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2015 South Dakota Cross Country Projections by classification. </p>
Here they are: the 2015 Class A Boys Cross Country Projections, which are based off times in the MileSplit database from the 2014 Cross Country season.
Early team scores have West Central and Sioux Falls Christian way ahead of the pack with Madison, Lennox, Custer, Beresford, Miller and St. Thomas More rounding out the Top 8.
Individually, Lucas Julian (STM), Cole Sargent (Miller), Chance Dooley (Custer), Caleb DeWeerd (SFC) and Derek Peters (West Central) are the Top 5 returnees from 2014 according to times from throughout the season.
Photo: Chance Dooley (Custer) by Kernit Grimshaw
Championship Meet - 55 Teams
| Place | Athlete | Yr | Team | Time | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luke Julian | 10 | St. Thomas More High School | 15:51.55 | 1 | |
| 2 | Cole Sargent | 10 | Miller Area High School | 16:13.00 | 2 | |
| 3 | Chance Dooley | 11 | Custer High School | 16:14.20 | 3 | |
| 4 | Caleb Deweerd | 10 | Sioux Falls Christian | 16:15 | 4 | |
| 5 | Derick Peters | 9 | West Central High School | 16:17.39 | 5 | |
| 6 | Dylan Erickson | 11 | Flandreau High School | 16:34 | 6 | |
| 7 | Ryan Titus | 11 | West Central High School | 16:35.60 | 7 | |
| 8 | Tristan Old Horse | 10 | Hot Springs High School | 16:39.01 | 8 | |
| 9 | Evan Fick | 11 | Garretson High School | 16:41.12 | -- | |
| 10 | Lance Van Zee | 9 | Sioux Falls Christian | 16:47.55 | 9 | |
| 11 | Ethan YoungBird | 11 | Flandreau Indian | 16:49.25 | -- | |
| 12 | Ty Trainor | 9 | St. Thomas More High School | 16:52.27 | 10 | |
| 13 | Hunter Streff | 11 | Madison High School | 16:53.11 | 11 | |
| 14 | Cooper Hitt | 9 | Sioux Falls Christian | 16:57.16 | 12 | |
| 15 | Alec Atwood | 8 | Beresford High School | 16:57.83 | 13 | |
| 16 | Jack Fast Wolf | 11 | Red Cloud Indian School | 16:59.86 | 14 | |
| 17 | Braden Peters | 8 | West Central High School | 17:00.04 | 15 | |
| 18 | Josh Powell | 10 | Garretson High School | 17:00.76 | -- | |
| 19 | Gabe Smith | 11 | West Central High School | 17:01.00 | 16 | |
| 20 | Trey Waldrop | 11 | Miller Area High School | 17:06.00 | 17 | |
| 21 | Benjamin Miles | 11 | West Central High School | 17:13.39 | 18 | |
| 22 | Mitchell Peters | 11 | Lennox High School | 17:13.83 | 19 | |
| 23 | Taylor Otheim | 11 | West Central High School | 17:17.45 | 20 | |
| 24 | Ethan Hatch | 10 | Madison High School | 17:22.41 | 21 | |
| 25 | Shane Ensz | 11 | West Central High School | 17:25.98 | -- | |
| 26 | John Hacker | 10 | Todd County High School | 17:26.98 | 22 | |
| 27 | Brendan Langbehn | 10 | Lennox High School | 17:30.75 | 23 | |
| 28 | Dylan Tobacco | 11 | Red Cloud Indian School | 17:31.22 | 24 | |
| 29 | Bradan Phelps | 11 | Tea Area High School | 17:33.51 | -- | |
| 30 | Charlie Long | 11 | Dakota Valley High School | 17:35.94 | 25 | |
