Congratulations to the Gardner Edgerton Trailblazers who recently claimed the KSHSAA Class 6A Boys Cross Country State Championship!
The Sunflower league sent 7 complete school teams to compete at the state championship meet including, Gardner Edgerton, Olathe East, Shawnee Mission North, Lawrence Free State, Mill Valley, Shawnee Mission South, and Shawnee Mission East. Those teams finished overall at:
1st Place: Gardner Edgerton
2nd Place: Olathe East
3rd Place: Shawnee Mission North
4th Place: Lawrence Free State
6th Place: Mill Valley
7th Place: Shawnee Mission South
8th Place: Shawnee Mission East
There were also 3 other Sunflower Schools who had individuals run in the race as well including: Shawnee Mission Northwest, Olathe South, Olathe West.
Overall the Sunflower League brought home all three team trophies and had 13 boys place in the top 20 at the state race.
Micah Blomker, a Senior, from Shawnee Mission North was also the individual champion finishing with a time of 15:18.20.
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