RAPID CITY – Hill City won the team title at the Class A State Girls’ Cross Country Meet for the first time and Beresford’s Cait Savey was medalist on Saturday afternoon at Hart Ranch.

The Rangers, the Class B runners-up in 1977, totaled 33 team points to better Black Hills Conference rivals Custer (64) and St. Thomas More (67), who were second and third, respectively.

Sioux Falls Christian (106) took fourth, Winner Area (109) fifth and Beresford (115) sixth.

Flandreau finished seventh with 117 points.

Savey, a senior, completed the 5K trek in 18 minutes, 35.75 seconds. She was fifth in 2016.

Hill City’s Karlee Simmons placed second with an 18:45.68 clocking.

Vermillion’s Maddie Lavin (19:18.24) finished third, Winner Area’s Sidda Schuyler (19:32.96) fourth and Lennox’s Ali Bainbridge (19:33.15) fifth.

Junior Sinona Flute paced the Fliers with a time of 19:49.35, putting her in eighth.

Madeline Hursey was 28th in 20:50.84 and Elizabeth Hursey ended up 37th in 21:02.28. Kathryn Parsley (22:22.02) took 82nd to round out the team score.

Also for Flandreau, Hannah Parsley (22:25.62) was 83rd and Reese Olinger (22:33.5) 90th.

Team scores

Hill City 33, Custer 64, St. Thomas More 67, Sioux Falls Christian 106, Winner Area 109, Beresford 115, Flandreau 116 Ethan/Parkston 126, Lennox 140, Milbank 174, Chamberlain 195, Dell Rapids 227, Mt. Vernon/Plankinton 229, Todd County 231, Deuel 245, Aberdeen Roncalli 251.

Individual top 30 (of 123)

1, Cait Savey, Beresford, 18:35.75; 2, Karlee Simmons, Hill City, 18:45.68; 3, Maddie Lavin, Vermillion, 19:18.24; 4, Sidda Schuyler, Winner Area, 19:32.96; 5, Ali Bainbridge, Lennox, 19:33.15; 6, Kaci Cooper, St. Thomas More, 19:38.04; 7, Taryn Whisler, Vermillion, 19:47.62; 8, Sinona Flute, Flandreau, 19:49.35; 9, Janean Hanka, Hill City, 19:56.55; 10, Allison Hough, Chamberlain, 19:59.06; 11, Jade Ecoffey, Red Cloud, 20:02.05; 12, Micah VanKalsbeek, Sioux Falls Christian, 20:02.85; 13, Kenzie Hamann, Deuel, 20:08.65; 14, Marion Hohn, Hill City, 20:09.42; 15, Kadense Dooley, Custer, 20:12.77; 16, Lizzy Escalante, Hill City, 20:19.1; 17, Mallory Delmont, Custer, 20:20.57; 18, Anastasia Wilkison, Baltic, 20:22.99; 19, Rana Hegg, Webster Area, 20:23.92; 20, Tayler Carlson, Custer, 20:25.33; 21, Lindsey Roth, Ethan/Parkston, 20:28.71; 22, Jaclyn Laprath, Winner Area, 20:29.39; 23, Alcista Dion, Wagner, 20:33.03; 24, Brigit Blote, St. Thomas More, 20:35.61; 25, Elizabeth Arlandson, St. Thomas More, 20:40.55; 26, Adaya Plastow, Ethan/Parkston, 20:42.32; 27, Alicia Ruud, Lennox, 20:42.95; 28, Madeline Hursey, Flandreau, 20:50.84; 29, Tori Glazier, Custer, 20:51.26; 30, Anna Atwood, Beresford, 20:51.34.

Other area participants – 37, Elizabeth Hursey, Flandreau, 21:02.28; 82, Kathryn Parsley, Flandreau, 22:22.02; 83, Hannah Parsley, Flandreau, 22:25.62; 90, Reese Olinger, Flandreau, 22:33.5;

Boys

RAPID CITY – West Central senior Derick Peters successfully defended his title while leading the Trojans to the team championship at the Class A State Boys’ Cross Country Meet on Saturday afternoon at Hart Ranch.

