The fastest runner in Kansas picked up another win.
Mill Valley's Carter Cline won the Gold Division at the Rim Rock Farm HS Classic on Saturday in Lawrence, Kansas with a time of 15:24.10. It was off his state-best time he set on Sept. 14 at the Olathe Twilight race of 14:55.80.
However, all four of his times, if ranked in the state, would be within the top 20.
He had nearly a 12-second margin of victory against Logan Beckman of Spring Hill. Mill Valley's Dalamar Read was third.
The top 12 runners all finished the 5K race in under 16 minutes in a field of 192 runners.
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Spring Hill easily won the team title with 88 points. Kapaun Mt. Carmel from Wichita. Conroe Woodland College Park from the Houston area was third with 164, a point ahead of Blue Valley Southwest.
Blue Division
In a 402-runner field, Lakin's Austin Ritsema won with a time of 16:12.60, while teammate Alex Luce was fourth. The top 10 featured nine runners from Kansas. The exception was Michael Parrigon from McAuley Catholic in Joplin, Missouri, placing ninth.
Central Heights won the team title with 90 points, sparked by Cody Hammond finishing as the runner-up and Connor Burkdoll placing seventh. Lakin was third in the standings with its two top-10 runners with 318 points.
The team runners-up were Hutchinson-Trinity Catholic with 188 points in a division with 55 teams in the standings.
Crimson Division
This division had the second most runners with 306 competing.
Each of the top six placers was from Kansas and 8 out of the top 10.
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Brody Deniston was the only runner to crack the 16-minute mark. The Holcomb junior finished in 15:58.80, a third straight win this season. Teammate Landen Leonard took sixth and helped the Longhorns win the team title with 115 points.
Wamego was the runner-up with 169 points and had one top-10 placer in Peyton Parker. The junior was 5th overall.
Dodge City took third with 274 points.
Fort Collins, Colorado's Will Johns (7th) and Lexington, Nebraska's Isac Portillo-Munoz (9th) were the only non-Kansans in the top 10.