COLUMBIA — Advancing to Friday’s Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) State Cross Country Championships, the Hermann High School (HHS) cross country duo of junior CJ Mires and senior Ryker Ash looked to duplicate their top-30 effort at districts with another top-30 time during the Class 2 Boys Race at the Gans Creek Cross Country Course in Columbia.

Running as high as 53rd at the first kilometer, Mires wound up posting a time of 17:48.4 good for 80th place while Ash was also 58th at the one-kilometer split before he finished 83rd in a time of 17:53.5.

“I’m proud of both guys who made it to state this year,” HHS head cross country coach Keely Uthlaut said.

Runners that placed in the top 30 earning All-State honors during the Class 2 Boys race included El Dorado Springs senior Wyatt Klaiber (1st, 15:15.9), Spokane senior Luke Faulkner (2nd, 15:54.2), West Platte junior Charles Trease (3rd, 15:56.2), Springfield Catholic senior Kyle Hathcock (4th, 16:14.4), Westran senior Reece Sickler (5th, 16:19.6), Jefferson (Festus) senior Bryant Horn (6th, 16:22.8), North Platte junior William Schaffart (7th, 16:28.0), Woodland sophomore Max Layton (8th, 16:28.9), Whitfield junior Logan Harmon (9th, 16:29.8), West Platte junior Collin Frederick (10th, 16:31.6), Palmyra freshman Bently Carper (11th, 16:32.3), King City junior Parker Evans (12th, 16:33.6), Fayette freshman Liam Betts (13th, 16:33.8), Stockton senior Daveon Williams (14th, 16:35.4), Collegiate School of Med/Bio Science junior Clyve Jackson-Cameron (15th, 16:39.9), King City junior Bryntyn Jones (16th, 16:40.0), Fatima senior Michael Gabelsberger (17th, 16:42.2), Springfield Catholic junior Marcus Johnson (18th, 16:43.7), Stockton junior Finnegan Swopes (19th, 16:46.1), Belle freshman Jackson Prater (20th, 16:48.5), Carrollton junior Carter Barlow (21st, 16:49.4), Springfield Catholic sophomore John Paul Haik-Frick (22nd, 16:49.8), Springfield Catholic junior Andrew Jones (23rd, 16:52.1), Westran junior Luca Smith (24th, 16:53.0), Veritas Christian Academy sophomore Levi Schroer (25th, 16:53.1), El Dorado Springs senior Shane Fletcher (26th, 16:53.2), Lafayette County junior Clay Aversman (27th, 16:55.2), Dixon sophomore William Sloan (28th, 16:55.4), Maysville junior Laythan Frederick (29th, 16:58.1) and Houston freshman Charlie Benoist (30th, 16:59.9).