GETTYSBURG — The Potter County girls and North Central boys captured team titles at Wednesday’s Region 4B cross-country meet. 

Running at Gettysburg Country Club, the Battler girls recorded 13 points to earn the region championship. Herreid/Selby Area (25) and North Central (29) finished second and third, respectively. 

On the boy side, North Central scored 10 points to secure the region title. Highmore-Harrold (24) and Herreid/Selby Area (28) placed second and third, respectively. 

Individually, Potter County’s Dannika Kaup covered the 5,000-meter distance in 19 minutes and :31.96 seconds to win the region title. Highmore-Harrold’s Autumn Fallis (19:56.80) and Jones County’s BreAna Aske (20:05.63) finished second and third, respectively. Wolsey-Wessington’s Kendal Uttecht (20:10.53) and Potter County’s Jaycee Stevens (20:38.92) rounded out the top-five runners.

On the boys side, McLaughlin’s Wamni Kills Crow won the 5,000-meter run in 16:49.53. North Central’s Gabe Johnson (16:53.52) and Herreid/Selby Area’s Gavin Hirsch (17:08.48) rounded out the top-three runners. Highmore-Harrold’s Brooks McPeak (17:19.06) and North Central’s Avery Wells (17:27.99) finished fourth and fifth, respectively. 

Girls team scores: 1. Potter County, 13; 2. Herreid/Selby Area, 25; 3. North Central, 29; 4. Jones County, 37; 5. Wolsey-Wessington, 44; 6. Wessington Springs, 48.

Top-20 individual results: 1. Dannika Kaup, Potter County, 19:31.96; 2. Autumn Fallis, Highmore-Harrold, 19:56.80; 3. BreAna Aske, Jones County, 20:05.63; 4. Kendal Uttecht, Wolsey-Wessington, 20:10.53; 5. Jaycee Stevens, Potter County, 20:38.92; 6. Brynnly Huber, Herreid/Selby Area, 20:43.21; 7. Melanie Dallenbach, North Central, 20:53.65; 8. Alexis Roesler, Wessington Springs, 20:57.87; 9. Paige Ahlemeier, Potter County, 21:00.56; 10. Jentry Hubner, Herreid/Selby Area, 21:24.82; 11. Grace Roth, North Central, 21:31.14; 12. Anniah Russell, Herreid/Selby Area, 21:37.96; 13. Ella Perman, Herreid/Selby Area, 21:42.96; 14. Mikaela Malsom, North Central, 22:15.05; 15. Aubrey Tucker, Jones County, 22:19.05; 16. Jaylynn Knox, Highmore-Harrold, 22:23.70; 17. Mya Flemming, Wolsey-Wessington, 22:28.98; 18. Emma Schlachter, Potter County, 22:31.26; 19. Kassandra Abbas, North Central, 22:39.82; 20. Daraby Boersma, Sunshine Bible Academy, 22:44.78.

Boys team scores: 1. North Central, 10; 2. Highmore-Harrold, 24; 3. Herreid/Selby Area, 28; 4. Sunshine Bible Academy, 37; 5. Lower Brule, 46; 6. Potter County, 67.

Top-20 individual results: 1. Wamni Kills Crow, McLaughlin, 16:49.53; 2. Gabe Johnson, North Central, 16:53.52; 3. Gavin Hirsch, Herreid/Selby Area, 17:08.48; 4. Brooks McPeak, Highmore-Harrold, 17:19.06; 5. Avery Wells, North Central, 17:27.99; 6. Drew Arbach, North Central, 17:28.41; 7. Sam Welsch, Wessington Springs, 17:47.92; 8. Aaron Ingerson, North Central, 18:09.46; 9. Jimmy Burma, Sunshine Bible Academy, 18:13.54; 10. Jordan Erfman, Highmore-Harrold, 18:13.85; 11. Jacksen Carter, Wolsey-Wessington, 18:21.64; 12. Adrik Schoon, Jones County, 18:26.67; 13. Theo Haerter, North Central, 18:28.82; 14. Reagan Sandness, Sunshine Bible Academy, 18:29.60; 15. Keegan Russell, Herreid/Selby Area, 18:40.04; 16. Darius LaRoche, Lower Brule, 18:50.93; 17. Aidan Ferens, Highmore-Harrold, 18:52.08; 18. Carter Webb, Highmore-Harrold, 19:02.80; 19. Samuel Ernst, Herreid/Selby Area, 19:03.72; 20. Ranick Fjerstad, Wessington Springs, 19:20.58.