| 31 | Conner Watley | 9 | Sioux Falls Christian | 17:37.02 | 26 | |
| 32 | Trevor Hinderaker | 11 | Deubrook Area High School | 17:37.53 | -- | |
| 33 | Donald Aquallo | 9 | Todd County High School | 17:44.00 | 27 | |
| 34 | Conner Vander Haar | 8 | Sioux Falls Christian | 17:44.33 | 28 | |
| 35 | Anthony Julson | 11 | Flandreau High School | 17:45.03 | 29 | |
| 36 | Travis Sun Bear | 10 | Todd County High School | 17:48.00 | 30 | |
| 37 | Lance Vanzee | 9 | Sioux Falls Christian | 17:48.00 | 31 | |
| 38 | Noah Knapp | 9 | Aberdeen Roncalli High School | 17:51.00 | -- | |
| 39 | Chase Otheim | 9 | West Central High School | 17:51.79 | -- | |
| 40 | Tucker Murtha | 9 | Ethan-Parkston High School | 17:52.06 | -- | |
| 41 | Bailey Auen | 8 | Sioux Falls Christian | 17:52.6 | -- | |
| 42 | Noah Comes Flying | 11 | Crow Creek High School | 17:53.00 | -- | |
| 43 | Asher Wahl | 11 | West Central High School | 17:57.70 | -- | |
| 44 | Jonah Murtha | 10 | Ethan-Parkston High School | 17:57.80 | -- | |
| 45 | Mike Erlandson | 11 | Beresford High School | 17:58.53 | 32 | |
| 46 | Jacob Landon | 11 | Lennox High School | 17:58.71 | 33 | |
| 47 | Parson Covington | 8 | Vermillion High School | 17:59.39 | 34 | |
| 48 | Clapper Vince | 11 | Sioux Falls Christian | 18:01.63 | -- | |
| 49 | Edwin Iraheta | 11 | Madison High School | 18:02.36 | 35 | |
| 50 | Garrett Hubbell | 11 | Madison High School | 18:02.53 | 36 | |
| 51 | Tanner Hohn | 10 | Ethan-Parkston High School | 18:02.85 | -- | |
| 52 | Chase Boltz | 9 | St. Francis Indian School | 18:03.00 | -- | |
| 53 | Max Osterling | 10 | Custer High School | 18:05.77 | 37 | |
| 54 | Adam Nelson | 10 | Hot Springs High School | 18:11.01 | 38 | |
| 55 | Patrick Witt | 11 | Custer High School | 18:11.34 | 39 | |
| 56 | Zach Reitsma | 10 | Sioux Falls Christian | 18:12.50 | -- | |
| 57 | Caleb Kirschenmann | 9 | Dell Rapids High School | 18:13.30 | 40 | |
| 58 | Hunter Russell | 9 | Miller Area High School | 18:14.00 | 41 | |
| 59 | Ben Wahlstrom | 9 | Custer High School | 18:14.48 | 42 | |
| 60 | Tadan Wilson | 9 | Lennox High School | 18:16.71 | 43 | |
| 61 | Justin Sorensen | 8 | Vermillion High School | 18:17.56 | 44 | |
| 62 | Jakob Limmer | 9 | Beresford High School | 18:18.36 | 45 | |
| 63 | Cole Homandberg | 10 | Beresford High School | 18:20.16 | 46 | |
| 64 | Tyler Cottier | 8 | Pine Ridge | 18:20.97 | 47 | |
| 65 | Jacob Lopez | 11 | Chamberlain High School | 18:22.00 | -- | |
| 66 | Jordan Bauer | 11 | Webster Area | 18:22.30 | 48 | |
| 67 | Timothy Peterson | 10 | Beresford High School | 18:23.57 | 49 | |
| 68 | Tanner Steineke | 11 | West Central High School | 18:23.76 | -- | |
| 69 | Caleb McNeil | 11 | Redfield / Dolan High School | 18:24.02 | -- | |
| 70 | Carson Ulrich | 10 | West Central High School | 18:24.19 | -- | |
| 71 | Trey Cosato | 10 | Redfield / Dolan High School | 18:26.24 | -- | |
