WESSINGTON SPRINGS — James Valley Christian’s Kaden Ober and Highmore-Harrold’s Autumn Fallis captured individual titles at Wednesday’s 281 Conference cross country meet.

Ober ran the 5,000-meter run at the Wessington Springs Golf Course in 17:48.97, clipping Sanborn Central/Woonsocket’s Jackson Wolter (17:50.06) for first place. Sunshine Bible Academy’s Reagan Sandness took third place with a time of 18:23.46, while JVC’s Levi Crandall (18:28.65) and HH’s Jordan Erfman (18:39.58) rounded out the top-5 runners.

Fallis paced the girls race with a time of 20:15.56, with SCW’s Emrie VonEye (20:43.96) and Wolsey-Wessington’s Kendal Uttecht (20:52.18) finishing not far behind for second and third place. JVC’s Hadasah Olson (22:47.90) and Micaiah Brantner (23:10.90) took the final two spots in the top-5.

James Valley Christian ran away with the boys team title while Highmore-Harrold won the girls team title Wednesday as well.

Boys team scores: 1. James Valley Christian, 11; 2. Highmore-Harrold, 20; 3. Sunshine Bible Academy, 27; 4. Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, 28; 5. Wolsey-Wessington, 54.

Top-15 boys results: 1. Kaden Ober, James Valley Christian, 17:48.97; 2. Jackson Wolter, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, 17:50.06; 3. Reagan Sandness, Sunshine Bible Academy, 18:23.46; 4. Levi Crandall, James Valley Christian, 18:28.65; 5. Jordan Erfman, Highmore-Harrold, 18:39.58; 6. Case Carlson, Iroquois/Lake Preston, 18:50.52; 7. Gideon Waldner, James Valley Christian, 18:57.94; 8. Karsten McPeak, Highmore-Harrold, 19:43.46; 9. Davian Knox, 19:46.18; 10. Jayden Erfman, Highmore-Harrold, 20:15.09; 11. Carter Webb, Highmore-Harrold, 20:34.50; 12. Kooper Sarchet, Sunshine Bible Academy, 21:26.84; 13. Liam Terkildsen, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, 21:37.93; 14. Jonah Webb, Highmore-Harrold, 21:39.71; 15. Brecken Estey, Hitchcock-Tulare, 22:05.02.

Girls team scores: 1. Highmore-Harrold, 15; 2. James Valley Christian, 16; 3. Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, 19; 4. Wessington Springs, 31.