The Eureka Springs Highlanders placed three runners in the top six to win the boys team title at the 1A-2A regional cross country championships on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at Northwest Arkansas Community College in Rogers.
Eureka Springs finished with 35 points, ahead of the School for Advanced Studies Northwest Arkansas with 51. Mountainburg was third with 63 points, followed by Marshall with 78.
Junior Yohannes Piepho led the Highlanders, finishing second in the 5,000-meter race in 17 minutes, 40.90 seconds. Malakia Pederson placed fifth in 18:56.68, and Indigo Milwagon was sixth in 19:45.97.
Anton Gragg finished 11th in 21:01.92, and Christian Thao was 13th in 22:38.06 to round out Eureka Springs’ scoring five.
Also competing for the Highlanders were Bronson Nance, who placed 15th in 23:02.60; Miguel Cobayashi, 18th in 23:26.90; and Jace Fultz, 20th in 23:45.20.
Benjamin Leach of the School for Advanced Studies Northwest Arkansas won the race in 17:32.43.
Sophomore Carlene Palmer led the Eureka Springs girls, finishing ninth with a time of 28:15.28. Senior Addie Blackwelder was 18th in 39:10.26.
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