| 72 | Brett Mogen | 11 | Dell Rapids High School | 18:26.84 | 50 | |
| 73 | Collin Reitsma | 8 | Sioux Falls Christian | 18:30.70 | -- | |
| 74 | Elijah Brown Wolf | 11 | Cheyenne Eagle Butte High School | 18:33.00 | -- | |
| 75 | Jacob Fitzgerald | 11 | Garretson High School | 18:34.03 | -- | |
| 76 | Riley Twedt | 10 | Beresford High School | 18:34.62 | 51 | |
| 77 | Jacob Huber | 11 | Canton High School | 18:34.97 | -- | |
| 78 | Ted Delange | 11 | Dell Rapids High School | 18:37.94 | 52 | |
| 79 | Aaron Jacobs | 10 | Mobridge - Pollock | 18:38.00 | -- | |
| 80 | Dylan Colt | 10 | Elk Point-Jefferson High School | 18:39.30 | 53 | |
| 81 | William Geyer | 11 | Aberdeen Roncalli High School | 18:41.15 | -- | |
| 82 | Alex Leschisin | 10 | Webster Area | 18:42.90 | 54 | |
| 83 | Joshua Stanley | 9 | Hot Springs High School | 18:42.90 | 55 | |
| 84 | Jarek Glenn | 7 | St. Thomas More High School | 18:46.05 | 56 | |
| 85 | Connor Spinar | 10 | Mt. Vernon/Plankinton High School | 18:47.00 | -- | |
| 86 | Evan Baumberger | 11 | Chester Area High School | 18:48.50 | -- | |
| 87 | Joe Graves | 7 | Dakota Valley High School | 18:49.69 | 57 | |
| 88 | Brenick Root | 7 | Hot Springs High School | 18:51.37 | 58 | |
| 89 | Trey Hage | 9 | Vermillion High School | 18:52.30 | 59 | |
| 90 | Trevor Bertram | 10 | Winner High School | 18:54.00 | -- | |
| 91 | Angel Old Horse | 9 | Little Wound School | 18:54.23 | 60 | |
| 92 | Logan Block | 9 | Custer High School | 18:56.92 | 61 | |
| 93 | Justin Jacobs | 10 | Mobridge - Pollock | 19:03.20 | -- | |
| 94 | Matthew Toso | 9 | Canton High School | 19:04.33 | -- | |
| 95 | Cooper Benning | 8 | Lennox High School | 19:04.91 | 62 | |
| 96 | Ben Hobbie | 9 | Flandreau High School | 19:05.00 | 63 | |
| 97 | Jon Green | 10 | Dakota Valley High School | 19:09.80 | 64 | |
| 98 | Peyton Heins | 9 | Tea Area High School | 19:12.32 | -- | |
| 99 | Zach Jordan | 8 | Redfield / Dolan High School | 19:13.90 | -- | |
| 100 | Jacob Carter | 10 | Deuel High School | 19:14.00 | -- | |
| 101 | Carter Ulrich | 9 | West Central High School | 19:16.20 | -- | |
| 102 | Jeremiah Whalen | 8 | Red Cloud Indian School | 19:22.26 | 65 | |
| 103 | Ty Dunse | 10 | Webster Area | 19:26.37 | 66 | |
| 104 | Connor Fischer | 9 | Webster Area | 19:26.50 | 67 | |
| 105 | Derek Ahlers | 9 | Dell Rapids High School | 19:27.06 | 68 | |
| 106 | Jayden Burggraff | 10 | Tri-Valley High School | 19:28.40 | 69 | |
| 107 | Dominic Holmes | 11 | Dell Rapids High School | 19:29.91 | 70 | |
| 108 | Corey Hockenbary | 10 | Belle Fourche High School | 19:30.75 | -- | |
| 109 | Ben Finnegan | 8 | Vermillion High School | 19:31.49 | 71 | |
| 110 | Drew Hanson | 8 | Hill City High School | 19:31.52 | -- | |
| 111 | Garret Miller | 11 | Hot Springs High School | 19:31.75 | 72 | |
| 112 | Elias Magilke | 9 | Milbank High School | 19:33.80 | 73 | |
