For the first time in program history, both the boys and girls cross country teams emerged as Champions for the first time in program history yesterday. Team Scores are as follows:
Girls
1.Pleasant Plains 38
2.Bowling Green 93
3.Quincy 97
4.Centralia 121
5.Macomb 123
Boys
1.Pleasant Plains 66
2.Quincy 91
3.Kirksville 102
4.Macomb 133
5.Moberly 182
In addition, there were a slew of individual medalists. They are as follows:
Boys:
Steven Melin, 4th place
Braden Moore, 6th place
Otis Sanders, 10th place
Girls:
Caroline Jachino, 3rd place
Bernedette Tournoux, 5th place
Brigid Tournoux, 14th place
Izzy Dossett, 17th place
Madison Utterback, 18th place
Open Race Girls:
Anna Moore, 7th place
Heidi Hergenrother, 8th place
Emily Higginson, 9th place
Campbell Beeler, 12th place
Neveah Ezzo, 15th place
This event marks the first time in girls invite history where all 5 girls placed in the top 20 for a meet.
Here's how our athletes compared to this meet last year (this year's time first, last year's time second.)
Caroline Jachino 19:47-19:59
Brigid Tournoux 21:29-21:41
Analise Brewer 23:16-25:02
Heidi Hergenrother 25:33-26:25
Emily Higginson 25:46-26:32
Steven Melin 17:15-17:41
Braden Moore 17:30-18:12
In addition, Steven Melin and Braden Moore set their all-time QND best marks running 17:15 and 17:30, respectively. They crushed their times from last year's regional meet where they ran 17:23 and 17:56, putting them nearly 6 weeks ahead of where they were last year. Great job everyone!