While all four Lawrence and Free State boys and girls teams had runners qualify for the 6A state cross-country meet on Saturday in Manhattan, the Lawrence boys and Free State girls also both qualified as teams.

The Lawrence boys were the runners-up in the Manhattan substate race, scoring 66 points. The Lions were beaten only by Washburn Rural at 23 points. Free State’s boys team placed fifth with a 105 team score, but senior Anderson Bateman qualified as an individual.

Lawrence senior Oliver Schwartz finished fourth overall with a time of 16 minutes, 41.55 seconds. All three runners above Schwartz were on Washburn Rural, the school that won the meet. Junior Logan Druen took ninth overall at 16:51.60, and senior Garrett Rhea placed 15th at 17:13.31.

Senior Riley Swart finished 17th at 17:24.52, and senior Rohan Mulhern came in 21st in 17:35.62 to round out Lawrence’s top five. Sophomore Murphy Berquist-Haxton took 25th, and senior Lawson Donly placed 33rd at 18:17.89.

Bateman led the Firebirds with a 16:49.63 run that put him fifth overall. Senior Isaac Horner placed 18th at 17:25.53, and freshman Sawyer Drewry took 23rd at 17:46.20. Junior Elliot Ramsey finished 28th at 17:55.73, and junior Kaspar Foat rounded out the top five by running for 31st at 17:58.25.

Freshman Liam Kepler took 32nd at 18:07.87, and junior Moses Minor finished 39th at 18:36.03.

The Free State girls finished second in their division of the Manhattan substate with a 37 team score that was just behind Washburn Rural’s 30.

Sophomore Taylor Hulcher led the team and finished third overall at 19:36.17, and senior Allie Gates placed fifth with a 19:55.97 run. Sophomore Nadia Karapuda finished inside the top 10 with an eighth-place run of 20:32.43.

Sophomore Beau Hulcher placed 10th at 20:49.53, and senior Peyton Moore took 11th at 20:57.22, which rounded out the Firebirds’ scoring top five. Senior Grace Christline took 12th at 20:59.56, and sophomore Ada Bennett placed 21st at 22:09.18.

Lawrence as a team finished fourth in its division with a 120 team score. The Lions still got their top two runners to qualify individually for the state meet.

Junior Chloe Griffith finished 12th at 21:09.91, and senior Hayley Swart placed right after Griffith with a 21:15.77 run that put her 13th. The Lions had another back-to-back tandem, with freshman Ruby Oberzan running for 30th at 23:24.78 and sophomore Emily Unekis finishing in 23:31.50.

Senior Adelaide Chaney rounded out the Lions’ top five by finishing 39th at 24:34.85. Sophomore Penelope Stansberry took 42nd at 24:46.96, and junior Tessa Sanders placed 46th at 26:11.02.

The 6A state meet will be in Lawrence at Rim Rock Farm on Saturday.

BALDWIN WINS 4A GIRLS CROSS-COUNTRY SUBSTATE RACE, EUDORA BOYS WIN IN BALDWIN

The Baldwin, Eudora and Tonganoxie cross-country teams were all in Baldwin on Saturday for the 4A substate cross-country meet, and the Bulldogs won the girls race and the Cardinals won the boys race.

The Baldwin girls finished with a 33 team score that was 18 better than Paola’s runner-up team. The Eudora girls qualified for the state meet by placing third with 66 team points. Tonganoxie finished fifth in the A Division with a 125 team score.

Senior Cheyenne Brunker led the Bulldogs and was the individual runner-up at 20:10.97. Senior Rachel Watkins finished fourth at 20:28.05.

A trio of Bulldogs finished one after another and rounded out the Baldwin scoring five. Senior Amelia Brewer placed ninth at 21:15, 08, followed by senior Kami Moore in 10th at 21:22.85 and senior Shea Griffith in 11th at 21:25.62. Junior Brighton Graham ran for 17th at 22:10.79, and sophomore Claire Watkins placed 25th at 22:54.78.

Sophomore Emilia Mast led Eudora by running for fifth with a 20:44.99 time. Senior Lizzie Baker placed 12th at 21:26.88, and junior Leah Barnhart took 16th at 22:09.56.

Junior Fiona Cahill placed 18th at 22:12.50, and sophomore Addy Tharp rounded out Eudora’s scorers with a 22:27.82 run that put her 19th. Junior Gracie Broers didn’t finish too far behind, taking 20th at 22:33.44. Senior Faith Lorenzo came in 27th at 23:16.32.

Tonganoxie junior Brooke Nihart led the Chieftains and qualified individually by placing 15th at 21:56.60. Freshman Bobbi Vaughn took 24th at 22:51.29, and junior Audrianna Trumble finished 26th at 23:08.32.

Senior Abby Burkart ran for 34th at 24:02.57, and junior Elizabeth Howlett came right behind her at 24:03.36, which concluded Tonganoxie’s team-scoring runners. Junior Lillian Sanders placed 37th at 24:34.74.

The Eudora boys won their division race with a 38 team score. Baldwin finished fourth at 109, and Tonganoxie took fifth at 120.

Junior Grayson Masterson won the race with a 16:23.85 time, and junior Paul Jacobs finished third at 17:31.03. Sophomore Wyatt Johnson took fifth at 17:43.71.

Junior Caleb Reber ran for 15th at 18:32.07, and senior Will Banz’s 18:52.55 run put him 16th. Banz rounded out Eudora’s five scorers. Sophomore JJ Hardwick placed 21st at 19:06.14, and junior Deacon Hurley finished 41st at 21:47.09.

Baldwin’s top two runners both managed to qualify for the 4A state meet individually. Junior Landon Whaley led the team by finishing eighth at 18:08.19, and freshman Andrew Sutton qualified by taking 13th at 18:19.11.

Junior Jaxon Trybom finished 24th at 19:13.60, and junior Nate Cramer placed 32nd at 20:50.11. Freshman Brody Serigny rounded out the top five by finishing 44th at 23:20.44. Sophomore Hunter Harding placed 47th at 24:23.59, and sophomore Cole Stultz finished 48th at 24:24.98.

Tonganoxie’s top runner, freshman Carter Welsh, placed 11th at 18:13.69 and qualified for the state meet. Junior Elijah Weatherford finished 19th at 19:00.71, and senior Chamberlain Albert took 27th at 19:33.47.

Junior Kolton Hoffines placed 35th at 21:02.21, and sophomore Joseph Dean took 39th at 21:25.59. Yan Mamontov finished 42nd at 22:44.23, and senior Taylor Maslak ran for 45th at 23:27.65.

The 4A state cross-country meet will be on Saturday at Wamego Country Club.