56.6
7. Shalom Trowbridge (Grand Junction Central), 15:59.3
8. Peter Neid (George Washington), 15:59.6
9. Brogan Collins (Cheyenne Mountain), 16:01.4
10. Rocco Culpepper (Niwot), 16:01.9
Class 3A
Team standings: 1. The Classical Academy, 47; 2. Frontier Academy, 112; 3. Alamosa, 121; 4. Berthoud, 126; 5. Prospect Ridge, 170.
1. Chandler Wilburn (The Classical Academy), 15:46.3
2. Logan Gullett (Eaton), 15:52.1
3. Matthew Edwards (The Classical Academy), 16:00.4
4. Jack Cerullo (Peak to Peak), 16:12.7
5. Tate Bothun (Berthoud), 16:13.6
6. Izayah Baxter (Salida), 16:15.3
7. Isaac Higareda (Alamosa), 16:17.9
8. Jackson Fagerlin (Resurrection Christian), 16:20.0
9. Sean Beasley (Jefferson Academy), 16:22.0
10. Logan Goodman (Prospect Ridge), 16:22.3
Class 2A
Team standings: 1. St. Mary`s, 73; 2. Heritage Christian, 82; 3. Peyton, 86; 4. Colorado Springs Christian, 94; 5. Rocky Ford, 122.
1. Jack Nauman (Heritage Christian), 15:55.1
2. Jace Peters (Lake County), 16:21.3
3. Ryan O’Loughlin (Heritage Christian), 16:33.6
4. Lyndon Gotelaere (St. Mary`s), 16:39.0
5. Dawit James (Strasburg), 16:43.2
6. Evan Keys (Front Range Christian), 16:44.8
7. Jackson Neppl (St. Mary`s), 16:49.5
8. Jay Wood (Thomas Maclaren Charter), 16:49.7
9. Andrew Bel (Colorado Springs Christian), 16:52.0
10. Nathan Schluessler (Peyton), 16:52.4
GIRLS
Class 5A
Team standings: 1. Air Academy, 63; 2. Mountain Vista, 126; 3. Valor Christian, 133; 4. Cherry Creek, 133; 5. Arapahoe, 138.
1. Brooke Wilson (Valor Christian), 16:59.2
2. Emma Stutzman (Pomona), 17:23.6
3. Keeghan Edwards (Valor Christian), 17:32.5
4. Ava Mitchell (Arapahoe), 17:42.1
5. Tessa Walter (Air Academy), 17:50.3
6. Bethany Michalak (Air Academy), 18:02.1
7. Peyton Adams (Mountain Vista), 18:11.2
8. Elena Torres (Loveland), 18:20.4
9. Emily Lamontagne (Arapahoe), 18:30.2
10. Emily Cohen (Cherry Creek), 18:31.4
Class 4A
Team standings: 1. Niwot, 20; 2. Battle Mountain, 122; 3. Durango, 134; 4. Cheyenne Mountain, 169; 5. Palmer, 174.
1. Ella Hagen (Summit), 17:48.9
2. Addison Ritzenhein (Niwot), 17:56.5
3. Mia Prok (Niwot), 18:18.1
4. Bella Nelson (Niwot), 18:24.1
5. Madison Shults (Niwot), 18:29.3
6. Lex Bullen (Niwot), 18:35.8
7. Cloe Ruth (Silver Creek), 18:44.6
8. Anna Prok (Niwot), 18:45.2
9. Milaina Almonte (Battle Mountain), 18:47.0
10. Lindsey Whitton (Battle Mountain), 18:49.6
Class 3A
Team standings: 1. Alamosa, 57; 2. The Classical Academy, 88; 3. Holy Family, 186; 4. Liberty Common, 197; 5. Kent Denver, 204.
1. Isabel Allori (Liberty Common), 17:10.3
2. Katelyn Maley (Basalt), 18:15.2
3. Allison Pippert (Stargate), 18:16.8
4. Quinn Smith (Salida), 18:36.1
5. Sarah Delacerda (Alamosa), 18:43.5
6. Ava Lane (Basalt), 18:45.4
7. Madeline Castillo (Alamosa), 18:45.7
8. Madelyn Stice (Gunnison), 18:46.0
9. Elizabeth Roberts (Resurrection Christian), 19:13.6
10. Andie Rasmussen (Eaton), 19:18.5
Class 2A
Team standings: 1. Lake County, 34; 2. Heritage Christian, 48; 3. Banning Lewis Prep, 75; 4. Caprock Academy, 99; 5. Denver Christian, 111.
1. Nadhia Campos (The Vanguard School), 18:37.1
2. Jessica Black (North Fork), 19:08.3
3. Ruby Pendy (Crested Butte), 20:05.3
4. Mikaela Kendall (Heritage Christian), 20:16.6
5. Alexia Gonzales (Banning Lewis Prep), 20:25.5
6. Ruby Riecken (Fountain Valley), 20:28.4
7. Adele Horning (Lake County), 20:28.6
8. Addison Jones (Wray), 20:36.2
9. Emry Schwalm (Front Range Christian), 20:38.9
10. Janea Leisman (Colorado Springs Christian), 20:46.7
