district 7 cross country results

Senior Max Storms had a rematch with Maksim Korolev of Harrisonville and came out on top as the district champion. Max defeated Maksim by four seconds after running the entire race side by side until the final 200 meters. Max established a new course record in a time of 16:09, lowering the previous time held by Kevin Colon of Lee's Summit West(16:37)by twenty-eight seconds. Junior Jerry Rellihan(35th) came in next for O'Hara in a time 0f 20:37. Sophomore Andy Meyer(38th) fell after two miles spoiling his chance to make it to state. He was in 15th place before the fall. By the time he recovered, Andy managed to finish in a time of 21:18. Sophomore Thomas Armenta(23:25) crossed 46th, freshman Collin McKinney(25:15) 47th, and freshman Sam Baird(25:47) 48th. The Boys team was 6th out of 6 full teams.
The Lady Celtics were led by senior Aliyah Jones, who placed 20th in a time of 24:12. Freshmen Paige Bush(22nd) and Claire Becker(23rd) followed closely behind in a time of 24:35 and 24:36.
Sophomore Amy Gaston was fourth (25th) in 25:05 and freshman Katelyn Gutteridge(26th) was
the fifth runner for the Celtics in 25:18. Junior Kristina Snyder(41st) was timed in 29:47, and sophomore Erin Scott(42nd) in 30:33. The girls team placed 4th out of 5 teams.

Helias Meet Results 10/13

The O'Hara cross country team ran at Binder Park in Jefferson City on Saturday. Max Storms was the overall individual champion in a new course record of 16:14. Andy Meyer also medaled by placing 17th in the big school division. The boys team placed 4th out of five teams; while the girls were fifth out of five full teams. The O'Hara girls were led by Aliyah Jones. McKenzie Shelton placed 4th in the JV race. Stevie Katzer, former runner, medaled in her first meet running for her Longview Community College team. She placed 14th in a personal best of 21:17.
She was also her team's number one runner.

September 26

Injuries have been prevalent this year on the cross country team. We have had shin splints, ankle sprains, bursitis, stress fractures and strained quad muscles. The weather has been somewhat cooperative, if one enjoys humidity with their running shoes. Next week's KC Metro race at Ray Pec High School looks to be cooler than in year's past. Our team has the responsibility of giving out the medals for the varsity girls and boys races. The top 100 runners will receive medals in each race. The competition at this meet will be the finest in the Kansas City area. One will get a clear look at what individuals will be vying for state titles. The Max Storms/ Maxsim Korelev battle continues. Will Lee's Summit West Boys dominate again?

September 23 results

Max Storms was the individual champion of the Smithville CC Invitational meet in a winning time of 16:28. This was his second course record of the season. The other medalists were Aliyah Jones in the varsity girls race with a 19th place finish. The two other medal winners were Katelyn Gutteridge and Paige Bush. The girls team placed sixth overall with 109 points.
The boys placed 8th with 151 points out of ten teams. The Celtics were assisted by 2007 graduate, Stevie Katzer, who is running for Longview Community College this season. Stevie ran for the first time ever in the 21 minute range at her meet last week in Joplin.

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