COLUMBIA, Mo. — College Heights Christian’s girls captured the Class 1 crown at Saturday’s MSHSAA Cross Country Championships at Gans Creek Cross Country Course.
It’s the first state title in girls cross country for the school. College Heights has been the runner-up three times and third once, according to the MSHSAA website.
On Saturday, College Heights finished with 91 points and Valle Catholic was second with 109. Harrisburg (116) and Van Buren (118) were third and fourth.
College Heights senior Grace Bishop finished the 5-kilometer race fourth with a time of 20:48. Bishop went to the front early in the race and stayed there until the end.
Also for the Cougars, Klohe Burk was 22nd (22:27), Jayli Johnson finished 32nd (23:00), Madelynn Jordan placed 61st (24:08), Shelbi Post was 62nd (24:10), Madi Carson finished 80th (24:48) and Avery Parker was 92nd (25:09).Jasper’s Olivia Moss was 44th, McAuley Catholic’s Kendall Ramsey was 56th, Thomas Jefferson’s Sarah Mueller finished 69th and Liberal’s Abby Barton was 95th.
Blue Eye’s Riley Arnold was the individual medalist with a time of 18:45.
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Jasper’s Hunter Hinds was the lone runner from the Joplin region to earn a top-25 finish. A senior, Hinds placed 11th with a time of 17:32.
Liberal had three runners finish in the top 60, as Bryson Overstreet finished 39th, Max Dingman was 47th and Rowdy Myers was 58th.
Thomas Jefferson’s Kip Atteberry finished 51st and College Heights’ Caleb Quade was 76th.
