The High School Cross Country had a meet on October 2, at Chester. There were a total of fifteen teams at this meet, including Okawville. First was the boys’ race. Ryker Obermeier (12th grade) placed 6th with a time of 18:12.46. Gabe Charles (11th grade) placed 19th with a time of 19:03.70. Kaden Buehler (11th grade) placed 31st with a time of 20:08.71. Ransom Lugge (9th grade) placed 32nd with a time of 20:12.15. Clay Maynard (11th grade) placed 47th with a time of 20:57.33. Zander Hasheider (12th grade) placed 68th with a time of 25:04.95. Brett Henderson (9th grade) placed 76th with a time of 32:22.71. Next was the girls’ race. Caroline Tepe (12th grade) placed 1st with a time of 19:25.65. Kaylee Wolf (10th grade) placed 9th with a time of 21:55.06. Katelyn Gogolek (10th grade) placed 13th with a time of 22:34.37. Sophia Wood (11th grade) placed 34th with a time of 25:45.94. Madisyn Rennegarbe (12th grade) placed 52nd with a time of 27:32.14. Emma Hokeness (10th grade) placed 55th with a time of 28:10.62. The girls’ team placed 3rd overall for this meet. The boys’ team also placed 3rd for this meet.
The High School Cross Country team also had a meet on Saturday, October 4, at Wesclin. There were a total of 24 teams at this meet, including Okawville. First was the girls’ race. Kaylee Wolf (10th grade), placed 23rd with a time of 21:14.7. Katelyn Gogolek (10th grade), placed 27th with a time of 21:17.6. Sophia Wood (11th grade), placed 53rd with a time of 24:22.1. Madisyn Rennegarbe (12th grade), placed 62nd with a time of 25:31.2. Taylor Statler (10th grade), placed 78th with a time of 27:12.3. Emma Hokeness (10th grade), placed 82nd with a time of 27:31.7. Lucy Pille (9th grade), placed 97th with a time of 31:40.3. Skylar Wilfong (9th grade), placed 98th with a time of 32:18.6. Next was the boys’ race. Ryker Obermeier (12th grade), placed 14th with a time of 17:14.5. Gabe Charles (11th grade), placed 30th with a time of 17:58.3. Kaden Buehler (11th grade), placed 44th with a time of 18:52.4. Ransom Lugge (9th grade), placed 58th with a time of 19:18.6. Clay Maynard (11th grade), placed 61st with a time of 19:25.4. Zander Hasheider (12th grade), placed 101st with a time of 21:56.5. Brenden Heizer (9th grade), placed 116th with a time of 23:06.2. Brett Henderson (9th grade), placed 128th with a time of 27:41.6. The girls’ team placed 7th overall for this meet. The boys’ team placed 5th overall for this meet. The High School Cross Country team’s next meet will be on Saturday, October 11, at Benton.