EL PASO COUNTY – Not quite yet in the full heat of the day, but in conditions much warmer than at the start of competition Saturday morning, the Ignacio Bobcats ran to a 14th-place team finish in the 2025 CHSAA State Cross Country Championships 2A boys feature.
Never separated by much, senior Trace Crane (18:02.2) and junior Thunder Windy Boy (18:09.5) led the way and placed 38th, and 42nd respectively on the Norris-Penrose Event Center course. Senior James Martin (19:27.0) ended up 98th and freshman Matthew Maestas (21:02.0) 135th as IHS accumulated an adjusted score-4 total of 236 points – bettering Rocky Ford (253), Leadville-based Lake County (253), Rye (255), Olathe (278), Rangely (288) and Bailey Platte Canyon (315).
Despite not having a top-five placer in Colorado Springs, Golden View Classical Academy ended up with a winning low of 30 points. Springs-based Thomas MacLaren School – also lacking a top-five finisher – came in second with 34, and Arvada Forge Christian (41) took third, paced by junior Titus Kammerlohr’s fifth-place 16:55.6.
Fourth place individually went to Rye senior David Maroney (16:39.7) and third to Highlands Ranch SkyView Academy junior Rylan Griffith (16:36.0). The top two runners, however, were separated by hardly a hundredth of a second, with Colorado Springs St. Mary’s sophomore Ethan Kiptui’s 16:20.1 ultimately besting Oak Creek Soroco senior Nick Clark’s.
