The Wakefield Boys’ and Girls’ results from the 1^st Annual Wheat State League Cross Country Meet held in Burrton, KS on Thursday October 13, 2016.

 

Schools competing:      Canton/Galva, Centre, Elyria Christian, Goessel, Herington, Solomon, and Wakefield.

 

Place in order of finish for the Wakefield Bomber Boys’ Varsity Squad:

 

1^st     Johnathan Bowen          Sr.—————1^st  Place overall      17:01****

2^nd     Dalton Murray              Fr.—————4^th Place overall        17:50

3^rd     Cole Barber                   Sr.————-10^th Place overall       18:31

4^th     Jordan Colglazier           Sr.————-12^th Place overall       18:49

5^th     Kevin Jackson               So.————14^th Place overall        19:23

6^th     Kirk Iseli                       Sr.————17^th Place overall        20:14

 

Boys’ Team Results:

 

1^st Place      Wakefield                      23     Points

2^nd Place     Solomon                       30     Points

3^rd Place     Herington                     46     Points

4^th Place     Goessel                       50     Points

 

****New School Record in the 5K Boys’ for senior Johnathan Bowen.  The old school record was posted by Jason White back in 1996 and tied by Brandon Coyle back in 2001.

 

Place in order of finish for the Wakefield Bomber Girls’ Varsity Squad:

 

1^st     Dakota Swader               Fr.—————-4^th Place overall      23:34****

2^nd     Ana Hughes                  Jr.—————-6^th Place overall       24:58

3^rd     Mary Williams                Jr.————–14^th Place overall       26:26

4^th     Sierra Otto                    Sr.————-15^th Place overall        26:49

 

****New School Record in the 5K Girls’ for freshman Dakota Swader. Dakota lowered her previous record by over a minute and a half.

 

Girls’ Team Results:

 

1^st Place      Goessel                         11     Points

2^nd Place     Wakefield                      36     Points

 

Coach Braden, “It was great to see our kids step up to the plate and run great as a team today.  Solomon had a great team and we had to run our best in order for us to have a chance at beating them, and all six boys did just that!  We ended up with a first place finish in the league and all six boys ran personal best times!  Leading the way was senior Johnathan Bowen.  Johnathan’s time of 17:01 erased Wakefield’s school record by 10 seconds, a record that had been on the board for twenty years.  I couldn’t have been more proud of him!  For the girls, they finished in second place as a team and freshman Dakota Swader took the league forth place medal and lowered her own school record by a minute and a half.  The girls, just like the boys, all had personal best performance times. It was just a great day to run and all of our kids competed at a high level.”

 

The Wakefield Bombers next meet is the 1A Regional. They will head east again 20 minutes to Leonardville on Saturday morning October 22^nd for the 1A Regional Cross Country Meet.