Saturday, November 1, 2008

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.

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