| 113 | Henry Jensen | 8 | Dakota Valley High School | 19:34.91 | 74 | |
| 114 | Michael Nieland | 10 | Sisseton | 19:35.00 | -- | |
| 115 | Nate Klinnert | 9 | Bon Homme High School | 19:35.60 | -- | |
| 116 | Dakota Galt | 10 | Beresford High School | 19:38.00 | -- | |
| 117 | Dylan Johnson | 11 | Milbank High School | 19:39.15 | 75 | |
| 118 | George Kills Back | 8 | Little Wound School | 19:44.23 | 76 | |
| 119 | Jc Foreman | 10 | Miller Area High School | 19:46.00 | 77 | |
| 120 | Jacob Geary | 11 | Tri-Valley High School | 19:50.20 | 78 | |
| 121 | Josh Pillatzki | 11 | Milbank High School | 19:50.20 | 79 | |
| 122 | Sam Osborn | 9 | Lennox High School | 19:51.86 | 80 | |
| 123 | Jeremy Cook | 11 | Tiospa Zina | 19:54.60 | -- | |
| 124 | Ryan Krump | 11 | St. Thomas More High School | 19:56.42 | 81 | |
| 125 | Zach Brown | 10 | Chester Area High School | 19:59.40 | -- | |
| 126 | Tyler Kennendy | 9 | Dakota Valley High School | 19:59.61 | 82 | |
| 127 | Grant Winter | 11 | Winner High School | 20:00.00 | -- | |
| 128 | Colin Ferri | 8 | Canton High School | 20:01.09 | -- | |
| 129 | Chris Begeman | 11 | Bennett County High School | 20:01.31 | -- | |
| 130 | Sean Callghan | 8 | Dakota Valley High School | 20:08.90 | 83 | |
| 131 | Lucas Trooien | 9 | Sioux Valley High School | 20:09.60 | 84 | |
| 132 | Cole Nachtigal | 9 | Platte-Geddes High School | 20:10.20 | -- | |
| 133 | Nolan McQuistan | 11 | Vermillion High School | 20:11.40 | 85 | |
| 134 | Jayden Hortness | 10 | Webster Area | 20:12.14 | 86 | |
| 135 | Jakob Eng | 10 | Sioux Valley High School | 20:15.30 | 87 | |
| 136 | Kaiden Dorris | 11 | Madison High School | 20:16.10 | 88 | |
| 137 | Jacquin Geary | 10 | Tri-Valley High School | 20:17.27 | 89 | |
| 138 | Galen Ross | 11 | Flandreau Indian | 20:19.66 | -- | |
| 139 | Ryan Butzke | 11 | McCook Central/Montrose High School | 20:21.00 | -- | |
| 140 | Collin VanderWal | 11 | Sioux Valley High School | 20:21.70 | 90 | |
| 141 | Kody Johnson | 10 | Milbank High School | 20:24.83 | 91 | |
| 142 | Donald Brave | 11 | Red Cloud Indian School | 20:24.92 | 92 | |
| 143 | Jacob Rosales | 10 | Red Cloud Indian School | 20:26.39 | 93 | |
| 144 | Landon Smith | 8 | Vermillion High School | 20:27.87 | 94 | |
| 145 | Stas Sutera | 10 | Bon Homme High School | 20:32.00 | -- | |
| 146 | John Ladeaux | 11 | Pine Ridge | 20:38.34 | 95 | |
| 147 | Kellyn March | 7 | Beresford High School | 20:39.00 | -- | |
| 148 | Jordan Sanders | 10 | Tri-Valley High School | 20:44.50 | 96 | |
| 149 | Anton Hejna | 9 | Bon Homme High School | 20:48.00 | -- | |
| 150 | Samuel Miller | 10 | Tea Area High School | 20:51.85 | -- | |
| 151 | Howard Cordier | 8 | St. Francis Indian School | 20:53.00 | -- | |
| 152 | Eric Narveson | 10 | Sioux Valley High School | 20:56.80 | 97 | |
| 153 | Andrew Julson | 9 | Flandreau High School | 20:59.00 | 98 | |
| 154 | Jarod Severson | 10 | Platte-Geddes High School | 21:00.00 | -- | |
