By Tom Mix
NDHSAA Media Specialist

JAMESTOWN, N.D. – Less than a half hour after her older brother Wil won the NDHSAA Class A boys cross country individual state championship, Bismarck Century sophomore standout Ruby Ihmels was celebrating an individual state championship of her own.

Ihmels raced to a first-place time of 17:28.1 on Saturday, October 26 Jamestown’s Parkhurst Campground/Pipestem Reservoir. The Imels family now has five NDHSAA individual state titles in their household as Wil won one earlier on Saturday in Jamestown and Ruby and Wil’s father Corey won three individual state championships competing for Williston from 1989-1991.

In the team points race, the championship came down to 6th runner, tie-breaking scoring criteria. Williston and defending state champion Bismarck High knotted up with 86 points each, however, the Coyotes’ sixth runner (Brooklynn Kitchens) finished 31st compared to Bismarck High’s sixth runner who finished 79th.

Leading the way for the Coyotes was freshman standout Harley Jeannotte who finished second individually with a time of 18:48.9. Williston’s Cambree Moss (17th, 19:53.0) and Angela Wold (20th, 20:02.7) also finished in the Top 20 for All-State honors.  

INDIVIDUAL TOP 20 (All-State)

1. Ruby Ihmels, Bismarck Century, 17:28.1; 2. Harley Jeannotte, Williston, 18:48.9; 3. Taya Fettig, Bismarck High, 19:00.5; 4. Eva Selensky, Bismarck Legacy, 19:05.6; 5. Izzy Dahl, Bismarck High, 19:34.5; 6. Aubrey Kleser, Bismarck High, 19:34.9; 7. Lucy Harris, Minot High, 19:36.0; 8. Mattea Green, Grand Forks Red River, 19:41.4; 9. Audrey Echelbarger, Bismarck Century, 19:42.6; 10. Emmie Fellows, West Fargo Sheyenne, 19:43.0; 11. Kathryn Madrigga, West Fargo Sheyenne, 19:43.4; 12. Maggie Jacobson, West Fargo High, 19:43.5; 13. Hannah Hintz, Bismarck High, 19:46.0; 14. Leila Gregoire, Dickinson, 19:47.1; 15. Kaylee Jackson, Minot High, 19:51.4; 16. Alyviah Kopp, Minot High, 19:52.5; 17. Cambree Moss, Williston, 19:53.0; 18. Ava Parks, Grand Forks Red River, 19:57.2; 19. Sophia Lade, Minot High, 19:57.8; 20. Angela Wold, Williston, 20:02.7

TEAM RESULTS (Top 5)

1, Williston, 86. 2, Bismarck High, 86. 3, Minot High, 92. 4, Bismarck Century, 106. 5, Bismarck Legacy, 127.

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