VAN BUREN -- The Siloam Springs senior high cross county teams competed in Van Buren on Saturday in their final race of the regular season.
"Times weren't as fast as we anticipated Saturday," said head coach Sharon Jones. "Van Buren changed their course some and apparently that and the weather being hot and humid -- we were off a little."
The senior high boys finished third overall out of five teams in the 5A-7A division, while the senior high girls took second out of four teams.
The senior high cross country teams are now off until Nov. 3 when they host the 6A-West Conference Meet. The date has been moved back from the originally scheduled Nov. 1.
"The good news is there are no more early Saturdays this year," Jones said. "We have a little time to recoup and get ready for conference and state."
Boys
Fayetteville won the meet with 15 points, followed by Bentonville 71, Siloam Springs 78, Van Buren 93 and Alma 139.
Senior Parker Wallis finished eighth with a time of 18 minutes, 6.32 seconds to lead the Panthers.
Isaac Leachman was 12th at 18:22.71, while freshman Kerrig Kelly was 20th at 18:41.30 in his varsity debut.
Charlie Jones finished 24th at 19:00.40, while Daniel Norwood was 32nd at 19:21.99, David Williams was 33rd at 19:22.62 and Carlos Reyes was 38th at 19:37.49 to complete Siloam Springs' top seven scores.
Caleb Ellis was 39th at 19:37.85, Samuel Granderson was 42nd at 19:40.12, Chandler Stewart was 45th at 19:57.01 and Eli Hawbaker was 49th at 20:11.39.
Girls
Fayetteville won the girls meet as well with 15 points. Siloam Springs finished second with 47 points, followed by Bentonville at 95 and Rogers Heritage with 100.
Senior Jasmine Guillen placed sixth overall with a time of 21:10.28, followed by Brittany Pilcher in eighth at 21:35.30 and freshman Candy Dubon in 10th 21:40.30 in his varsity debut.
Chloe McGooden placed 11th at 22:01.81, while Allika Pearson was 12th at 22:07.12.
Rachel Thompson finished 14th at 22:32.90, and Caroline Farine rounded out the Lady Panthers' top seven scorers with a 17th place finish of 22:40.09.
Freshman Kimberly Guillen finished 19th at 22:54.86 in her varsity debut, while Lily Slater was 26th at 24:20.52, Abigail Cole 27th at 24:26.62 and Megan Rush 28th at 24:35.83.
Katie Bishop finished 36th at 27:03.41, while Melanie Capehart was 37th at 27:04.86 and Whitney Burns 41st at 29:33.39.
Sports on 10/19/2016