Peters finished the 5K in 15 minutes, 6.2 seconds. Additionally, he was runner-up in 2015.

West Central had 34 team points. Custer (54) was second and Sioux Falls Christian (61) third).

The Trojans won team titles in 2014 and 2015, before taking second to the Chargers last year.

Sioux Valley ended up 12th at 213.

Beresford’s Alec Atwood placed second in a time of 15:58.74. West Central’s Braden Peters finished third with a 15:59.41 clocking.

St. Thomas More’s Ty Trainor (16:05.14), who was second last year, and Custer’s Joe Rush (16:11.77) rounded out the top five.

Max Nielson paced the Cossacks, taking 29th in 17:37.65.

Kelton Vincent (18:32.04) finished 70th, Christian Rosas Landin (18:59.62) 91st and Cade Gross (19:20.16) 100th to complete Sioux Valley’s team tally. Also for the Cossacks, Evan Rathbum (19:44.08) was 108th and Dylen Milton (19:58.13) 114th.

Flandreau’s Austin Kulm was 95th in 19:11.79 and David Allen (19:41.93) took 107th.

Team scores

West Central 34, Custer 54, Sioux Falls Christian 61, Beresford 77, St. Thomas More 80, Lennox 105, Vermillion 136, Webster Area 153, Todd County 165, St. Francis Indian 168, Hot Springs 188, Sioux Valley 213, Milbank 216, Stanley County 238, Redfield/Doland 249.

Individual top 30 (of 123)

1, Derick Peters, West Central, 15:06.2; 2, Alec Atwood, Beresford, 15:58.74; 3, Braden Peters, West Central, 15:59.41; 4, Ty Trainor, St. Thomas More, 16:05.14; 5, Joe Rush, Custer, 16:11.77; 6, Camden Wulf, Lennox, 16:35.87; 7, Nathaniel Youngblood, Custer, 16:39.16; 8, Lance VanZee, Sioux Falls Chrisitan, 16:40.07; 9, Maxwell Kuecker, Webster Area, 16:56.45; 10, Connor VanderHaar, Sioux Falls Christian, 16:58.52; 11, Jarek Glenn, St. Thomas More, 17:02.24; 12, Justin Sorensen, Vermillion, 17:08.61; 13, Caden Ideker, West Central, 17:09.99; 14, Sawyer Clarkson, Belle Fourche, 17:12.49; 15, Kade Watson, Winner Area, 17:14.45; 16, Shay VanDenHemel, Stanley County, 17:14.89; 17, Zach Bultena, Lennox, 17:15.5; 18, Levi Vanden Bos, Rapid City Christian, 17:20.04; 19, Max Oesterling, Custer, 17:21.94; 20, Carter Ulrich, West Central, 17:23.19; 21, Noah Knapp, Aberdeen Roncalli, 17:23.63; 22, Noah Hinrichs, Beresford, 17:24.39; 23, Donald Aquallo Jr., St. Francis Indian, 17:29.46; 24, Bailey VandeGriend, Sioux Falls Christian, 17:30.32; 25, Nick Batchelor, Milbank, 17:30.64; 26, Joshua Stanley, Hot Springs, 17:30.75; 27, Connor Watley, Sioux Falls Christian, 17:34.72; 28, Cole Rausch, Tea Area, 17:37.59; 29, Max Nielson, Sioux Valley, 17:37.65; 30, Xavier Little Thunder, Todd County, 17:41.95.

Other area participants – 70, Kelton Vincent, Sioux Valley, 18:32.04; 91, Christian Rosas Landin, Sioux Valley, 18:59.62; 95, Austin Kulm, Flandreau, 19:11.79; 100, Cade Gross, Sioux Valley, 19:20.16; 107, David Allen, Flandreau, 19:41.93; 108, Evan Rathbun, Sioux Valley, 19:44.08; 114, Dylen Milton, Sioux Valley, 19:58.13.