The Waynesville High boys’ cross country team finished second in the Licking Invitational, held Thursday, Oct. 9 at Deer Lick Park.
West Plains won the boys’ team title with 18 points while Waynesville was runner-up with 94 and Ava third with 138. West Plains had the top three finishers, led by Hunter Stanley at 16:25.6. David Boyd led Waynesville, placing 10th at 17:42.2.
In the girls’ race Brooklynn Lercher powered the Lady Tigers, finishing fourth at 19:43.5. West Plains’ Kaebrynn Gunter was the girls' medalist at 19:11. West Plains also won the girls’ team championship with 27 points. Waynesville finished sixth with 132.
Licking Invitational
Oct. 9 at Deer Lick Park
5,000-Meters
Boys
Varsity
Team Standings: 1. West Plains 18, 2. Waynesville 94, 3. Ava 138, 4. Mtn. Grove 140, 5. Mtn. View Liberty 154, 6. Houston 156, 7. Thayer 164, 8. Belle 168, 9. Laquey 175, 10. Licking 210, 11. Salem 293.
Individual Top-3: Hunter Stanley, West Plains, 16:25.6; 2. Trevin Smith, West Plains, 16:29.1; 3. Joseph Roberson, West Plains, 16:34.6.
Waynesville Results: 10. David Boyd 17:42.2, 19. Tobas Huckaba 18:10.2, 23. Hector Johnson 18:45.9, 28. Cooper Walkup 19:17.6, 29. Clyde McBride 19:24.1, 34. Clay Walkup 19:37.5, 36. Jackson Roby 19:44.2.
Girls
Team Standings: 1. West Plains 27, 2. Camdenton 52, 3. Houston 96, 4. Rolla 99, 5. Lebanon 126, 6. Waynesville 132, 7. Mountain Grove 158.
Individual Top 3: 1. Kaebrynn Gunter, West Plains, 19:11.8; 2. Lyla Huffman, Houston, 19:25.5; 3. Averie Hotle, Camdenton, 19:32.1.
Waynesville Results: 4. Brooklynn Lercher 19:43.5, 33. Mieke Ditmeyer 24:58.3, 34. Juliet Choi 24:58.6, 45. Sophie Johnson 26:50.0, 46. Emmalie Erlewine 26:58.1, 50. Ivory Stitts 28:17.6, 68. Dixie Hingula 34:19.5, 72. Zoey Cossey 36:13.7, 73. Baelynn Ulseth 36:35.3.
Junior Varsity
Boys
Waynesville Results: 4. Aleksander Cichocki 19:44.4, 5. Hunter Flood 19:53.4, 6. Jeremih Salgado 20:04.4, 8. Jack Giffen 20:19.0, 10. Carter Keith 20:38.8, 11. Gavin Hutchinson 20:50.0, 12. David Cruz 21:14.1, 14. Rocco Bondoni 21:27.1, 15. Daytwon Stitts 21:38.6, 17. Kevin Connor 21:56.1, 18. Conner Kincaid 21:58.0, 19. Benjamin Borchardt 22:43.0, 20. Smith Bondoni 22:54.4, 23. Jalen Birdwell 23:36.2, 24. Tristan Smith 24:29.2, 28. Zackary Vorum 25:56.5, 30. Nicolas Cruz 28:11.1.
Middle School
2,500-Meters
Boys
Waynesville Results: 9. Kieran Prebianca 10:21.5, 12. Max Giffen 10:52.7, 17. Islam Hamzane 11:15.5, 23. Kayden Mitchell 11:21.5, 25. Kieyren Mitchell 11:31.8, 27. Adam Smith 11:47.4, 33. Nathan Carlson 11:57.6, 40. Landon Devall 12:13.5, 45. Tyler Fernandez-Russell 12:17.6, 56. Trenten Mason 12:53.7, 65. Quinton Devall 13:08.6, 70. Daylen Stitts 13:24.2, 73. Elliott Erlewine 13:32.3, 74. Preston Skinner 13:47.0, 75. Trey Bray 13:53.0, 87. Eli Taylor 15:21.3, 96. Jude Bostick 15:54.4, 98. Elliot Thornburg 16:29.4, 101. Rhyen Kennedy 17:08.2, 102: Liam Jordan 17:13.2, 108. Alejandro Fonseca 18:40.4, 109. Dallin Asbell 19:07.5, 111. Connor Sampson 20:41.0.
Girls
Waynesville Results: 21. Addison Owens 13:00.0, 30. Sophia Hetzler 13:47.9, 33. Teiah Brown 13:54.6, 35. Linaya Beanblossom 14:06.4, 42. Audra McBride 14:27.7, 45. Penelope Johnson 14:29.2, 47. Ava Squires 14:45.8, 48. Leilani Alvarez 14:50.9, 50. Eleanor Lynch 14:57.9, 59. Adalyn Evans 15:45.5, 60. Lucille Lynch 15:51.5, 65. Kambryn MacDonald 16:30.8, 66. Rikki Kling 16:32.4, 72. Elonna Stevens 17:26.5, 77. Maria Reyes 18:57.8.
