Centralia, Missouri Military Academy at Father Tolton Invitational

At the state Gans Creek Cross Country Course in Columbia, the Centralia boys won the Father Tolton Invitational by finishing first out of 22 teams with 56 points (Herculaneum was second with 106 points). Nolan Spickert finished second while setting the school-record time of 15:56.74, beating Rohan Holiman’s 2023 mark by 15 seconds. Other boys medalists included Wesley Robertson with a sixth-place time of 16:25, Jensen Decker with a 13th-place time of 17:22 and Lane Chancellor with a 14th-place time of 17:25. Kenedee Moss and Katie Asbury were medalists for the girls with respective times of a ninth-place 20:48 and 13th-place 21:19.

Jesus Robinson was Missouri Military Academy’s top finisher in 99th place.

Van-Far, Community R-6, Paris in Palmyra Invitational

In the school’s second meet, the Paris girls finished second in the team standings with 59 points and the boys took third with 87 points. Elizabeth Ross, Hadley Dodge and Mia Kendrick finished in consecutive places for the Lady Coyotes at 11th, 12th and 13th with times of 25:43, 25:49 and 25:54. Landen Chapman finished third for the Coyotes with a time of 17:40, Hayden DeOrnellas was 16th with a time of 19:50 and Case Morgan was 17th with a time of 20:04. The Paris girls and boys each won the team titles at their first meet in the Van-Far Invitational, and Chapman was the boys champion.

Garrett Hopke was Van-Far’s best finisher with a seventh-place finish in the boys race with a time of 18:50. Slade Keller was 21st with a time of 20:39. For the Lady Indians, Kylee Gibson was 26th with a time of 27:39.

For Community R-6, Gabby Knipfel was 37th and Grace McCoskey was 38th for the girls. Kyler Kobush was 64th for the top boys finish.