Hutchinson CC Sports Information
EL DORADO – Hutchinson Community College sophomore Ashara Frater earned her fourth victory of the season on Friday in winning the 2026 Region 6 Women's Cross Country individual championship.
Running at Butler's Cross Country course, Frater led the Blue Dragon women to a fourth-place Region 6 finish and third-place Jayhawk West finish.
Frater, who also earned a Jayhawk West championship, posted the third-fastest Region 6 time by a Blue Dragon in team history with a time of 17:32.5. After a tight race through 4,000 meters, Frater dominated in the final 1,000 meters, posting a split of 3:15.2, to win the race by 7.2 seconds over Cloud County's Faith Jepchumba.
COMPLETE REGION 6 WOMEN'S RESULTSCOMPLETE JAYHAWK WEST RESULTS
Frater is the fifth Blue Dragon women's runner to win a Region 6 individual championship, and third-consecutive Hutchinson runner to win the regional title joining Faith Jepchirchir in 2024 and Mildred Rono in 2025.
Frater joins Rono as the only runners in Blue Dragon history to win four individual race in a season.
Freshman Maureen Jepchirchir earned all-Region 6 honors with a seventh-place finish on Friday. Jepchirchir had a time of 18:45.9, which is the fifth-best regional time by a Blue Dragon in program history. She finished fifth in the Jayhawk West race.
Sophomore Sabrina McDonald was 18th in the region and 12th the Jayhawk West with a time of 20:01.4.
Freshman Chelsea Willour placed 25th in the Region and 18th in the Jayhawk West with a time of 20:46.03.
Freshman Rhodonna Prince was 39th and 13th with a time of 22:15.0
Fort Hays Tech Northwest won the team title with 59 points. Butler was second with 61, Cloud County was third with 80 and the Dragons were fourth with 100 points. The Dragons were third behind Fort Hays Tech Northwest and Cloud County with 66 points.