WESSINGTON SPRINGS — The James Valley Christian girls and the Highmore-Harrold boys won titles during the 281 Conference Cross Country Meet on Wednesday.

The Lady Vikings had four of the top seven runners to finish with nine points, while Highmore-Harrold was second at 17 and Wessington Springs was third at 24.

Autumn Fallis of Highmore-Harrold was the top girls’ runner with a time of 20:36.6.

Hadasah Olson of JVC was second at 21:24.5, while Kendall Uttecht of Wolsey-Wessington was third at 21:32.0.

Rounding out the top five were Rhayonna Hood and Lily Swanson of JVC with times of 22:05.2 and 22:07.9, respectively.

Highmore-Harrold needed a tiebreaker to claim the top spot over Sunshine Bible Academy in the final boys’ standings as both teams finished with 14 points. The fourth runner for the Pirates was ninth, while the fourth runner for SBA was two spots back to determine the conference team champion.

Sanborn Central/Woonsocket was third at 18.

Jeff Boschee of Sanborn Central/Woonsocket claimed the medalist honors with a winning time of 18:36.8, while Jimmy Burma of SBA was second at 19:02.6.

Edwyn Reyes of Wolsey-Wessington claimed the third spot with a 19:04.6. Rounding out the top five were Brooks McPeak of Highmore-Harrold at 19:06.4 and Trey Thieman of SBA at 19:13.8.

281 Conference Cross County Meet

Individual results: 1, Autumn Fallis, HH, 20:36.6; 2, Hadasah Olson, JVC, 21:24.5; 3, Kendall Uttecht, WW, 21:32.0; 4, Rhayonna Hood, JVC, 2:05.2; 5, Lily Swanson, JVC, 22:07.9; 6, Alexis Roesler, WS, 23:27.5; 7, Micaiah Brantner, JVC, 23:50.7; 8, Jaylynn Knox, HH, 23:54.0; 9, Mallory Carlson, ILP, 24:01.6; 10, Abby Kolousek, WS, 24:04.6; 11, April Fallis, HH, 24:22.6; 12, Andie Aughenbaugh, JVC, 24:$7.9; 13, Ella Kolousek, WS, 25:10.9; 14, Madeleine Degret, WW, 26:08.4.

Varsity Boys
Team scores: 1, Highmore-Harrold 14; 2, Sunshine Bible Academy 14; 3, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket; (other teams) Hitchcock-Tulare; James Valley Christian; Iroquois/Lake Preston; Wessington Springs; Wolsey-Wessington.

Individual results: 1, Jeff Boschee, SCW, 18:36.8; 2, Jimmy Burma, SBA, 19:02.6; 3, Edwyn Reyes, WW, 19:04.6; 4, Brooks McPeak, HH, 19:06.4; 5, Try Thieman, SBA, 19:13.8; 6, Jordyn Erfman, HH, 19:39.7; 7, Carson Stephenson, HH, 20:09.0; 8, Josiah Wiebe, HT, 20:12.2; 9, Joel Olson, JVC, 20:18.5; 10, Sam Baruth, SCW, 20:34.5; 11, Grant Timm, WW, 20:51.9; 12, Isaac Van Scherrel, HT, 20:57.3; 13, AJ Wienk, ILP, 21:03.5; 14, Ranick Fjerstad, WS, 21:12.9; 15, Owan Watson, SBA, 21:14.3; 16, Aiden Ferens, HH, 21:16.5; 17, Nathan Enninga, ILP, 22:01.8; 18, Carter Hitchcock, SCW, 22:09.2; 19, Josh Wilken, SBA, 22:15.9; 20, Mathias Lindgren, SCW, 28:59.1.

Junior Varsity Girls
Individual results: 1, Rylin Wipf, JVC, 17:52.2; 2, Masynn Mebius, WS, 18:01.6; 3, Jodyn Bawek, HT, 18:17.8; 4, Cambree Hoekman, HT, 18:44.2; 5, Elisabeth Hamilton, JVC, 20:28.8; 6, Elise Hope, ILP, 20:47.2; 7, Madison Hill, ILP, 23:02.1; 8, Tess Bixler, HT, 24:49.4.

Junior Varsity Boys
Individual results: 1, Reagan Sandness, SBA, 15:01.0; 2, Kaden Ober, JVC, 15:02.8; 3, Carter Webb, HH, 15:11.4; 4, Giddeon Waldner, JVC, 15:51.3; 5, Levi Crandall, JVC, 15:53.7; 6, Tucker Thompson, WS, 16:22.7; 7, Case Carlson, ILP, 16:55.1; 8, Kaiden Weinreis, HT, 17:19.3; 9, Gavin Schneider, HT, 17:36.2; 10, Matthew Salmen, HT, 17:45.2; 11, Grayson Millman, JVC, 18:05.5; 12, Teagan Scheel, WS, 20:24.2.

Junior High Girls
Individual results: 1, Adallyn Ihnen, HT, 8:49.4; 2, Elle Stagg, HH, 9:40.09; 3, Mya Flemming, WW, 10:04.7; 4, Kim Sievers, WW, 10:39.6; 5, Josephine Wiebe, HT, 10:46.7; 6, Lily Roesler, WS, 11:13.8.

Junior High Boys
Individual results: 1, Avery Hall, SBA, 8:02.3; 2, Jayden Erfman, HH, 8:08.3; 3, Davian Knox, HH, 8:10.2; 4, Kooper Sarchet, SBA, 8:20.9; 5, Karsten McPeak, HH, 8:33.3; 6, Brodie Boomsma, HT, 8:40.5; 7, Bredean Estey, HT, 8:47.4; 8, Seth Smith, HT, 9:28.4.