Van-Far sent all of its runners to state on Saturday and came away with some medals.
Slade Keller and Garrett Hopke finished in the top 30 in the Class 1 boys race at the state meet at Gans Creek Columbia while Khloe Wallace was 30th in the girls race to medal. Keller and Hopke are Van-Far's first boys all-state runners since Lathyn McMorris in 2017, and Wallace is Van-Far's first girl all-state runner since Brooke-lyn Forman in 2023. Keller finished 10th with a time of 17:12.3 to break his own school record, and Hopke was 29th with a time of 17:38 to lead the first Van-Far team to compete at state which also included Jaydon Hug-Hernandez (86th), Brady Puls (104th), Cristian Sastre (127th) and Tyler Carlyle (139th). In the girls race, Wallace had a time of 21:49, and Kylee Gibson finished 98th.
Look for full story in the Wednesday, November 12, 2025 edition of the Mexico Ledger.
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