VICTORIA – The Hays High girls’ cross country team placed four runners in the top-15 and finished third in the Western Athletic Conference championships Thursday afternoon at the Sand Plum Nature Trail. The Indians finished with 63 points, 12 behind second place Dodge City and 32 back of league champion Great Bend.

Amelia Jaeger finished fifth to lead the Indians. The freshman finished with a time of 16:21.16, a little over a minute behind Great Bend’s Mayra Ramirez who won the league title with a time of 15:19.34. Junior Claire Shippy finished 12th with a time of 16:44.29, senior Yesenia Maldonado placed 14th (16:50.53) and freshman Jaycine Watson 15th (16:53.66).

Brayden Hines led the Hays High boys with a 14th place finish.

Garden City placed four in the top-10 and won the boys title by two points over Great Bend.

Girls Team Results
1. Great Bend 31
2. Dodge City 51
3. Hays 63
4. Garden City 101
5. Liberal 122

Girls Top-20 Finishers
1. Mayra Ramirez-GB 15:19.34
2. Jocelyn Sosa-GC 15:42.21
3. Emilia Diaz-GB 15:47.83
4. Serenity Larson-DC 16:02.55
5. Amelia Jaeger-HYS 16:21.16
6. Hallie West-LIB 16:30.10
7. Norma Rodriguez-DC 16:30.20
8. McKenna Esfeld-GB 16:31.47
9. Emma Loomis-GB 16:32.34
10. Haley McCormick-GB 16:34.79
11. Daisy Orozco-DC 16:35.81
12. Claire Shippy-HYS 16:44.29
13. Denise Dominguez-DC 16:45.79
14. Yesenia Maldonado-HYS 16:50.53
15. Jaycine Watson-HYS 16:53.66
16. Ahmani Cansino-DC 17:03.35
17. Allison Shubert-HYS 17:06.55
18. Michaela Dickman-HYS17:10.74
19. Karina Herrera-DC 17:11.00
20. Karina Estrada-DC 17:14.09

Boys Team Results
1. Garden City 41
2. Great Bend 43
3. Dodge City 44
4. Liberal 109
5. Hays 122

Boys Top-20 Finishers
1. Ethan Fisher-GC 16:34.74
2. Giovanni Valverde-DC 16:40.81
3. Kaiden Esfeld-GB 16:46.13
4. Sage Cauley-GB 16:56.21
5. Angel Landeros-DC 16:58.67
6. Santiago Nunez-GC 17:10.80
7. Alex Smith-GB 17:11.32
8. Evan Hammond-GB 17:19.87
9. Martin Marquez-DC 17:30.99
10. Brody Hoff-GC 17:34.57
11. Devin Chappel-GC 17:37.19
12. David Ultreras-DC 17:47.19
13. Evan Gurrola-GC 17:55.77
14. Brayden Hines-HYS 18:06.81
15. Alex Lopez-LIB 18:08.78
16. Josias Chavez-DC 18:09.72
17. Damian Mendez-DC 18:10.82
18. Alexis Romo-DC 18:11.61
19. Austin Hess-GC 18:14.65
20. Edwin Murillo-LIB 18:15.94