NIXA, Mo. — Led by a pair of individual district champions, Webb City is sending two full squads to the state cross country championships.
Webb City’s boys and girls both finished in the top four of the team standings at the Class 4 District 2 meet on Saturday at Inman Intermediate School.
At each district meet, the top four teams and the top 30 individuals advance to the state meet.
Webb City’s boys finished third in the team standings with 122 points. West Plains (61) and Willard (77) were first and second. Rolla finished fourth with 129 points.
It’s the fourth straight season the Webb City boys are taking a full squad to state.
Webb City junior Evan Stevens was the individual medalist with a time of 15:57.
Also for the Cardinals, Mason Hedger took 12th to earn all-district honors, while Andrew Dawson was 31st, Spencer Kendall finished 33rd and Ricardo Arrieta was 45th.
As far as local individual qualifiers, Monett’s Julio Cruz placed sixth (16:43) and his teammate Victor Salas was 24th. Carl Junction’s Isaac Willoughby finished 25th and McDonald County’s Hunter Leach was 27th.
The Webb City girls placed fourth in the team standings with 101 points. The top three teams were West Plains (49), Rolla (91) and Bolivar (101).
Webb City senior standout Abi Street won the girls race with a time of 18:53.
Webb City’s Brooke Hedger placed ninth and Rachel Miller was 25th. Both earned all-district recognition.
Also competing for the Cardinals were Holly Capron (33rd), Emily Countryman (36th) and Kristina Bundy (52nd).
Nevada’s Avery Morris placed 15th and her teammate Allie Rains was 29th. Monett’s Mary Jastal finished 30th.
The MSHSAA Cross Country Championships will be held on Nov. 4 for athletes in Class 4-5 at Gans Creek Cross Country Course in Columbia.
FULL RESULTS: MSHSAA Class 4 – District 2 2022 – Meet Results (milesplit.com)
