(The Miller boys cross country team won the Chamberlain Invitational/Big Dakota Conference meet on Thursday. / Rodney Haas / 605 Sports)

CHAMBERLAIN -- For much of Thursday's 5,000-meter race at the Chamberlain Country Club, Mobridge-Pollock’s Heidi Olson and Chamberlain's Kinsey Evans battled during the Chamberlain Invite/Big Dakota Conference meet.

On the back side of the course, on the second loop, Olson took control and stormed to the finish line with a season-best time of 18:40 with Evans coming across the line in 19:21. Olson's time was good enough that she would have finished 13th in the boys race

The Chamberlain girls won the team title scoring nine points to outdistance Sioux Valley, which had 19.

Much like the girls individual race, Chamberlain’s Dom Santiago and Miller’s Pierce Baumberger ran side-by-side during the 5,000-meter run. 

On that second loop, the senior Santiago hit another gear coming home with a season-best time of 16:30. Baumberger ran a solid race, running 16:51 to just edge a hard charging Kade Watson (Winner) who finished in 16:59.

It was another team title and another demonstrative win for the Miller, which finished second, fourth and ninth on its way to scoring 15 points.

• To see all the results go to https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/197318/results

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Boys results

Team scores: 1. Miller, 15; 2. Winner, 27; 3. Chamberlain, 45; 4. Ethan/Parkston, 48; 5. Philip, 49; 6. Mobridge-Pollock, 60; 7. Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, 77; 8. McLaughlin, 81; 9. Highmore-Harrold, 97; 10. Burke, 101; 11. Jones County, 105; 12. Todd County, 126; 13. Wessington Springs, 129; 14. White River, 133; 15. Cheyenne-Eagle Butte, 149.

Top-20 individual results: 1. Dom Santiago, Chamberlain, 16:31; 2. Pierce Baumberger, Miler, 16:51; 3. Kade Watson, Winner, 16:59; 4. Alex Schumacher, Miller, 17:17; 5. Evan Bartelt, Ethan/Parkston, 17:20; 6. Joseph Laprath, Winner, 18:03; 7. Jayden Taken Alive, McLaughlin, 18:07; 8. Dawson Hale, Highmore-Harrold, 18:08; 9. Kellan Hurd, Miler, 18:26; 10. Jeff Boschee, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, 18:26; 11. Wakely Burns, Philip, 18:29; 12. Caden Gortmaker, Miller, 18:39; 13. Reese Henrie, Philip, 18:48; 14. Tyson Kindle, Miller, 18:55; 15. Jack Swanson, Chamberlain, 18:57; 16. David Brock, Ethan/Parkston, 19:01; 17. Fin Adams, Burke, 19:04; 18. Hayden McMurtey, Winner, 19:05; 19. Kody Keller, Mobridge-Pollock, 19:06; 20. Bryson Vetch, Mobridge-Pollock, 19:07.

Girls results

Team scores: 1. Chamberlain, 9; 2. Sioux Valley, 19; 3. Ethan/Parkston, 24; 4. Andes Central/Dakota Christian, 46; 5. Stanley County, 58; 6. Burke, 62; 7. Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, 66.

Top-20 individual results: 1. Heidi Olson, Mobridge-Pollock, 18:40.62; 2. Kinsey Evans, Chamberlain, 19:21.75; 3. Isabelle Bloker, Sioux Valley, 19:36.47; 4. Presley Terkildsen, Philip, 20:09.88; 6. Autumn Fallis, Highmore-Harrold, 20:19.69; 7. Lindsay Roth, Ethan/Parkston, 20:32.47; 8. Jolie Dugan, Jones County, 21:01.09; 9. Aine Graesser, Chamberlain, 21:03.31; 10. Morgan Maxwell, Ethan/Parkston, 21:08.66; 11. Suri Schmidt, Mount Vernon/Plankinton, 21:22.00; 12. Caitlin Russell, Sioux Valley, 21:25.34; 13. Lexi Schoenfelder, Andes Central/Dakota Christian, 21:28.18; 14. Anna DeHaan, Andes Central/Dakota Christian, 21:29.88; 15. Talya Vincent, Sioux Valley, 21:58.59; 16. Liberty Trygstad, Sioux Valley, 22:01.06; 17. Brooke Knutson, Sioux Valley, 22:14.59; 18. Brecken Bolander, Burke, 22:21.28; 19. Berkeley Ziebart, Ethan/Parkston, 20. Madeline Nye, Miller, 22:24.59.