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Belle Fourche's Lia Mundt, Hill City's Tate Grabow claim Region 5A cross-country championships
Belle Fourche's Lia Mundt, left, and Hill City's Rarity Cournoyer lead the pack while competing in the girls varsity Region 5A cross country meet on Thursday at Hart Ranch in Rapid City. Mundt and Cournoyer went 1-2 in the race as Hill City won the team title.
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Belle Fourche's Lia Mundt, Hill City's Tate Grabow claim Region 5A cross-country championships

Oct 17, 2024
  

By 605 Sports Staff

RAPID CITY — Belle Fourche’s Lia Mundt and Hill City’s Tate Grabow claimed individual titles at Thursday’s Region 5A cross-country meet.

Mundt covered the 5,000-meter distance at Hart Ranch in 19 minutes and :39.71 seconds, finishing ahead of Hill City’s Rarity Cournoyer (20:00.71). Rapid City Christian’s Taylor Harrelson (20:10.90), Hill City’s Aspen Veneklasen (20:25.34) and Lead-Deadwood’s Hallie Person (20:51.25) rounded out the top-five runners. 


Grabow won the boys 5,000-meter run in 15:53.18. Custer’s Sean Shipp (16:10.00) and Belle Fourche’s Lennon Clarkson (16:43.68) finished second and third, respectively. Rapid City Christian’s Lionel Hinson (17:10.49) and Custer’s Austin Drew (17:18.06) rounded out the top-five runners. 

In the girls team standings, Hill City (22) finished ahead of the pack. Belle Fourche (31) and Custer (51) rounded out the top-three teams.

In the boys team standings, Custer (21) won the team title. Hill City (33) and Rapid City Christian (48) rounded out the top-three teams. 

Girls team scores: 1. Hill City, 22; 2. Belle Fourche, 31; 3. Custer, 51; 4. St. Thomas More, 65; 5. Lead-Deadwood, 84; 6. Rapid City Christian, 93; 7. Little Wound, 118.

Top-20 individual results: 1. Lia Mundt, Belle Fourche, 19:39.71; 2. Rarity Cournoyer, Hill City, 20:00.71; 3. Taylor Harrelson, Rapid City Christian, 20:10.90; 4. Aspen Veneklasen, Hill City, 20:25.34; 5. Hallie Person, Lead-Deadwood, 20:51.25; 6. Rhys Pearson, Belle Fourche, 20:52.7; 7. Brooke Thayer-Burke, Hill City, 20:54.16; 8. Amara Usera, St. Thomas More, 21:20.23; 9. Hadley Walker, Hill City, 21:28.33; 10. Piper Curran, Belle Fourche, 21:33.20; 11. Maya Tennyson, Custer, 21:47.98; 12. Mikayla Dennis, Custer, 22:01.12; 13. Keira Alfson, Custer, 22:02.16; 14. Misty Drieling, Belle Fourche, 22:02.81; 15. Makenzi Ham, Custer, 22:03.69; 16. Tahca Zephier, Little Wound, 22:07.10; 17. Monica Moran, St. Thomas More, 22:09.10; 18. Layla Drieling, Belle Fourche, 22:38.18; 19. Ella Schirber, St. Thomas More, 22:57.19; 20. Jaelyn Peters, Hill City, 23:02.39.

Boys team scores: 1. Custer, 21; 2. Hill City, 33; 3. Rapid City Christian, 48; 4. Belle Fourche, 53; 5. Hot Springs, 83; 6. Little Wound, 115.

Top-20 individual results: 1. Tate Grabow, Hill City, 15:53.18; 2. Sean Shipp, Custer, 16:10.00; 3. Lennon Clarkson, Belle Fourche, 16:43.68; 4. Lionel Hinson, Rapid City Christian, 17:10.49; 5. Austin Drew, Custer, 17:18.06; 6. Peyton Krueger, Custer, 17:21.68; 7. Brandon Escalante, Hill City, 17:39.16; 8. Kian Rusch, Custer, 17:47.03; 9. Zane Gunnell, Custer, 17:47.76; 10. Hudson Selfridge, Rapid City Christian, 17:49.00; 11. Jeremiah White, Rapid City Christian, 1&:49.67; 12. Barrett Bush, Hill City, 18:03.31; 13. Aiden Williams, Hill City, 18:05.41; 14. Caden Pourier, Mahpiya Luta, 18:18.96; 15. Nathan Hudson, Belle Fourche, 18:25.81; 16. Oden Walding, Belle Fourche, 18:28.42; 17. Rylan Cuny, Lakota Tech, 18:28.95; 18. James Dubios, Hill City, 18:33.15; 19. Lyle Roberts, Hot Springs, 18:39.87; 20. Dain Aldredge, Hot Springs, 18:49.18.


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