The Marion Freeman Invitational was abuzz from the start about the field of competitors in the 800-meter run Saturday.
Anyone who has been at the state track meet has likely seen Marion Freeman. He’s been a fixture at the event for more than 45 years and was awarded the Distinguished Service Award at the 2012 state meet. He was named to the MTCCCA Hall of Fame in 2001, and the Clayton Invitational was renamed the Marion Freeman Invitational in 1993, 34 years after he started working as meet director.
Rock Bridge showed it has the depth and diversity to be a Class 4 girls contender when the postseason rolls around.
Ladue juniors Annie Donnell and Allison Moehrle share a unique bond seldom seen on the track.
Festus senior Jamie Kempfer graduated to the big leagues with her eye-popping 3,200-meter run Saturday at the Festus Early Bird Invitational
Hannah Long knew she wanted to get the 2014 track season off to a fast start, but even she couldn’t have predicted where her first 1,600-meter run of the year would lead her.
Charles “CJ” Jones could not stop smiling when he began his senior track season Monday.
The Missouri contingent at Foot Locker Cross Country Nationals had an exciting, yet slightly disappointing, day of racing Saturday in San Diego.
Even with the elite level of running that Noah Kauppila has achieved, he proved this postseason that there is always something new to learn about his sport.
Despite the wet and windy conditions in Terre Haute, Ind., the runners from Missouri made a statement at Sunday’s Nike Cross Nationals Midwest Regional.
After the first season where teams got a chance to see the Oak Hills Golf Center before the state meet, the typical response from those that participated in the Capital City XC Challenge in October was to downplay the talk of gaining an advantage.
Seven seconds. That’s all the time that separated Fatima’s first five scoring runners in the girls’ Class 2 state cross country race Saturday at Oak Hills Golf Center.
Potosi earned its first boys title since 2007 with 71 points, giving the Trojans their seventh team title in total.
Lamar junior Kaden Overstreet came close to a state title last year with a second-place finish, so he was not going to miss another opportunity.
The runners knew the battle at the front of the Class 3 boys’ race had big team implications. That added extra pressure to every stride as they neared the finish line.
Ste. Genevieve defended its girls’ title, scoring 46 points behind five all-state performances.
State trophies are nothing new for the Russellville girls. The boys joined the party this year as the Indians swept the Class 1 team titles.
Courtney Rogers knew what it would feel like to win a state title, but there was still something missing from this victory.
Russellville senior Miranda Hill felt fortunate just to be running in the Class 1 state meet Saturday, and winning the race was almost unfathomable even a month ago
Seth Brown can never doubt that he left everything out on the Oak Hills course.
The path to the podium was a little different this year, but at the end it was Francis Howell again as the top girls team in Class 4.
For a handful of fleeting moments, Lafayette thought it had won the Class 4 boys cross country title Saturday at Oak Hills Golf Center.
Taylor Werner was completely unaware that her target had moved.
Everything was different this time around the Oak Hills state cross country course for Marquette’s Noah Kauppila.
MICDS had a little extra motivation going into Saturday’s Class 3 District 2 cross country meet at Parkway Central.
Elise Marker was excited about winning the Class 3 District 2 meet, but she was more anxious about the team’s chances of advancing in the long minutes following Saturday’s race at Parkway Central.
Priory took advantage of every opportunity at the Class 3 District 2 meet Saturday to capture the title on the Parkway Central course with 57 points.
Cor Jesu earned third place in the girls’ race with 81 points at the Class 4 Sectional 1 meet giving the Chargers their first state berth in 10 years.
Lafayette will have to clear out some more room in the trophy case after sweeping the Class 4 Sectional 1 cross country races Saturday at Parkway Central.
Hannah Long proved all of her earlier season struggles were behind when she led start to finish to claim the Class 4 Sectional 1 cross country meet Saturday at Parkway Central.