Free State High School cross country teams competed in the Kansas state 6A championships Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015, at Rim Rock Farm. The girls team took 2nd place in a tie-breaker to 1st place Manhattan.

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Lawrence Free State runner Emily Venters starts with other Firebird runners at the Kansas 6A girls state cross country race Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015 at Rim Rock Farm. Lawrence High runner Morgan Jones (1268) trails closely behind.

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Lawrence Free State runner Emily Venters, front left, takes an early lead at the Kansas 6A state cross country meet Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015 at Rim Rock Farm.

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Lawrence Free State runners Sarah Walpole, center left, and Emma Hertig, right, run in the middle of a pack during the Kansas 6A girls state cross country race Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015 at Rim Rock Farm.

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Lawrence Free State runner Abigail Zenger, front left, competes in the Kansas 6A girls state cross country race Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015 at Rim Rock Farm.

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Lawrence Free State runner Kiran Cordes, points toward her teammates and rides on the back of alternate runner Eyerusalem Zicker after Cordes finished the Kansas 6A girls state cross country race Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015 at Rim Rock Farm. The FSH girls team took 2nd place in a tie-breaker with Manhattan.

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Lawrence Free State runner Julia Larkin, center is hugged by her father Randall Larkin, after the Kansas 6A girls state cross country race Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015 at Rim Rock Farm. Free State took 2nd place in a tie-breaker with Manhattan High School.

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Lawrence Free State runner Kiran Cordes, center, holds the 2nd place trophy, surrounded by her Firebird teammates after Kansas 6A state cross country meet Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015 at Rim Rock Farm. The boys team finished in 6th place overall.

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Lawrence Free State runners Ethan Donley, center left, and Tanner Hockenbury, right, lead the team at the start of the boys Kansas 6A state cross country race Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015 at Rim Rock Farm. The boys team finished in 6th place overall.

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Lawrence Free State runner Ethan Donley crosse the finishes line with a 3rd place finish at the Kansas 6A state cross country meet Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015 at Rim Rock Farm. The FSH boys team finished in 6th place overall.

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Lawrence Free State runners Ethan Donley, left, and Tanner Hockenbury, center, congratulate each other after their Kansas 6A state cross country race Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015 at Rim Rock Farm. The boys team finished in 6th place overall.