By 605 Sports Staff

MILBANK — Milbank’s Payton Brown and Great Plains Lutheran’s Halle Bauer claimed individual titles at Monday’s Breathe Easy meet. 

Brown covered the 4,000-meter distance at Whetstone Creek Golf Course in 13-minutes and :22.14 seconds, finishing 22 seconds ahead of Tri-State’s Kaleb Foltz (13:44.06). Milbank’s James Batchelor (13:54.28), Bryan Meyer (14:41.08) and Aberdeen Roncalli’s Paul Gutenkauf (14:59.39) rounded out the top-five finishers. 

Bauer covered the 4K distance in 15:26.68, while Milbank’s Ashlynn Batchelor (15:41.61) placed second. Waubay/Summit’s Madison Zirbel (16:49.88), Milbank’s Kynlee Speidel (17:26.08) and Great Plains Lutheran’s Taylor Bendix (17:29.67) rounded out the top-five runners. 

Boys results: 1. Payton Brown, Milbank, 13:22.14; 2. Kaleb Foltz, Tri-State, 13:44.06; 3. James Batchelor, Milbank, 13:54.28; 4. Bryan Meyer, Mlbank, 14:41.08; 5. Paul Gutenkauf, Aberdeen Roncalli, 14:59.39; 6. Beckham Berry, Milbank, 15:07.21; 7. Isaac Graham, Milbank, 15:16.25; 8. Matthew Peterson, Aberdeen Roncalli, 15:33.43; 9. Drew Reetz, Webster Area, 15:40.23; 10. Ceejay Bissonette, Tiospa Zina, 15:41.99; 

11. Garrett Griffin, Aberdeen Roncalli, 16:01.97; 12. Grayson Madsen, Tri-State, 16:07.49; 13. Grant Van Peursem, Milbank, 16:35.69; 14. Isaac Price, Aberdeen Roncalli, 16:37.57; 15. Tyler Clark, Great Plains Lutheran, 16:43.56; 16. Isaiah Berg, Great Plains Lutheran, 16:44.63; 17. Thad Kratz, Great Plains Lutheran, 16:51.33; 18. Tyler Berndt, Aberdeen Roncalli, 17:01.31; 19. Ben Bradley, Aberdeen Roncalli, 17:07.32; 20. Kelynn Mount, Aberdeen Roncalli, 17:13.59; 

21. Tacey Miller, Webster Area, 17:14.09; 22. Jayven Maag, Waubay-Summit, 17:18.61; 23. Nolan Thuringer, Waubay-Summit, 17:23.43; 24. Isaiah Rydell, Tri-State, 17:33.42; 25. Matt Mork, Webster Area, 17:33.67; 26. Amaden Piotter, Tri-State, 17:37.67; 27. Kadin Raguse, Tri-State, 17:39.27; 28. Joshua Klein, Tri-State, 17:52.20; 29. Will Thuringer, Webster Area, 18:17.71; 30. Seth Grams, Great Plains Lutheran, 18:29.05; 

31. Landon Czerwan, Great Plains Lutheran, 18:43.67; 32. Dominick Clark, Great Plains Lutheran, 18:58.74; 33. Jared Schimmel, Webster Area, 19:34.65; 34. Casey Litton, Tri-State, 21:01.37; 35. Reese Ziegler, Tiospa Zina, 23:32.15.

Girls results: 1. Halle Bauer, Great Plains Lutheran, 15:26.68; 2. Ashlynn Batchelor, Milbank, 15:41.61; 3. Madison Zirbel, Waubay/Summit, 16:49.88; 4. Kynlee Speidel, Milbank, 17:26.08; 5. Taylor Bendix, Great Plains Lutheran, 17:29.67; 6. Maurina Street, Milbank, 17:49.18; 7. Leah Meyer, Milbank, 17:55.58; 8. Addison Cassidy, Aberdeen Roncalli, 18:00.61; 9. Tyra Berry, Milbank, 18:12.95; 10. Catie Neumann, Great Plains Lutheran, 18:20.77; 

11. Ellie Neugebauer, Milbank, 18:27.32; 12. Madisen Martin, Aberdeen Roncalli, 18:29.22; 13. Sarah Schmidt, Aberdeen Roncalli, 18:36.97; 14. Paige Schmidt, Aberdeen Roncalli, 18:48.81; 15. Stella Wendland, Milbank, 18:55.28; 16. Eva Benike, Waubay/Summit, 19:18.83; 17. Erin Case, Webster Area, 19:20.86; 18. Morgan Navratil, Tri-State, 19:22.11; 19. Ella Hegg, Webster Area, 19:44.63; 20. Hannah Berg, Great Plains Lutheran, 20:02.28; 

21. Jocelyn Rumpca, Webster Area, 20:11.83; 22. Daria Poor, Great Plains Lutheran, 20:38.80; 23. Ashlyn O’Farrell, Milbank, 20:52.48; 24. Emma Kanzenbach, Great Plains Lutheran, 21:14.81; 25. Macy Fritz, Tri-State, 21:58.06.