| 155 | Kyle Ewalt | 10 | Webster Area | 21:01.08 | 99 | |
| 156 | Adam Lays Hard | 8 | Little Wound School | 21:01.36 | 100 | |
| 157 | Elijah Heiberger | 10 | Tri-Valley High School | 21:01.60 | 101 | |
| 158 | Blake McNaught | 8 | Belle Fourche High School | 21:03.26 | -- | |
| 159 | Tyler Develder | 8 | Vermillion High School | 21:05.80 | -- | |
| 160 | Braydin Eastman | 10 | Belle Fourche High School | 21:07.78 | -- | |
| 161 | Bengt Symsted | 11 | Hot Springs High School | 21:12.04 | 102 | |
| 162 | Devin O'Neill | 9 | Vermillion High School | 21:19.30 | -- | |
| 163 | Jason Cook | 9 | Dell Rapids High School | 21:22.89 | 103 | |
| 164 | Servet Long Soldier | 9 | Little Wound School | 21:24.51 | 104 | |
| 165 | Lucas Smith | 10 | Groton Area High School | 21:38.00 | -- | |
| 166 | Cordell Sweeney | 10 | Vermillion High School | 21:43.65 | -- | |
| 167 | Brendan Bad Hand | 11 | St. Francis Indian School | 21:45.00 | -- | |
| 168 | Sam Nelson | 9 | Beresford High School | 21:45.00 | -- | |
| 169 | Brandon O'Connell | 10 | Beresford High School | 21:51.00 | -- | |
| 170 | Brady Bosse | 10 | Elk Point-Jefferson High School | 21:54.00 | 105 | |
| 171 | Trystan Olbertson | 9 | Beresford High School | 21:55.00 | -- | |
| 172 | Jacob Steckelberg | 11 | Chamberlain High School | 21:57.00 | -- | |
| 173 | Jared Messersmith | 9 | Dakota Valley High School | 22:00.00 | -- | |
| 174 | Will Schaefbauer | 9 | Aberdeen Roncalli High School | 22:04.00 | -- | |
| 175 | Jordan Poignee | 11 | Todd County High School | 22:05.00 | 106 | |
| 176 | Seamus Donelan | 10 | Madison High School | 22:06.60 | 107 | |
| 177 | Christain Smith | 11 | Elk Point-Jefferson High School | 22:10.00 | 108 | |
| 178 | Sean Maher | 11 | St. Thomas More High School | 22:14.36 | 109 | |
| 179 | Chase Olsen | 9 | Dakota Valley High School | 22:16.00 | -- | |
| 180 | Logan Wadley | 8 | Vermillion High School | 22:18.00 | -- | |
| 181 | Aiden Vick | 9 | Dakota Valley High School | 22:22.00 | -- | |
| 182 | Cordell Giese | 11 | Deuel High School | 22:23.00 | -- | |
| 183 | Aaron Koupal | 10 | Elk Point-Jefferson High School | 22:30.69 | 110 | |
| 184 | Antwan Bull Bear | 10 | Little Wound School | 22:37.95 | 111 | |
| 185 | Wade Bettelyoun | 11 | Bennett County High School | 22:43.14 | -- | |
| 186 | Chance YellowBoy | 7 | Little Wound School | 23:08.27 | 112 | |
| 187 | Sam Eliason | 11 | Madison High School | 23:08.80 | -- | |
| 188 | Steve Bad Milk | 11 | Pine Ridge | 23:19.81 | 113 | |
| 189 | Tayt Vincent | 10 | Sioux Valley High School | 23:25.30 | 114 | |
| 190 | Mason Runia | 8 | Sioux Falls Christian | 23:37.40 | -- | |
| 191 | Tahlee Tabaha | 11 | Flandreau Indian | 23:37.74 | -- | |
| 192 | Josh Midland | 9 | Dakota Valley High School | 23:50.00 | -- | |
| 193 | Cody Bevers | 9 | Miller Area High School | 23:59.00 | 115 | |
