BEND, Ore. -- The Hermiston boys, led by district champion Jordan Ringe, qualified for state for the fifth straight season, losing by one point to Summit at the Intermountain meet.
The girls finished sixth but did have Cristal Delgado advance by placing sixth.
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Boys
Team scores (top 2 to state)--Summit 29, Hermiston 30, Mountain View 71, Bend 110, Pendleton 129, The Dalles-Wahtonka 138, Madras 230, Crook County 240.
Top 5--Jordan Ringe (He) 16:37.5, Pat Madden (Su) 16:59.3, Tosch Roy (Su) 17:08.3, Samuel Wick (He) 17:26.4, Tyler Walsh (Su) 17:26.4.
Hermiston--6, Jonathan Larson 17:29.2; 7, Andrew Valdez 17:32.6; 12, Juan Delgado 17:44.6; 30, Antonio Ortiz 18:37.2; 44, Francisco Cancino 20:06.6. Individual state qualifiers--8, Chase Nachtmann (MV) 17:33.0; 11, Robbie Donahue (MV) 17:43.4; 13, Jared Nielsen (MV) 17:44.9; 14, Jordan Wolfe (MV) 17:46.3.
Girls
Team scores (top 2 to state)--Summit 27, Pendleton 73, Mountain View 83, Crook County 106, Bend 107, Hermiston 139, The Dalles-Wahtonka 213, Madras 224.
Top 5--Kellie Foley (CC) 18:55.8, Megan Fristoe (Su) 19:12.0, Kellie Schueler (Su) 19:30.0, Jessica Wolfe (MV) 19:30.6, Alyssa O'Connor (Su) 19:33.2.
Individual state qualifiers--Foley; Wolfe; 6, Cristal Delgado (He) 19:41.0; 9, Mimi Seeley (Bnd) 20:11.3. Hermiston--30, Kimberly Macias 21:25.2; 32, Kelsey Trotter 21:38.3; 34, Cynthia Ascencio 21:57.6; 37, Elise St. Hilaire 22:16.3.
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