AURORA, Mo. — With five runners in the top 14, Carl Junction’s girls captured the team championship at the Hot Dawg Cross Country Invitational on Thursday at Aurora High School.
In the first meet of the 2022 season, the Bulldogs compiled 35 points, with Providence Christian (50), Cassville (58) and Sarcoxie (83) rounding out the team places.
Alexis Carpenter led Carl Junction by finishing seventh in 23:21. Also for the Bulldogs, Delaney Harris was 10th, Audrey Fletcher took 11th, Bailey Feken was 12th, Sadie Burchett finished 14th and Klohe Burk took 20th.
Providence Christian’s Gabbie Bishop was the girls champion with a time of 18:55.
Cassville’s Jolie Evans placed third (21:19), Pierce City’s Emma Hunt was fourth (21:44), Mount Vernon’s Rylee Simons took sixth (22:50), Aurora’s Drew Mayes finished eighth (23:35) and Cassville’s Jadyn Williams-Reed placed ninth (23:39).
Sarcoxie’s Laney Dorris took 13th and McDonald County’s Anna Price, Clara Horton, Kate Cheney and Madison Burton finished 16th through 19th, respectively.
On the boys side, Providence Christian won the team championship with 31 points. Rounding out the team standings were Cassville (43), McDonald County (70), Carl Junction (112), Aurora (147), Marionville (178), Mount Vernon (197) and Valley Springs (215).
Cassville’s Caleb Leach won the boys race in 17:40.
Carl Junction’s Jack Lawson finished fourth in 18:09 and McDonald County’s Hunter Leach placed sixth in 18:49.
Cassville’s Charles Elliott and Ethan Bohmke finished eighth and ninth, while Mac County’s Lane Pratt was 10th.
McDonald County’s Blaine Ortiz took 16th and Carl Junction’s Alexander Allison finished 17th.