| 194 | Dylan Hope | 11 | Sioux Valley High School | 24:06.20 | 116 | |
| 195 | Kolton Kirbell | 10 | Beresford High School | 24:13.00 | -- | |
| 196 | Nicholas Pack | 10 | Beresford High School | 24:14.00 | -- | |
| 197 | Josh Wiesbrod | 9 | Clark/Willow Lake High School | 24:14.60 | -- | |
| 198 | Tunweya Weller | 10 | Pine Ridge | 25:13.31 | 117 | |
| 199 | Caleb Weiland | 7 | Beresford High School | 25:46.00 | -- | |
| 200 | Conner Thaler | 8 | Beresford High School | 26:07.00 | -- | |
| 201 | Matthew Hoffman | 7 | Beresford High School | 26:24.00 | -- | |
| 202 | Eric Nelson | 9 | Elk Point-Jefferson High School | 26:51.00 | 118 | |
| 203 | Austin Tjaden | 7 | Beresford High School | 27:28.00 | -- | |
| 204 | Caleb Kaul | 9 | Sioux Falls Christian | 27:51.50 | -- | |
| 205 | Tristan Fischer | 7 | Beresford High School | 27:58.00 | -- | |
| 206 | Carter Johnke | 10 | Beresford High School | 28:47.00 | -- | |
| 207 | Riley Van Den Top | 7 | Sioux Falls Christian | 31:19.70 | -- | |
| 208 | Carson Johnsen | 7 | Beresford High School | 32:51.00 | -- | |
| 209 | Brian Klarenbeek | 9 | Beresford High School | 33:28.00 | -- |
Championship Meet - 55 Teams Team Scores
| # | Team | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Central High School | 43 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 16 | - | - |
| 2 | Sioux Falls Christian | 51 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 26 | - | - |
| 3 | Madison High School | 103 | 11 | 21 | 35 | 36 | - | - |
| 4 | Lennox High School | 118 | 19 | 23 | 33 | 43 | - | - |
| 5 | Custer High School | 121 | 3 | 37 | 39 | 42 | - | - |
| 6 | Beresford High School | 136 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 46 | - | - |
| 7 | Miller Area High School | 137 | 2 | 17 | 41 | 77 | - | - |
| 8 | St. Thomas More High School | 148 | 1 | 10 | 56 | 81 | - | - |
| 9 | Hot Springs High School | 159 | 8 | 38 | 55 | 58 | - | - |
| 10 | Todd County High School | 185 | 22 | 27 | 30 | 106 | - | - |
| 11 | Red Cloud Indian School | 195 | 14 | 24 | 65 | 92 | - | - |
| 12 | Flandreau High School | 196 | 6 | 29 | 63 | 98 | - | - |
| 13 | Vermillion High School | 208 | 34 | 44 | 59 | 71 | - | - |
| 14 | Dell Rapids High School | 210 | 40 | 50 | 52 | 68 | - | - |
| 15 | Dakota Valley High School | 220 | 25 | 57 | 64 | 74 | - | - |
| 16 | Webster Area | 235 | 48 | 54 | 66 | 67 | - | - |
| 17 | Milbank High School | 318 | 73 | 75 | 79 | 91 | - | - |
| 18 | Tri-Valley High School | 332 | 69 | 78 | 89 | 96 | - | - |
| 19 | Little Wound School | 340 | 60 | 76 | 100 | 104 | - | - |
| 20 | Sioux Valley High School | 358 | 84 | 87 | 90 | 97 | - | - |
| 21 | Pine Ridge | 372 | 47 | 95 | 113 | 117 | - | - |
| 22 | Elk Point-Jefferson High School | 376 | 53 | 105 | 108 | 110 | - | - |
Here they are: the 2015 Class A Boys Cross Country Projections, which are based off times in the MileSplit database from the 2014 Cross Country season.