Indians' seniors finish 1-2-3 at Jackson Invitational cross country meet

Jackson's girls cross country team showed it will have some senior leadership this year as the Indians finished 1-2-3 in the senior division race at the Jackson Invitational on Saturday at Jackson City Park.

Megan Barnum won the girls' 2.35-mile race in 15 minutes, 1 second to finish 58 seconds ahead of teammate Courtney Hahs, while Ana Compton placed third in 16:05. The Indians accumulated the lowest possible score with six points as the top three finishers' places made up the team total.

All three Indians are returning state qualifiers from last year's team that placed fourth at the state meet.

"I think we're really going to gel well by the end of the season," Jackson coach Andrea Talley said. "Right now we're finding our way."

The Indians also featured a 1-2 finish in placing first in the sophomore race, with Kaylee Wilson, also a state returner, winning in 15:54 and Faith Littleton taking second.

Jackson's Megan Barnum finished first in the girls senior race in a time of 15 minutes, 1 second.Fred Lynch

"I think for the first meet they did pretty well," Talley said. "For the first meet we just wanted it to be just solid. This isn't the end of the season, we're just getting started. We're just beginning in our work and entering our second phase of training and we haven't done a lot of speed work yet."

Talley said the Indians have had to work within the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) guidelines regarding heat, which has restricted training.

"We knew we weren't super race sharp, but I think just getting our training in however we could during this weather," she said. "I think we did well for where we are and the training that we had," Talley said.

The Indians also took fifth in the girls junior race and second in the 1.95-mile freshmen race.

Kirkwood dominated on the boys' side, where the top four indvidual scores counted, winning the team titles in all but the senior race, where it finished second to Farmington.

Jackson placed fifth in the senior and junior boys races, and second in the sophomore and freshman races.

St. Vincent also had a strong showing among the boys, taking fourth in the junior division and third in the sophomore division. The Indians also placed fourth in the girls' junior race.

Cape Girardeau Central placed fourth in the boys freshman race and fifth in the girls sophomore race.

Boys

SENIORS

Team Scores -- 1. Farmington 18, 2. Kirkwood 63, 3. Jefferson (Festus) 68, 4. Rockwood Summit 75, 5. Jackson 76

JACKSON -- Brent Warner (6, 13:24), Kyle Kester (11, 14:03), Glen Boyd (15, 14:36) Braden Dobbs (44, 16:54)

JUNIORS

Team Scores -- 1. Kirkwood 12, 2. Fox 63, 3. Mehlville 109, 4. St. Vincent 122, 5. Jackson 123

JACKSON -- Gage Kinder (18, 14:52), Damian Tucker (23, 15:13), Calvin Crenshaw (38, 16:53), Austin Lambert (44, 17:06)

ST. VINCENT -- Andrew Lipe (8, 13:47), Dominic Sauer (22, 15:01), Peyton Doza (37, 16:41), Brandon Halvak (55, 18:04)

SOPHOMORES

Team Scores -- 1. Kirkwood 20, 2. Jackson 46, 3. St. Vincent 132, 4. Farmington 137, 5. Mehlville 176

JACKSON -- Landon Carlton (4, 13:36), Scout Pettit (7, 13:52), Gavin Jones (17, 14:43), Clay Rhinehart (18, 14:44)

ST. VINCENT -- 12. Joe Baer (12, 14:23), Caleb Roth (30, 15:56), Nick Geile (36, 16:36), Blake Naeger (54, 18:39)

FRESHMEN

Team Scores -- 1. Kirkwood 28, 2. Jackson 64, 3. Farmington 95, 4. Cape Central 115, 5. Dexter 176

JACKSON -- Ethan Walz (3, 11:54), Luke Wendel (14, 12:46), Will McQuade (18, 12:56), Ben Petzoldt (29, 13:34), Braden Austinburg (31, 13:17)

CAPE CENTRAL -- Merctio Reynard (4, 11:57; Stasis Williams (25, 13:13; Emery Davis (39, 14:13), Tyler Sikes (47, 14:45)

INDIVIDUAL (TOP 25)

SENIORS -- 1. Jacob Ouler 13:05 (Farm) 2. Matt McCoder 13:00 (Farm); 3. Ryan Carson 13:01 (Farm), 4. Nate Fraeling (Fox) 13:03, 5. Caleb Gaylord (Potosi) 13:20; 6. Brent Warner (J) 13:24; 11. Kyle Kester (J) 14:03; 15. Glen Boyd (J) 14:36; 22. Charlie Ledbetter (Delta) 15:05; 24. Cade Long (Advance) 15:11; 25. Phillip Francisis (CC) 15:11

