Wyoming’s All-State Cross-Country List is out — with a Four-Year Sweep for Sheridan’s Alicke

The original story by David Settle for WyoPreps.

The Wyoming Coaches Association has named the 60 runners who earned all-state honors for the 2025 high school cross-country season, and the headline is a big one: Sheridan senior Kayley Alicke finished her prep career four-for-four, collecting all-state in every season from 2022 to 2025. Under WCA rules there’s no voting — awards go straight to the top 10 finishers in each class (including ties) at Saturday’s state meet — so every name on the list ran their way in. Joining Alicke’s milestone, a dozen athletes became three-time all-staters and 11 more picked up their second.

Class 2A saw Big Horn all over the girls’ podium with Teagan Butler and the Marney sisters, Ella and individual champ Lyla, while Tongue River’s Grace Perkins and Wright’s Caemlyn Nolte extended their multi-year streaks. On the boys’ side, Burlington’s depth paid off behind Kellen Winters — the 2A boys champion — alongside teammates Connor Hoyt and Bradford Davidson, with strong showings from Big Horn’s Cameron Guelde, Thermopolis’ Jadeth Elder, Wright’s Tobyn Teigen and Wyoming Indian standouts Kaiden Moss and Colton SunRhodes.

In 3A, Buffalo and Cody traded punches all day. Buffalo’s Maya Hall and Ellie Farris returned to the girls’ all-state roll, but Powell’s Karee Cooley took the individual crown. Cody packed four all-staters — Katarina Black, Reyna Jones, Hailie Schramm and Raina Wachob — while Lander’s Dorothy Jensen and Worland’s Ava Tapia kept the West firmly in the mix. The boys’ race tilted toward Mountain View’s trio of Colt Madsen, Preston Phillips and Troy Shuster, though Buffalo’s Ethan Rayo grabbed the 3A title and Newcastle’s Sam Cunningham, Cody’s Noah Kingston, Lander’s Logan Milek, Rawlins’ Noah Blasi and Worland’s Hayden Phelps rounded out a deep class.

Class 4A had the biggest team firepower. Cheyenne Central stacked four all-state girls — Malea Adams-Case, Ella Montano, Adalyn Racines and Sofia Rose — on its way to the team banner, while Cheyenne East’s Maggie Madsen repeated her big-race magic with the individual championship. Kelly Walsh’s Lexi Longhurst and Laramie’s Keiran Giraldo returned to form, and Sheridan’s Alicke capped her historic run with another medal day. The 4A boys field featured Cheyenne East’s Lucas Steveson and Aden Zwonitzer up front, Star Valley’s one-two punch led by individual champ Colton Cranney with Brigham Hahn, and a blue wave from Sheridan’s Eli Balkenbush and Aadan Luna, plus Kelly Walsh’s Everett Roberson, Natrona’s aptly named Champ Ransom, Jackson’s Dylan McGee and Thunder Basin’s Chase Erickson.

Team hardware mirrored the individual fireworks: Big Horn (2A girls), Cody (3A girls) and Cheyenne Central (4A girls) took the girls’ titles, while Burlington (2A), Mountain View (3A) and Sheridan (4A) claimed the boys’ crowns.

Bottom line: no committee rooms, no ballots — just racing. From Alicke’s four-year sweep to Winters, Rayo and Cranney’s title runs, Wyoming’s 2025 all-state list reads like a blueprint for programs that know how to peak when it counts.