The Norton girls’ placed one runner in the top 20 but won the 3A state title at Rim Rock Farms near Lawrence. The Bluejays scored 75 points, 18 fewer than second place Southeast of Saline. Senior Lexi Kats led Norton with a fourth place finish in a time of 19:59.0.

TMP-Marian sophomore Grace Pope finished in 66th place with a time of 22:58.6.

The Norton boys finished third with 117 points. Senior Connor Hall led the way with a third place finish and time of 16:40.1

Hays High freshman Amelia Jaeger finished in 33rd place with a time of 20:40.0.

Ellis freshman Madelyn Russell finished second at the 2A girls state cross country meet Saturday in Wamego. Russell had a time of 19:20.48 and finished just ahead of Sybil Giefer of Trego who ran a time of 19:37.76. Ellinwood’s Erin Hammeke won the 2A race with a time of 19:12.28.

Plainville junior Chayse McCullough finished sixth in the boys race with a time of 17:18.04. Samuel Pyle of Ellis came in 10th at Ellis 17:30.72.

The Ellis boys finished eighth in the team standings with 187 points, Trego was 11th with 246 points.

Osborne junior Reagan Bales finished second in the 1A boys race with a time of 17:21.57. Blake Pierce of La Crosse finished 10th with a time of 17:50.38.

Osborne finished fourth in the team standings with 62 points, Quinter was seventh with 122 and La Crosse 8th with 124.