SPEARFISH — Spearfish’s Peyton Van Deest and Sturgis Brown’s Taylor Colunga captured individual titles during Thursday’s Northern Hills cross-country Invitational.

VanDeest ran away from the pack for the individual title, running 5,000 meters in 17:53.06, nearly a full minute ahead of teammate Kori Keil (18:48.88). Third place was another Spearfish runner with Sierra Sandford’s time of 19:41.53. Thunder Basin’s (Wyo.) Tattum Toohey took fourth place (19:56.07) while Hill City’s Andee Frandsen rounded out the top-5 with a time of 20:09.97.

In the boys race, Colunga tallied a time of 16:24.68, with Newcastle’s (Wyo.) Sam Cunningham ending in second place with a time of 16:31.03. Jadon Shamion of Campbell County (Wyo.) took third finishing with a time of 16:32.49. Wright’s (Wyo.) Tobyn Teigen was not far behind with a fourth place finish (16:36.52), while Spearfish’s Rylan VanDeest (16:39.30) rounded out the top-5.

Spearfish took the top spot for the girls team score with 12 points, followed by Thunder Basin (Wyo.) with 40 points and Hill City with 48 points. For the boys, Thunder Basin (Wyo.) took first place with 44 points, with Sturgis Brown (46) and Spearfish rounding out the top-3.

Top-15 girls individual results: 1. Peyton Van Deest, Spearfish, 17:53.06; 2. Kori Keil, Spearfish, 18:48.88; 3. Sierra Sandford, Spearfish, 19:41.53; 4. Tattum Toohey, Thunder Basin (Wyo.), 19:56.07; 5. Andee Frandsen, Hill City, 20:09.97; 6. Lauryn Donovan, Spearfish, 20:12.42; 7. Amara Usera, St. Thomas More, 20:16.66; 8. Taylor Harrelson, Rapid City Christian, 20:20.80; 9. Lucy Hamer, Sturgis Brown, 20:27.49; 10. TyLee Tetrault, Spearfish, 20:55.18; 11. Audrey Hall, Thunder Basin (Wyo.), 20:56.29; 12. Bella Linn, Spearfish, 20:57.36; 13. Aspen Veneklasen, Hill City, 21:06.21; 14. Echo Crump, Thunder Basin (Wyo.), 21:06.39; 15. Jaelyn Peters, Hill City, 21:13.23.

Girls team scores: 1. Spearfish, 12; 2. Thunder Basin (Wyo.), 40; 3. Hill City, 48; 4. Sturgis Brown, 64; 5. Campbell County (Wyo.), 80; 6. Newcastle (Wyo.), 119.

Top-15 boys individual results: 1. Taylor Colunga, Sturgis Brown, 16:24.68; 2. Sam, Cunningham, Newcastle (Wyo.), 16:31.03; 3. Jadon Shamion, Campbell County (Wyo.), 16:32.49; 4. Tobyn Teigen, Wright (Wyo.), 16:36.52; 5. Rylan VanDeest, Spearfish, 16:39.30; 6. Chase Erickson, Thunder Basin (Wyo.), 16:41.34; 7. Jayden Taken Alive, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte, 16:54.32; 8. Mason Gill, Spearfish, 16:58.96; 9. Tanner Garth, Campbell County (Wyo.), 17:03.07; 10. Jared Melinkovich, Thunder Basin (Wyo.), 17:03.86; 11. Quinn Bruch, Sturgis Brown, 17:22.56; 12. Will Pollick, Thunder Basin (Wyo.), 17:30.35; 13. Miles Kornegay, Sturgis Brown, 17:33.77; 14. Dax Frandsen, Hill City, 17:46.65; 15. Carter Thompson, Spearfish, 17:54.67.