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Chamberlain’s Grace Phillips, Gregory’s Luke Barreto claim SESD cross-country titles
Chamberlain's Grace Phillips won the Southeast South Dakota Conference cross-country meet on Monday in Gregory.
(Rodney Haas / 605 Sports)
Oct 6, 2025
 

By 605 Sports Staff

GREGORY — Chamberlain’s Grace Phillips and Gregory’s Luke Barreto captured individual titles at Monday’s Southeast South Dakota Conference cross-country meet. 

Phillips covered the 5,000-meter distance at the Gregory Golf Club in 18 minutes and :23.44 seconds, followed by Mount Vernon/Plankinton’s Abigail Engelland (19:43.31) and Suri Schmidt (19:49.00). Platte-Geddes’ Berklee Mills (20:37.91) and Chamberlain’s Ava Schindler (20:44.75) rounded out the top-five girls runners. 

Barreto won the boys race in 17:32.94, followed by Wagner’s Grady Bartunek (17:53.22) and Chamberlain’s Liam Gill (18:19.03). MVP’s Karter Weber (18:24.38) and Winner’s Matthew Calhoon (18:42.03) rounded out the top-five boys runners.

Chamberlain won both team titles. The Chamberlain boys scored 25 points, followed by Mount Vernon/Plankinton (31). The Chamberlain girls scored 37 points, followed by Platte-Geddes (53) and Ethan/Parkston (62). 


Boys team scores: 1. Chamberlain, 25; 2. Mount Vernon/Plankinton, 31.

Top-15 boys results: 1. Luke Barreto, Gregory, 17:32.94; 2. Grady Bartunek, Wagner, 17:53.22; 3. Liam Gill, Chamberlain, 18:19.03; 4. Karter Weber, Mount Vernon/Plankinton, 18:24.38; 5. Matthew Calhoon, Winner, 18:42.03; 6. George Timanus, Gregory, 18:48.03; 7. Cooper Slaba, Wagner, 18:55.38; 8. Hudson Metz, Chamberlain, 18:57.43; 9. Ryler Stevicks, Gregory, 19:02.75; 10. Weston Foster, Winner, 19:07.12; 11. Taiton Pease, Chamberlain, 19:08.00; 12. Maden Brown, Platte-Geddes, 19:19.50; 13. Noah Manke, Winner, 19:28.66; 14. Tayven Weber, Mount Vernon/Plankinton, 19:34.22; 15. Brodie Smith, Mount Vernon/Plankinton, 19:36.46.

Girls team scores: 1. Chamberlain, 37; 2. Platte-Geddes, 53; 3. Ethan/Parkston, 62; 4. Mount Vernon/Plankinton, 68.

Top-15 girls results: 1. Grace Phillips, Chamberlain, 18:23.44; 2. Abigail Engelland, Mount Vernon/Plankinton, 19:43.31; 3. Suri Schmidt, Mount Vernon/Plankinton, 19:49.00; 4. Berklee Mills, Platte-Geddes, 20:37.91; 5. Ava Schindler, Chamberlain, 20:44.75; 6. Emmy Christensen, Ethan/Parkston, 20:48.56; 7. Claire Guthmiller, Bon Homme, 20:50.09; 8. Sasha Van Den Bosch, Chamberlain, 20:53.43; 9. Charlotte Qualm, Platte-Geddes, 21:14.06; 10. Nora Shepardson, Ethan/Parkston, 21:15.62; 11. Marlee Meyerink, Platte-Geddes, 21:19.59; 12. Presley Houska, Chamberlain, 21:21.52; 13. Abigail Engel, Gregory, 21:23.12; 14. Sadie Mueller, Ethan/Parkston, 21:25.62; 15. Aine Graesser, Chamberlain, 21:38.69.