Guthrie girls finish third, boys sixth at Class 5A state cross country meet

Guthrie’s girls earned a third-place finish and the Bluejay boys placed sixth at the Class 5A State Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Oct. 31, at Edmond Santa Fe High School.

The Lady Jays totaled 104 points to finish behind state champion Bishop Kelley, which scored 34, and runner-up Sapulpa with 80. Guthrie finished 46 points ahead of fourth-place Coweta in the 14-team standings.

Senior Taylor Schroder led the Lady Jays across the finish line, placing 15th overall with a time of 19:42.1 over the three mile course. Kamryn Vick followed in 19th at 19:48.9, giving Guthrie two runners under the 20-minute mark.

Reece Piersol finished 23rd in 20:09.5, while Ruby Richardson placed 30th in 20:30.0. Laina Richardson completed Guthrie’s five scoring positions with a 42nd-place finish in 21:08.4.

The Lady Jays averaged 20:16 among their five scoring runners, with a spread of approximately one minute, 26 seconds between their first and fifth finishers.

Avelyn Sallee added a 49th-place finish in 21:24.2, and Addison Poupard finished 94th in 23:22.8.

Bishop Kelley swept the top three individual places in the girls race. Rubie Gross won the state championship in 17:46.3, followed by Annabelle Gentry in 18:23.3 and Kherington Smith in 18:50.5.

In the boys competition, Guthrie totaled 172 points to finish sixth among 14 teams.

Josiah Dement paced Guthrie with an 18th-place finish in 16:33.0. Aiden Foster followed in 22nd at 16:41.2, and Wyatt Watson placed 31st in 16:45.8. Guthrie’s first three finishers crossed within 12.8 seconds of one another.

Izaiah Galloway finished 43rd in 17:06.4, while Brooks Terry rounded out the Bluejays’ scoring five in 76th at 17:53.0.

Preston Williams placed 102nd in 18:31.1, and Maddox McFarlane finished 108th in 19:11.1.

Guthrie’s scoring runners averaged 17 minutes over the three mile course, with approximately one minute, 20 seconds separating the team’s first and fifth finishers.

Bishop Kelley also captured the boys team championship, scoring 65 points. Southeast finished second with 96, followed by Bishop McGuinness with 108, Sapulpa with 123 and Collinsville with 138.

Classen’s Henry Bair won the boys individual title in 15:35.9, edging Bishop McGuinness runner Henrik Garcia by 1.3 seconds.