Community R-6 runs at Palmyra Invitational, Paris teams finish high in standings

The Community R-6 runners had their best times on Saturday in Palmyra.

The runners from Paris had good showings for their teams as well at the Palmyra Invitational. The Paris girls were second with 30 points — one point behind Monroe City — and the boys were fourth with 96 points — one point behind Palmyra.

Grace McCoskey and Evelyn Scott finished 30th and 33rd in the girls 5,000 meters but had their best times of 32:55.42 and 35:35.93, head coach Josie Hess said. 

In that same race, Paris had three girls finish in the top six in Mairyn Kinnaman’s third-place 22:43.64, Alexandra Tullius’ fourth-place 23:04.86 and Ava Crain’s sixth-place 23:57.16. Kaylee Johnson was 11th at 25:00.52, and Midori Williams was 17th with a 26:23.14.

For the Paris boys, Landen Chapman finished third with a time of 18:25.61. Chase Graupman was 16th with a 20:17.09.

Edie Wormington was Paris’ best middle school runner with a fifth-place time of 11:33.16 in the girls 2,500 meters.

Schmauch, Young achieve top North Callaway marks at Linn XC Invitational

Pressley Schmauch and Tristan Young were at the top of North Callaway again on Saturday.

In the Linn Cross Country Invitational, Schmauch had North Callaway’s best finish with a fifth-place time of 20:46.99. Young had the boys’ best time of 18:50.38 in 13th place.

Grace Rasmussen finished 28th with a time of 24:28.01 in the girls 5,000 meters.

Calla Tripp was North Callaway’s best middle school runner with an 18th-place time of 14:29.76 in the girls 3,200 meters.

Centralia boys win Father Tolton XC Invitational, MMA compete in event

The Centralia boys won another meet title on Saturday.

The Panthers won the Father Tolton XC Invitational, beating out 17 other teams including besting Fatima by one point with 65 points. Rohan Holiman led the way for Centralia in third with a time of 17:01.25, Dryst Bostick followed in sixth with a 17:15.37 and Eli Hill, Carter Moss and Wesley Robertson were in the top 25 in 18th (18:00.30), 19th (18:00.97) and 22nd (18:18.36).

Missouri Military Academy’s top runner in the boys 5,000 meters was Gerardo Quiroga in 36th with a time of 18:37.70. Michael Pfeifer was 79th with a time of 20:26.17 as the Colonels were 14th as a team.

For the Centralia girls, they finished seventh out of 13 teams, being led by top finisher Kenedee Moss in 14th with a time of 21:28.63. Shelby Lewis followed in 19th with a 21:59.62, and Rylee Palmer was 31st with a 23:06.17.

Centralia’s and Mexico’s top middle school runners were each in the boys 3,000 meters. Centralia’s Nolan Spickert was the runner-up with a time of 10:28.17 — behind winner Sean Burns’, of Southern Boone, 10:06.47. Mexico’s Seth Stevenson was 16th with a 11:53.63.

Mexico middle school runners medal at MMA Invitational

During the Father Tolton XC Invitational, Seth Stevenson's 16th-place finish led a team fifth-place finish out of 10 teams for Mexico Middle School.

Israel Hernandez finished 30th, Reid Bickell was 31st and Angel Muralles Pedroza ran to 34th to follow Stevenson, and three days prior on Sept. 6, several Bulldogs medaled.

Seven Bulldogs medaled for first place Mexico during the MMA Invitational. 

The top 10 runners medaled. Muralles Pedroza had the best finish with a second-place time of 11:35, Hernandez was third with a 11:36, Bickell was fourth with a 11:45, Stevenson was fifth with a 11:57, Carter Jackson was sixth with a 12:01, Alex Matuz was ninth with a 12:21 and Easton Stuart was 10th with a 12:21.