Haxton Finishes Cross Country Season with a Return Trip to State Championships
Senior Zach Haxton completed his cross country season & career for Argonia High School on Saturday, October 27th at the State Cross Country Meet in Wamego. This marked the 2nd consecutive season that he had qualified for the State Championships.
This year, Zach wasn’t able to grab a medal at state. He placed 42nd, beating out more than half of the runners in the 1A field. The previous week, Zach qualified for State by placing 4th at the 1A Regional held in Wichita. At this meet, Zach ran a Personal Record of 18:18.46, beating his PR that he ran last season at State.
During the cross country regular season, Zach ran with the Caldwell cross country team. Zach placed 14th @ Clearwater, 2nd @ SCBL, 3rd @ Winfield, 5th @ Eureka, and finished the regular season with a 1st place finish @ Coldwater. He was also the top runner on Caldwell’s SCBL Championship Team. Great job Zach!!