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Nea Finishes First; Bearcat Cross Country Team
September 07th 2019 by Staff Writer
Arcadia Valey, MO - The Dexter Bearcat cross country team participated in the Arcadia Valley Invitational this Saturday morning, September 7th. The event included student-athletes from Middle School, Junior Varsity as well as Varsity teams of both Boy and Girls from 40 school district. Participants included 449 boys and 325 girls athletes.
Teams involved in this large meet were Advance, Arcadia Valley, Bell City, Belleview, Bismarck, Bloomfield, Chaffee, Clearwater, Crystal City, Danby-Rush Tower, Delta, Dexter, Farmington, Fredericktown, Grandview, Greenville, Jefferson (Festus), John E. Evans (Potosi), Kelly, Kennett, Kingston, Marquand-Zion, Meadow Heights, North County, North St. Francois, Perryville, Poplar Bluff, Potosi, Puxico, Saxony Lutheran, Scott City, South Iron, St. Clair, St. Pius X (Festus), St. Genevieve, Valle Catholic, Viburnum, West County, Windsor, Woodland and Zalma.
The event began around 9;15 AM with Middle School followed by 9:55 for junior varsity teams. The varsity event started 11:00 AM for the boys and 11:30 AM for the girls team. The distance for the Middle School course was 1.5 miles while the High School course is 3.1 miles long.
Highlights of area runners in the Boys High School Division - Carter Dorton of Dexter had a strong finish of 8th with a time of 18:33.32. He was followed by Dexter's Gavin Cartwright with a 19th place finish and a time of 19:25.26. Bloomfield’s Joshua Reynolds finished 30th with a time of 19:51.02.
Highlights of area runners in the Girls High School Division - Margo Nea continues her dominance with a very strong first place finish with a time of 20:33.93. Gabriella Brown finished 31st with a time of 25:10.39.
Team Scores resulted with Dexter finishing 7th (147) in the High School Girls Division and the Dexter Boys Team Finished 6th overall (167). Total team scores are calculated by the number of top finishers your team has overall with individual finish points adding up to be your overall team points.
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY:
Dexter Bell, Clayton FR | Cartwright, Gavin JR | Christian, Jackson FR | Coleman, Gage JR | Cornelison, Alexander FR | Dorton, Carter JR | Duncan, Ryan FR | Ellinghouse, Andrew JR | Holden, Jordan JR | Kennard, Austin JR | McLaughlin, Miller SO | Parker, Wyatt SR | Simmons, Mason FR | Stone, Christopher (Matt) FR | West, Matthew JR
Bloomfield Barks, James FR | Hill, Dawson SO | Jarrell, Jeffrey SO | McMillan, Stevan SO | Reynolds, Joshua SO | Scott, Connor SO | Shackles, Evan FR | Wagster, Blake FR
Bell City Nichols, Luke JR | Rampley, Kennett FR
Advance Crader, Garrett SR | Driskill, Braden JR | Eggimann, Vincent JR
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY:
Dexter Annesser, Mckayla JR | Baker, Shea SR | Brown, Gabrielle SO | Chappell, Jaycee JR | Chasteen, Sophia SO | Gross, Allyssa FR | Lacy, Alanie JR | Medler, Layne JR | Milam, Olivia SR | Nea, Margo SR | Slaton, Madison SR | Ureta, Maria JR
Bloomfield Costigan, Johnna SR |
Bell City Nichols, Claire FR
Advance Duffield, Annabelle SO
Last Updated on September 07th 2019 by Staff Writer
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