Junior Zoey Elliott of the Salem High girls’ cross country team has qualified for the Missouri Cross Country State Championships with her performance at the Class 3 District 2 Meet Saturday, Nov. 1 at El Dorado Springs.
The top four teams and 30 individuals moved on from district to the Missouri Class 3 State Meet, to be held Friday, Nov. 7 at the Gans Creek Course in Columbia.
Elliott finished 14th individually at the district meet Saturday with a time of 22:10.72 over the 5,000-meter course. Fair Grove’s Katrina Cantwell was the girls’ district medalist with a time of 19:14.70. Osage won the girls’ team title with 52 points while Houston was runner-up with 86.
In the boys’ meet Springfield Catholic won the team crown with 63 points and Osage was second with 79. Salem finished 15th with 433.
Hollister’s Scenery Mendoza was the boys’ medalist at 15:37.18. Stetson Mobray was the top Salem finisher, placing 78th.
Nov. 1 at El Dorado Springs
Team Standings: 1. Osage 52*, 2. Houston 86*, 3. Springfield Catholic 89*, 4. Fair Grove 92*, 5. Strafford 110, 6. Mountain Grove 133, 7. Cassville 167, 8. New Heights Christian 176, 9. East Newton 191.
Top-3 Individual State Qualifiers: 1. Katrina Cantwell, Fair Grove, 19:14.70; 2. Lyla Huffman, Houston, 19:29.40; 3. Emma Belk, Springfield Catholic, 0:23.20.
Salem Results: 14. Zoey Elliott 22:10.72*, 58.Danica Garner 26:18.89, 85. Clara Cooper 33:50.68.
Team Standings: 1. Springfield Catholic 63*, 2. Osage 79*, 3. Fair Grove 90*, 4. Strafford 128*, 5. Reeds Spring 157, 6. Mountain Grove 183, 7. Hollister 199, 8. Lamar 212, 9. Clever 217, 10. Ava 235, 11. Houston 272, 12. Cassville 295, 13. East Newton 299, 14. Forsyth 365, 15. Salem 433.
Top-3 Individual State Qualifiers: 1. Scenery Mendoza, Hollister, 15:37.18; 2. Kyle Hathcock, Springfield Catholic, 16:24.57; 3. Cinch Dowling, Fair Grove, 17:08.49.
Salem Results: 78. Stetson Mobray 20:49.50, 97. Nicholas Thies 22:09.64, 109. Kobe Walker 24:39.15, 110. Linkyn Atkinson 24:41.79, 116. James Felkerson 27:59.72.
