The Maple Leafs Plus A Lady Leaf Heading To The XC 2A State Finals!

IHSA 2A Geneseo Boys & Girls Cross Country Sectionals

The Maple Leafs Boys Cross Country team are heading to state! With their third place finish, GHS will compete at the IHSA 2A State Championships on Saturday November 4th! With 129 points, GHS finished behind only Washington (100) and sectional champ Morton (70) as junior Dylan Gehl (15:34.40/2nd), senior Sam Mosbarger (16:04.40/8th), and sophomore Jaxon Sottos (16:40.30/28th) ran the best GHS boys marks at Richmond Hill since 2018!

The Lady Leafs Girls Cross Country team took eighth overall with 212 points, 13 behind Lemont who took the final team spot for the state finals. GHS freshman Brooklyn Smith (20:01.40) finished 15th overall and qualified individually for next weekends state meet!

The state title meets will be ran at Detweiller Park in Peoria. Brooklyn is scheduled to run at 11:00am while the Maple Leafs run at 12:00pm. Best of luck to all!


GHS Boys Results
Dylan Gehl (15:34.40 - 2nd)
Sam Mosbarger (16:04.40 - 8th)
Jaxon Sottos (16:40.30 - 28th)
Aidan Bries (17:13.40 - 52nd)
Max Johnson (17:15.90 - 54th)
Jack Kreiss (17:29.10 - 65th)
Kaden Elmer (18:22.70 - 100th)

GHS Girls Results
Brooklyn Smith (20:01.40 - 15th)
Lucille Wachtel (21:05.20 - 42nd)
Ayla Schultz (21:15.50 - 48th)
Elanor DeBlieck (21:20.80 - 51st)
Katlyn Seaman (22:11.70 - 73th)
Emma DeBaene (22:30.80 - 78th)
Jeslen Rink (22:31.00 - 80th)

Maple Leafs set to race at the Geneseo Sectional on Saturday October 28 at Richmond Hill. (Photo By GHS Boys XC)