Smithville and West Platte runners, St. Teresa’s team lead way at state cross country
The Kansas City area can celebrate a pair of silver medalists after Friday’s day two performances at the three-day Missouri high school girls cross country state championships in Columbia.
Smithville senior Olivia Littleton and West Platte freshman Julia Pattison were runners-up in their respective classes at the 5-kilometer Gans Creek course: Littleton at 18 minutes, 30.4 seconds in Class 4, Pattison in 19:39.4 in Class 2
Lilian Jackson, a junior from St. Charles West, won the Class 4 girls race in 18:21.6.
Junior Sydney Swan (19:10.0, 8th) and freshman Gracie Jacobs (19:27.3, 11th) paced St. Teresa’s to a third-place showing in the team standings. West Plains won the team title and Cor Jesu was runner-up. Smithville finished fourth, Kearney seventh, Platte County eighth and Grandview 17th.
Among the boys in Class 4, Riley Simpson of West Plains won the boys race in 15:39.5, followed by Cullen Krieg of Festus (15:56.5) and Conrad Hogenkamp of Chaminade Prep (16:01.3). Festus won the Class 5 boys team title, followed by Webb City and West Plains.
Platte County was eighth, Kearney 11th, Grandview 12th and Lincoln Prep 13th.
Class 2
Rita Eimer, a senior at St. Pius X of Festus, won the girls Class 2 race in a time of 19:37.2. Pattison was second and Brookfield’s Alex Sharp finished third at 20:03.9.
In the girls team competition, Arcadia Valley finished first, followed by North Platte, St. Pius X (Festus), West Platte and Summit Christian. Sophomore Adriana McGregor of Summit Christian placed 11th in 20:46.6.
Sam Shuman of Spokane won the Class 2 boys race in 16:03.6, followed by Nathan Hinrichs of New Bloomfield (16:15.4) and George Blanco of Bishop DuBourg (16:23.4).
The boys team competition was won by Father Tolton Catholic, followed by Steelville and Lexington. Summit Christian placed ninth. Summit Christian’s Caleb Benton finished seventh individually in 16:43.2.
Other classes
The Class 5 and 1 races were Saturday: Class 5 girls, 8:30 a.m.; Class 5 boys, 11 a.m.; Class 1 girls, 1:30 p.m.; and Class 1 boys, 4 p.m.
The Class 3 boys and girls races were run Thursday.
This story was originally published November 6, 2020 at 3:02 PM.