RAPID CITY — Cheyenne-Eagle Butte’s Jayden Taken Alive and Jackson Taken Alive powered the Braves to the team title at Saturday’s Lakota Nation Invitational cross-country title. 

Jayden Taken Alive won the 5,000-meter run at Hart Ranch, covering the distance in 16 minutes and :32.99 seconds. Jackson Taken Alive placed second in 16:55.24. The Braves won the team title with 14 points, finishing ahead of Wyoming Indian (31) and White River (66). 

White River’s Elijah Haukaas (17:07.50) and Lakota Tech’s Rylan Cuny (17:12.09) placed third and fourth, respectively. CEB’s Xavier Sanchez-Gonzalez (17:15.68) placed fifth.

Standing Rock, North Dakota’s Briauna Thompson (20:03.19) won the girls race. Highmore-Harrold’s Autumn Fallis (20:21.27) and Standing Rock’s Evie Bradley (20:34.61) finished second and third, respectively. Mahpiya Luta’s Tahca Zephier (21:18.06) and Mahpiya Luta’s Ashlan Carlow-Blount (21:36.21) placed fourth and fifth, respectively.

The Mahpiya Luta girls won the team title with 30 points, ahead of Wyoming Indian (43) and Standing Rock (44).  

Boys team scores: 1. Cheyenne-Eagle Butte, 14; 2. Wyoming Indian, 31; 3. White River, 66; 4. Rapid City Stevens, 73; 5. Little Wound, 75; 6. Mahpiya Luta, 108; 7. Rapid City Central, 114; 8. Standing Rock, 136; 9. Lower Brule, 150; 10. St. Stephens Indian, 157.

Top-15 boys results: 1. Jayden Taken Alive, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte, 16:32.99; 2. Jackson Taken Alive, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte, 16:55.24; 3. Elijah Haukaas, White River, 17:07.50; 4. Rylan Cuny, Lakota Tech, 17:12.09; 5. Xavier Sanchez-Gonzalez, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte, 17:15.68; 6. Colton Sun Rhodes, Wyoming Indian, 17:20.08; 7. Kaiden Moss, Wyoming Indian, 17:27.12; 8. Demetrius Sanchez-Gonzalez, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte, 17:45.97; 9. Canton Gingrass, Hot Springs, 17:47.59; 10. Michael Prue, Todd County, 17:53.32; 11. Dain Aldredge, Hot Springs, 17:59.53; 12. Aven Posey, Wyoming Indian, 18:00.89; 13. Jesse McLaughlin, Standing Rock, 18:06.56; 14. Cody Two Bulls, Mahpiya Luta, 18:13.55; 15. Carson McDowell, Stevens, 18:13.74.

Girls team scores: 1. Mahpiya Luta, 30; 2. Wyoming Indian, 43; 3. Standing Rock, 44; 4. Rapid City Stevens, 53; 5. Lakota Tech, 81; 6. Little Wound, 92; 7. St. Francis, 97.

Top-15 girls results: 1. Briauna Thompson, Standing Rock, 20:03.19; 2. Autumn Fallis, Highmore-Harrold, 20:21.27; 3. Evie Bradley, Standing Rock, 20:34.61; 4. Tahca Zephier, Mahpiya Luta, 21:18.06; 5. Ashlan Carlow-Blount, Mahpiya Luta, 21:36.21; 6. Aubree Miner, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte, 21:45.62; 7. Gracie Banks, Mahpiya Luta, 21:46.97; 8. Emerson Buchholz, Stevens, 21:50.85; 9. Marysa Trumbull, Wyoming Indian, 21:53.85; 10. Brandy Marshall, Lakota Tech, 22:18.21; 11. Rayonna Brave Bird, Little Wound, 22:53.01; 12. Adelaide Kleinschmidt, Stevens, 22:53.33; 13. Feather Spoonhunter, Wyoming Indian, 23:05.52; 14. Justice Isis, Wyoming Indian, 23:07.16; 15. Tristan HerManyHorse, Wyoming Indian, 23:11.47.