Van-Far, North Callaway

Van-Far boys win first EMO conference cross country championship

Posted 10/24/26

The Van-Far boys have won several meets this year and were atop the Eastern Missouri Conference field on Saturday.

In the EMO conference championship meet in Bowling Green, the Indians won their …

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Van-Far, North Callaway

Van-Far boys win first EMO conference cross country championship

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The Van-Far boys have won several meets this year and were atop the Eastern Missouri Conference field on Saturday.

In the EMO conference championship meet in Bowling Green, the Indians won their first conference title after finishing with 39 points  and six points ahead of Bowling Green, who has won 24 of the previous 27 titles. All five of their runners earned individual all-conference honors by finishing in the top 15.

Garrett Hopke, Slade Keller and Tyler Carlyle were first team all-conference for finishing in the top 7. Hopke was fourth with a time of 17:22.43, Keller was fifth with a time of 17:31.23 and Carlyle was seventh with a time of 18:16.47. Earning second team all-conference were Jaydon Hug-Hernandez in 11th place with a time of 18:38.50 and Harrison Wright in 12th place with a time of 18:44.10. 

North Callaway’s Hunter Jansen just missed all-conference with a 16th-place time of 18:54.56, which was a second behind Montgomery County’s Caleb Waters. Trevor Jansen was 36th.

For the girls, there were no Van-Far all-conference runners as Khloe Wallace, Elliott Utterback and Mylee Keller finished from 19-21 with respective times of 23:22.12, 23:41.36 and 23:48.03. North Callaway’s Elaina Arcala just missed all-conference honors with a time of 22:43.98, which was two seconds behind Mark Twain’s Maggie Bergthold, and Adrienne Egly was 22nd. 


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