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Kimball/White Lake’s Autumn Baker, Mitchell Christian’s Silas Holdeman claim titles at Region 3B cross-country meet
Kimball/White Lake's Autumn Baker won the girls Region 3B cross-country meet on Wednesday in Burke.
(Rodney Haas / 605 Sports)
Oct 15, 2025
 

By 605 Sports Staff

BURKE — Kimball/White Lake’s Autumn Baker and Mitchell Christian’s Silas Holdeman captured individual titles at Wednesday’s Region 3B cross-country meet.

Baker covered the 5,000-meter distance at the Burke Golf Club in 19 minutes and 30 seconds, followed by teammates Alli McCord (19:55) and Lily Baker (20:30). Sanborn Central/Woonsocket’s Emrie VonEye (20:44) and Mitchell Christian’s Laura Nemec (20:48) rounded out the top-five girls runners. 

Holdeman won the boys race in 16:30, followed by teammates Luke Mentele (16:43) and Sawyer Holdeman (17:15). Gregory’s Luke Barreto (17:46) and Freeman’s Lane McCune (18:02) rounded out the top-five boys runners.

The KWL girls won the team title, finishing with six points. Mitchell Christian (28) and Burke (35) rounded out the top-three teams. Mitchell Christian won the boys title with six points, followed by Freeman (23) and Gregory (38). 


Boys team scores: 1. Mitchell Christian, 6; 2. Freeman, 23; 3. Gregory, 38; 4. Kimball/White Lake, 39; 5. Avon, 43; 6. Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, 50; 7. Scotland, 75.

Top-20 individual boys results: 1. Silas Holdeman, Mitchell Christian, 16:30; 2. Luke Mentele, Mitchell Christian, 16:43; 3. Sawyer Holdeman, Mitchell Christian, 17:15; 4. Luke Barreto, Gregory, 17:46; 5. Lane McCune, Freeman, 18:02; 6. Jackson Wolter, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, 18:07; 7. Darron Moeller, Kimball/White Lake, 18:18; 8. Collin Randall, Freeman, 18:24; 9. Luke Atnip, Mitchell Christian, 18:29; 10. Luke Miller, Freeman, 18:32; 11. Alex Ekstrum, Kimball/White Lake, 18:37; 12. Cale Cooper, Avon, 18:43; 13. Rance Kuhlman, Avon, 18:46; 14. Josh Oleson, Freeman, 18:48: 15. George Timanus, Gregory, 18:58; 16. Luke Dangel, Andes Central/Dakota Christian, 19:02; 17. Brady Asbenson, Mitchell Christian, 19:06; 18. CJ Bjorum, Scotland, 19:08; 19. Zander Fathke, Avon, 19:28; 20. Ryler Stevicks, Gregory, 19:33.

Girls team scores: 1. Kimball/White Lake, 6; 2. Mitchell Christian, 28; 3. Burke, 35; 4. Scotland, 38; 5. Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, 47; 6. Gregory, 49; 7. Freeman, 60; 8. Menno, 61.

Top-20 individual girls results: 1. Autumn Baker, Kimball/White Lake, 19:30; 2. Alli McCord, Kimball/White Lake, 19:55; 3. Lily Baker, Kimball/White Lake, 20:30; 4. Emrie VonEye, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, 20:44; 5. Laura Nemec, Mitchell Christian, 20:48; 6. Elle Hlavac, Scotland, 20:54; 7. Jordan Chessmore, Tripp-Delmont/Armour, 21:17; 8. Abigail Engel, Gregory, 21:23; 9. April Skluzak, Kimball/White Lake, 21:29; 10. Grace Steffen, Burke, 21:36; 11. Hannah DeLine, Mitchell Christian, 21:42; 12. Aspen Niewenhuis, Andes Central/Dakota Christian, 21:51; 13. Jordyn Zeisler, Burke, 21:53; 14. Lyndsey Chessmore, Tripp-Delmont/Armour, 22:16; 15. Zoe Schaeffer, Menno, 22:18; 16. Amy Henderson, Mitchell Christian, 22:22; 17. Mina Bjorum, Scotland, 22:35; 18. Olivia Boyle, Corsica-Stickney, 22:35; 19. Taylor Zeisler, Burke, 22:37; 20. Olivia Schultz, Freeman, 22:38.