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Ipswich girls win first state cross country team title since 2016
Ipswich's Madisyn Gellhaus (642) and Isabella Galbraith (641) lead a pack of Ipswich runners in the girls' Class B race during the state cross country meet on Saturday at Broadland Creek Golf Course in Huron.
(Matt Gade / 605 Sports)
Oct 25, 2025
 

 

By 605 Sports Staff

HURON — The Ipswich girls won its first team state team championship since 2016 at Saturday’s state cross country meet at Broadland Creek Golf Course in Huron.

The Tigers took gold with 18 points, clipping Northwestern with 21 points in second place and Kimball/White Lake (27) in third.

Northwestern’s Ella Boekelheide won her third individual state championship with a time of 18:44.27, ahead of Deubrook Area’s Nora Olsen (19:12.30) in second place. Kimball/White Lake’s Autumn Baker (19:28.87) came in third place, while Isabella Galbraith (19:35.97) and Jayla Stiles (19:38.00) took fourth and fifth place respectively.

Girls team score: 1. Ipswich, 18; 2. Northwestern, 21; 3. Kimball/White Lake, 27; 4. Deubrook Area, 30; 5. Lyman, 61; 6. Warner, 76; 7. Mitchell Christian, 86; 8. Dell Rapids St. Mary, 88; 9. Herreid-Selby Area, 95; 10. Centerville, 108; 11. Arlington, 113; 12. Dupree, 130; 13. Highmore-Harrold, 133; 14. Harding County, 134; 15. Gettysburg, 138; 16. Burke, 139; 17. Canistota, 158.

Top-25 girls individual results: 1. Ella Boekelheide, Northwestern, 18:44.27; 2. Nora Olsen, Deubrook Area, 19:12.30; 3. Autumn Baker, Kimball/White Lake, 19:28.87; 4. Isabella Galbraith, Ipswich, 19:35.97; 5. Jayla Stiles, Ipswich, 19:38.00; 6. Emmerson Eppard, Chester, 19:40.90; 7. Alli McCord, Kimball/White Lake, 19:43.92; 8. Tara Blachford, Northwestern, 19:54.15; 9. Kylee Johnson, Deubrook Area, 19:58.29; 10. Madisyn Gellhaus, Ipswich, 19:59.78; 11. Kalynn Oban, Ipswich, 20:00.53; 12. Kendal Uttecht, Wolsey-Wessington, 20:08.38; 13. Kaelyn Ulschmid, Arlington, 20:13.62; 14. Emrie VonEye, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, 20:21.53; 15. Clara Pederson, Sioux Falls Lutheran, 20:22.76; 16. Jennay Gisi, Ipswich, 20:26.22; 17. Brenna Halvorson, Northwestern, 20:29.00; 18. Hadasah Olson, James Valley Christian, 20:29.59; 19. Ava George, Irene-Wakonda, 20:30.65; 20. Laura Nemec, Mitchell Christian, 20:32.08; 21. Annalisa Stake, Centerville, 20:34.02; 22. Katelyn Wirth, Warner, 20:34.74; 23. Briley Gebhart, Lemmon, 20:36.94; 24. Lucille Ahart, Newell, 20:39.05; 25. Austina Sorensen, Faulkton Area, 20:43.75.