JUNIORS -- 1. Evan Adrian (Kirk) 13:01; 2. Jack Adams (Kirk) 13:25; 3. Kyle Kubernat (RS) 13:25; 4. James Bairs (Kirk) 13:28; 5. David Belkers (K) 13:31; 8. Andrew Lipe (SV) 13:47; 18. Gage Kinder (J) 14:52; 22. Dominic Sauer (SV) 15:01; 23. Damian Tucker (J) 15:13

SOPHOMORES -- 1. Christian Baker (Kirk) 12:47; 2. Jared Neikirk (CC) 13:05; 3. Jacob Ewen (Kirk) 13:18; 4. Landon Carlton (J) 13:36; 5. Darren Reese (Potosi) 13:39; 7. Scout Pettit (J) 13:52; 9. Isiah McMullin (CC) 14:02; 12. Joe Baer (SV) 14:23; 16. Drew Kranawetter (OR) 14:39; 17. Gavin Jones (J) 14:43; 18. Clay Rhinehart (J) 14:44; 24. Sylvester Morse (OR) 15:15

FRESHMEN -- 1. Brett Lynch (Potosi) 11:29; 2. Martin Strong (Kirk) 11:50; 3. Ethan Walz (J) 11:54; 4. Merctio Reynard (CC) 11:57; 5. Thomas Lee (Perryville) 12:09; 9. David Layton (OR) 12:32) 10. Zack LeGrand (OR) 12:39; 13. Trent Friedrich (SV) 12:42; 14. Luke Wendel (J) 12:46; 18. Will McQuade (J) 12:56; 25. Stasis Williams (CC) 13:13

GIRLS

SENIORS

Team Scores -- 1. Jackson 6, 2. Farmington 26, 3. Kirkwood 26, 4. Rockwood Summit 27, 5. Valle Catholic 74

CAPE CENTRAL -- Andrea Lopez (24, 18:44)

JACKSON -- Megan Barnum (1, 15:01), Courtney Hahs (2, 15:59), Ana Compton (3, 16:05)

PERRYVILLE -- Lydia Koch (14, 17:39)

JUNIORS

Team Scores -- 1. Rockwood Summit 27, 2. Farmington 31, 3. Kirkwood 31, 4. St. Vincent 35, 5. Jackson 42

CAPE CENTRAL -- Morgan Kluge (22, 18:35)

JACKSON -- Margo Motes (8, 17:08), Julia Tidwell (14, 17:28), Abby Sadler (20, 18:28)

OAK RIDGE -- Jordan Layton (25, 18:55)

SOPHOMORES

Team Scores -- 1. Jackson 13, 2. Jefferson (Festus) 33, 3. Rockwood Summit 41, 4. Farmington 45, 5. Cape Central 49

CAPE CENTRAL -- Mattie Huff (14, 17:18), Alyssa Davis (15, 17:24), Allison McDonald (20, 18:16)

JACKSON -- Kaylee Wilson (1, 15:54), Faith Littleton (2, 16:00), Kennedy Bauer (10, 16:49), Maddie Barnum (17, 17:29)

FRESHMEN

Team Scores -- 1. Kirkwood 18, 2. Jackson 26, 3. Mehlville 29, 4. Rockwood Summit 32, 5. Fox 62

JACKSON -- Taylor Goodson (2, 14:06), Mary Calvin (9, 14:51), Erin Huff (15, 15:49), Kayden Fisher (16, 15:54)

INDIVIDUAL (TOP 5)

JUNIORS -- 1. Katie Sliger (PB) 15:26; 2. Lizzi Eastland (RS) 16:24; 3. Tabby Stowers (Kirk) 16:24.83; 4. Corin Carroll (SV) 16:38; 5. Abby Buchheit (SV) 16:55

SOPHOMORES -- 1. Kaylee Wilson (J) 15:54; 2. Faith Littleton (J) 16:00; 3. Amee Martin (Fox) 16:09; 4. Skyler Stearns (Potosi) 16:33; 5. Bree Allgier (Potosi) 16:34

FRESHMEN -- 1. Ally Goaden (Kirk) 13:09; 2. Taylor Goodson (J) 14:06; 3. Elisa Holtzman (RS) 14:19; 4. Emily Tesselato (Mehl) 14:21; 5. Kayley Heeter (Potosi) 14:22