CPHS Cross Country: Jacob Smith qualifies for State Championship

The Charles Page High School Cross Country team saw their season come to an end Saturday at the Mohawk Sports Complex. Neither the boys nor girls placed high enough to advance to State as teams, but Jacob Smith qualified as an individual.

Broken Arrow freshman Payton Hinkle won the Girls 6A-East Regional Title in 18:48.9 and Edmond North senior Parker Jackson won the boys’ race in 16:24.1. Owasso won the team titles for both boys and girls.

The Lady Sandites placed thirteenth of fifteen schools, led by Erika Baker in 22:50 for fiftieth place. The boys were a solid ninth of sixteen teams, led by Smith in 17:59.4 for 29th place.

The top seven teams from each Regional will advance to State, as well as the top fourteen individual placers from a non-qualifying school. Smith was the No. 10 qualifier, while Nelson Yazzie missed the No. 14 spot by less than a second.

The 6A Boys State Championship will be held Saturday, October 27th at 12:45 p.m., followed by the Awards Assembly at 1:30 p.m. The race will be at Edmond Santa Fe High School at 1901 West 15th Street in Edmond. The top fifteen runners will receive medals.

Varsity Girls 5K
22:50.5 Erika Baker - 50th
23:21.6 Sara Abbet - 60th
24:20.9 Jazmin Lopez - 75th
24:54.4 Chezney Kelley - 80th
25:49.3 Wanageeska Williams - 85th
26:59.7 Teagan Smith - 94th
27:31.1 Elizabeth Watts - 99th

Varsity Boys 5K
17:59.4 Jacob Smith - 29th
18:07.4 Nelson Yazzie - 36th
18:33.6 Aden Baughman - 55th
18:35.0 Jaelyn Jackson - 57th
18:49.1 Danny Murray - 64th
19:22.9 Cameron McCrary - 74th
19:54.9 Alejandro Lopez - 84th

The Sandites traveled to Bartlesville recently for a muddy 5K at the Frontier Valley Conference Championship.

Hinkle won the Varsity Girls race in 18:58 while senior teammate Blake McConkay won the boys’ run in 16:40. A youthful Jenks team won the girls’ trophy with three freshman and three sophomores, showing a glimpse of the Trojans’ years to come. Jenks also won the boys’ race, but will graduate four of their five scorers this year.

Chezney Kelley was the leading Lady Sandite, placing 39th in 23:03, followed by Sara Abbet in 23:17 for 43rd place. The team finished ninth of nine teams. Smith led the boys’ team with a 17:56 finish for 23rd, with Yazzie right behind him in 18:01. The Sandites placed sixth of nine teams, just ten points behind Sapulpa.

Jenks also won the boys’ and girls’ junior varsity 5Ks. The Lady Sandites didn’t field a full team, but the boys placed sixth of eight schools, led by tenth-place finisher Cameron McCrary in 18:58.

Varsity Girls 5K
23:03 Chezney Kelley - 39th
23:17 Sara Abbet - 43rd
24:06 Erike Baker - 48th
24:51 Jazmin Lopez - 56th
25:14 Teagan Smith - 58th
25:41 Wanageeska Williams - 61st
25:42 Victoria Baker - 62nd
26:48 Elizabeth Watts - 66th

Junior Varsity Girls 5K
27:26 Haylee Alford - 51st

Varsity Boys 5K
17:56 Jacob Smith - 23rd
18:01 Nelson Yazzie - 24th
18:13 Aden Baughman - 27th
18:45 Danny Murray - 37th
18:49 Jaelyn Jackson - 38th
19:30 Alejandro Lopez - 49th
20:42 Kaegan Murray - 59th

Junior Varsity Boys 5K
18:58 Cameron McCrary - 10th
20:08 Sam English - 36th
21:25 Matt Wilkerson - 71st
21:53 Caleb James - 83rd
22:25 Dalton Wilcox - 94th
23:00 Titus Wright - 100th
23:28 David Rigsby - 104th
23:53 Dylan Bruton - 106th
24:17 Noah Hanlon - 108th
28:31 Caleb Garzone - 126th