STAFFORD – Ellinwood state qualifier Eleanor Joiner (21:16.33) finished runner-up at Thursday's St. John cross country meet run at Stafford Country Club.

Ellinwood's girls finished fifth with 81 points. Ellsworth won the girls team title (56 points) and Ellsworth's Molly Ehlrich (21:02.15) won the girls race.

ST. JOHN MEET (Stafford CC)

GIRLS TEAM SCORES–1–Ellsworth 56; 2–Pretty Prairie 64; 3–Ness City 70; 4–Pratt 72; 5–Ellinwood 81; 6–Hodgeman County 161

TOP 10 GIRLS MEDALISTS–1–Molly Ehlrich, Ellsworth, 21:02.15; 2–Eleanor Joiner, Ellinwood, 21:16.33; 3–Detter, PP, 21:21.73; 4–Beckman, Ellsworth, 21:32.74; 5–Girard, Pratt, 21:46.65; 6–White, PP, 22:03.02; 7–Rider, NC, 22:12.62; 8–Wooster, Skyline, 22:18.61; 9–Galindo, Ashland, 22:41.13; 10–Jenna Borror, Ellinwood, 22:59.77

ELLINWOOD–16–Lexi Thomas, 24:06.23; 47–Ali Gonzalez, 28:34.04; 59–Leah Steffen, 31:19.86; 66–Emma Dewey, 40:53.27; 60–Madison Dombroski, 31:23.52

MACKSVILLE–15–Kennedy Butler, 23:55.28

STAFFORD–36–Paige Hacking, 26:31.61

CENTRAL PLAINS–58–Kaymi Zink, 30:20.94

PAWNEE HEIGHTS–39–Bailey Boese, 26:47.83

NICKERSON–44–Jaycie Ohnmacht, 27:42.34; 50–Ba Brinkley, 28:45.19; 54–Amelia Peil, 29:43.0