Individuals, Kelly boys advance to state meet

P Jackson and Cape Central fail to qualify as teams, but each will send four runners.

ST. LOUIS -- Jackson and Cape Central competed in the Class 4A sectionals at Jefferson Barracks Park Saturday with mixed results.

Jackson will be represented by two boys, Josh Minson (14) and T. J. Humphrey (20), and two girls, Nicole Fadler (16) and Carol Koenig (18).

Krista Mouser, a state qualifier last year, suffered a fall and missed a chance to return with a 34th-place finish.

Cape Central qualified three boys, but the girls, who were expected to do well, had only one qualifier for the state meet.

Jake Knepp (22), Josh Revelle (27) and Mike Gerber (28), the only three boy participants for the Tigers, advanced along with freshman Jennifer Pancoast (20) on the girls' side.

"The boys all ran exceptionally well and had to just make it through and that was exciting, but we were very disappointed with the girls race," said Cape Central coach Mark Hahn. "We expected better."

Complete results in Scoreboard on 4B.

CLASS 3A, DISTRICT 1

POTOSI, Mo. -- Perryville failed to qualify its boys or girls team, but will send three individuals to the state meet.

The top two teams and top 15 individuals in the district qualify for the state championships in Jefferson City Saturday.

Kent Hadler (5th) and Tim Chitwood (8th) will represent the Perryville boys, while Hannah Steffens (12th) is the lone qualifier for the girls.

Teamwise, Potosi (46) and Farmington (55) finished 1-2 in the boys division. Farmington (40) and De Soto (57) topped the girls side.

Complete results in Scoreboard on 4B.

CLASS 2A, DISTRICT 1

ST. LOUIS -- The Kelly boys cross country team qualified for the Class 2A state meet by finishing second in the District 1 meet at Jefferson Barracks.

The Hawks, 41 points, finished runnerup to Herculaneum, which finished with 25 points. For the second year in a row, Notre Dame placed third, finishing with 95 points..

Only the top two teams and top 15 individuals qualify for Saturday's state meet at Hough Park in Jefferson City, Mo.

Notre Dame did manage to qualify sophomore Ryan Roggow, who placed 11th in 18:29.

Herculaneum freshman Preston Lingo won the 3.1-mile race in 17:34. Kelly's Adam Lofton finished second, six seconds behind Lingo. Kelly also had four other runners in the top 15: Adam Daughhetee (6th, 18:06), Ashley Hahn, (8th, 18:19), Trey Simmons (12th, 18:34) and Lance Scheffer (12th, 18:34).

making the trip to state as part of Kelly's team will be Lance Ferrell (16th, 18:44) and Michael Glastetter (19th, 19:05).

Herculaneum also won the girls competition with 19 points, followed by Hancock (56), Notre Dame (80), St. Pius X (102) and Kelly (111).

Notre Dame qualified two individuals: freshman Megan Rosenquist, who ran a personal-best 22:23 to finish seventh, and junior Sarah Unterreiner (8th, 22:41).

Shannon Lawson of Kelly (14th, 23:30) also qualified for state.

Herculaneum senior Steph Hill won the event in 20:01.

Complete results in Scoreboard on 4B.

CLASS 1A, DISTRICT 1

SPANISH LAKE, Mo. -- Oak Ridge's second-year program has its first-ever state qualifiers.

Melinda Schoen qualified with a 12th-place finish in the girls division and Terry Bogenpohl took the final qualifying spot in the boys division, a 15th-place.

The boys' team just missed a trip to state with a third-place finish. The top two teams qualify.

Complete results in Scoreboard on 4B.

CLASS 1A, DISTRICT 5

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Mo. -- Rebecca Cook and Sarah Cook of Delta qualified for the 1A state meet by finishing eighth and ninth, respectively. Rebecca crossed the finish line in 22:42, while Sarah was two seconds behind.

-- From staff reports