Sept. 27, Sabala Dam Invitational
The WHS boys’ cross country team placed third in a 10-school field at the Mark Sabala Dam Invitational, held Saturday, Sept 27. at Hermitage.
The field was divided into two divisions, the Class 3-5 Yellow Division and the Class 1-2 Purple Division.
Bolivar won the team title while Lebanon was second and Waynesville third. A unique scoring system was used.
Bolivar’s Landen Young was the individual medalist, finishing the 5,000-meter course in 17:20.95.
Leading Waynesville was Boyd, who placed eighth overall at 18:10.19.
In the girls’ Yellow Division meet, Lercher finished third individually with a time of 20:38.78. Fair Grove’s Katrina Cantwell was the girls’ medalist at 20:12.37.
In the Purple Division small-school boys’ meet, Dixon’s William Sone was sixth overall at 18:07.48; Plato’s Wlliam Chatman 11th at 18:37.08; Stoutland’s Michael Kincaid 17th at 19:02.26, and Laquey’s Conner Hawley 65th at 21:31.87 to lead Frisco League schools.
In the Purple Division’s girls’ meet Stoutland all-stater Mallory Shaw was third individually at 21:36.13 while Plato’s Bella Yourchisin was 13th at 22:54.68 and Laquey’s Aitana Palerm Ruiz 36th at 24:55.39 to lead Frisco League schools.
There were also two-mile boys’ and girls’ middle school races held.
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Oct. 4
Waynesville also participated in the Oct. 4 of the two-day Camdenton Lady Laker Invitational at HaHa Tonka State Park. In the Gold Division, Waynesville was fifth in the boys’ race and sixth in the girls’ race. Lercher was fourth individually in the girls’ race.
Oct. 4 at HaHa Tonka State Park
Camdenton Laker Invitational
5,000-Meters
Varsity
Gold Division
Boys
Team Standings: 1. Springfield Kickapoo 26, 2. Bolivar 54, 3. Ft. Zumwalt West 64, 4. Republic 129, 5. Waynesville 141, 6. Sedalia Smith-Cotton 142, 7. Mexico 144.
Individual Top-3: 1. William Doyle, Ft. Zumwalt West, 15:25.13; 2. Gavin Glaine, Kickapoo, 15:47.97; 3. Henry Barker, Kickapoo, 15:58.59.
Waynesville Results: 13. David Boyd 17:02.91, 27. Tobias Huckaba 18:18.87, 30. Clay Walkup 18:23.73, 35. Hector Johnson 19:22.59, 36. Jackson Roby 19:25.41, 40. Clyde McBride 19:48.35, 47. Jack Giffen 20:51.76.
Girls
Team Standings: 1. Bolivar 39, 2. Camdenton 63, 3. Kickapoo 77, 4. Republic 79, 5. Mexico 131, 6. Waynesville 132.
Individual Top-3: 1. Chloe Goddard, Kickapoo, 19:10.44; 2. Emma Howes, Bolivar, 19:13.72; 3. Averie Hotle, Camdenton, 19:50.73.
Waynesville Results: 4. Brooklynn Lercher 19:59.90, 30. Mieke Ditmeyer 23:48.63, 34. Juliet Choi 25:39.97, 37. Emmalie Erlewine 26:52.20, 39. Sophie Johnson 27:14.13, 42. Ivory Stitts 28.47.13.
Junior Varsity
Gold Division
Boys
Team Standings: 1. Kickapoo 27, 2. Bolivar 45, 3. Republic 79, 4. Waynesville 86, 5. Mexico 145, 6. Sedalia Smith-Cotton 154.
Individual Medalist: 1. Luke Ellis, Kickapoo, 17:42.34.
Waynesville Results: 9. Cooper Walkup 19:37.44, 19. Hunter Flood 20:45.48, 20. Carter Keith 20:51.54,22. Austin Lawhon 21:07.75, 28. Jeremih Salgado 21:48.36,29. Rocco Bondoni 21:51.33, 33. Gavin Hutchinson 22:15.02, 41. Daytwon Stitts 22:59.46, 42. Benjaman Borchardt 23:01.87, 43. Everett Rinck 23:03.05, 47. Jalen Birdwell 23:21.58, 54. Smith Bondoni 27:03.00, 55. Zackary Vorum 29.17.91.
Girls
Team Standings: 1. Kickapoo 15.
Individual Medalist: 1. Erin Williams, Kickapoo, 23:44.09.
Waynesville Results: 14. Dixie Hingula 33:46.86, 15. Baelynn Ulseth 35:02.26, 16. Zoey Cossey 35:06.53.
