The Waynesville High 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 David Boyd, who placed eighth overall at 18:10.19.
In the girls’ Yellow Division meet, the Lady Tigers’ Brooklynn 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.
Waynesville was scheduled to run in the Camdenton Laker Invitational Saturday, Oct 4 at HaHa Tonka State Park.
Sept. 27 at Hermitage
Mark Sabala Dam
Invitational
Yellow Division
5,000-Meters
Boys
Team Standings: 1. Bolivar 11, 2. Lebanon 22, 3. Waynesville 60, 4. Osage 69, 5. Fair Grove 74, 6. Eldon 150, 7. Lamar 178, 8. Clinton 224, 9. Versailles 244, 10. Springfield Glendale 261.
Individual Top-3: 1. Landen Young, Bolivar, 17:20.95; 2. Knox Vestal, Bolivar, 17:24.29; 3. Maccaffey Rich, Bolivar, 17:24.40.
Waynesville Results: 8. David Boyd 18:10.19, 29. Tobias Huckaba 19:28.93, 30. Clay Walkup 19:35.43, 37. Hector Johnson 20:13.89, 38. Jack Giffen 20:38.19, 40. Aleksander Cichocki 20:58.71, 42. Clyde McBride 21:11.00.
Junior Varsity
Waynesville results: 7. Cooper Walkup 20:22.21, 9. Hunter Flood 20:50.15, 18. Gavin Hutchinson 21:50.28, 22. Carter Keith 22:09.36, 23. Jeremih Salgado 22:14.72, 27. Daytwon Stitts 22:28.64, 38. Benjamin Borchardt 23:24.90, 42. David Cruz 23:51.50, 52. Jackson Roby 24:09.90, 53. Jalen Birdwell 24:10.21, 73. Nicolas Cruz 26:34.37, 74. Tristan Smith 26:37.87, 91. Zackary Vorum 28:28.62, 93. Aiden Capps 28:51.23.
Girls
Team Standings: 1. Bolivar 45, 2. Lebanon 57, 3. Camdenton 90, 4. Osage 94, 5. Fair Grove 117, 6. Waynesville 151, 7. Versailles 164.
Individual Top-3: 1. Katrina Cantwell, Fair Grove, 20:12.37; 2. Emma Howes Bolivar, 20:19.19; 3. Brooklyn Lercher, Waynesville, 20:38.78.
Other Waynesville Results: 32. Mieke Ditmeyer 25:50.36, 40. Juliet Choi 26:50.98, 46. Emmalie Erlewine 27:34.18, 49. Sophie Johnson 27:56.70, 98. Ivory Stitts 29:41.03, 110. Zoey Cossey 33:54.74 118. Baelynn Ulseth 37:24.32, 119. Dixie Hingula 37:39.40.
Middle School
Two-Miles
Yellow Division
Boys
Waynesville Results: 16. Jacob Warson 13:14.40, 21. Islam Hamzane 13:27.04, 28. Kayden Mitchell 13:48.14, 51. Kieran Prebianca 14:08.74, 61. Landon Devall 14:46.20, 62. Kieyren Mitchell 14:46.84, 67. Adam Smith 15:02.83. 70. Tyler Fernandez-Russell 15:07.44, 89. Max Giffen 15:40.57, 99. Trenten Mason 16:02.22, 100. ELI Taylor 16:06.12, 102. Corbin Capps 16:12.38, 110. Trey Bray 16:46.76, 111. Daylen Stitts 16:47.14, 134. Quinton Devall 17:55.35, 136. Preston Skinner 18:11.98, 140. Mark Farley 18:23.74, 145. Jude Bostick 19:15.49, 150. Elliot Thornburg 19:34.53, 163. Rhyen Kennedy 22:53.16, 164. Dallin Asbell 23:07.77, 167. Liam Jordan 23:44.73, 169. Alejandro Fonseca 24:00.90.
Girls
Waynesville Results: 43. Addison Owens 16:47.67, 44. Teiah Brown 16:52.55, 52. Audra McBride 17:39.51, 73. Penelope Johnson 18:32.68, 76. Linaya Beanblossom 18:48.82, 82. Ava Squires 19:13.72, 84. Madison Messick 19:20.67, 91. Adalyn Evans 19:37.72, 94. Leilani Alvarez 19:45.77, 102. Madilyn Recasio 20:08.53, 104. Lucille Lynch 20:11.09, 109. Eleanor Lynch 20:28.34, 114. Gloria Choi 21:24.59, 117. Kayla Lide 21:52.31, 120. Memphis Williams 22:46.81, 121. Elonna Stevens 22:53.35, 124. Viktoria Cichocki 23:20.90, 130. Maria Reyes 24:21.32, 139. Jade Harper 32:16.64.
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