A historic day on Thursday October 12 for the Geneseo High School Cross Country Teams as both the boys and girls won their respective races to earn the Western Big 6 Championships at Saukie Golf Course in Rock Island!

Boys Race
The Leafs (46 pts) beat out Sterling (51 pts) to win the team championship! Dylan Gehl finished 2nd place with Sam Mosbarger coming in right behind in 3rd and Jaxson Sottos rounding out the Leafs top ten representatives with an 8th place finish. All three each earned a medal along with being named 1st Team WB6 All-Conference! Max Johnson (16), Jack Kreiss (17), and Aiden Bries (20) each earned 2nd Team All-Conference honors for the Leafs!

Also competing for the Maple Leafs were Graysen Carlson, Kaden Elmer, Rylan Lambert, Austin Hull, Matthew Darnall, Jacob Taylor, Christian Haney, Mason Anderson, Micah Johnson, Connor Runty, Shane Bagby, Alex Aleman, Connor Douglas, Ryley Rowold, Jacob Berry, Tyson Duda, Rafa Uguina, & Camden Baumgardner.

Final Standings
Geneseo 46
Sterling 51
Quincy 91
Rock Island 99
UTHS 115
Moline 155
Galesburg 166
Alleman 182

Girls Race
The Lady Leafs (58 pts) finished ahead of Sterling (65 pts) in the title win! Medalists and 1st Team All-Conference honors went to Brooklyn Smith who came in 3rd overall and Lucy Wachtel was not too far behind with a finish of 7th! Katlyn Seaman (15), Emma DeBaene (16), Elanor DeBlieck (17), Ella Toom (18), and Ayla Schultz (20) took home 2nd Team All-Conference!

Also competing for the Lady Leafs were Jeslen Rink, Kady Fouts, Liberty Brumbaugh, Bella Curcuru, Madison Simms, Hannah Stone, Emma Veloz, Rachael Roodhouse, Molly Snyder, Jessa Gramling, Gia Ritter, Megan McClanahan, Kjerstin Wildemuth, & Kelsey Dillie.

Final Standings
Geneseo 58
Sterling 65
Quincy 77
Rock Island 95
Moline 110
Alleman 145
UTHS 167
Galesburg 225

Next Up: IHSA 2A Galesburg Regional on Saturday October 21 at Lake Storey Park.