The Siloam Springs junior high cross country teams competed Saturday in the annual Panther Cross Country Classic held on the Simmons Course.
The junior high girls finished fourth overall while the junior high boys were fifth with both teams competing in the Class 5A-7A division.
"The rain held off and it turned into a perfect day to have the meet," said Siloam Springs junior high coach Conlan Efurd. "There were estimated over 3,000 runners and family members that attended the races this weekend. I couldn't be more pleased with the assistance from the community. Parents are so willing to give their time for the students and the cross country program. It's what makes our meet run so smoothly."
Complete results are available at race-wizard.com or ar.milesplit.com.
Junior high girls
Bentonville won the 5A-7A girls division with 39 points, followed by Springdale Central 110, Fayetteville Woodland 118 and Siloam Springs 139. Fayetteville Ramay was fifth at 162, followed by Rogers 168, Russellville 190, Bentonville Fulbright 215, Bentonville West 218, Bentonville Lincoln 242, Greenwood 247, Fayetteville White 272, Bentonville Washington 315, Springdale George 467, Springdale Lakeside 472 and Farmington 481.
Fayetteville Purple and Rogers Heritage also had individuals competing in the meet, but they did not have any runners to field a team score.
Gabby Reina of Springdale Central finished first overall out of 258 runners with a time of 12 minutes, 40.14 seconds.
Candy Dubon led Siloam Springs with a 13th place finish of 13:42.04. Sydney Moorman was 21st at 14:04.59, while Kimberly Guillen finished 28th at 14:19.19 and Kailey Pentz 34th at 14:31.60.
Rebekah Rodgers placed 43rd at 14:46.59, while Hannah Glass was 66th at 15:34.15 and Shayla Conley 70th at 15:44.25.
Claudia Mercado ran a time of 15:47.11, while Jacilyn Weilnah finished in 15:52.52, Brooke Price 15:59.77, Jordan Rush 16:07.62, Lilly Cole 16:32.78, Reanna Holmes 16:35.95, Laurel Granderson 16:40.76, Abby Thompson 16:46.84 and Rebeccea Largent 16:51.88.
Also running for Siloam Springs was Leslie Cea 17:00.81, Aurora Conroy 17:01.23, Bethany Mejia 17:20.87, Mary Grace Green 18:03.41, Sarah Hancock 18:08.82, Katie Low 20:31.18 and Hannah Green 21:49.13.
Jay won the 1A-4A junior high girls division, edging out Pea Ridge, which finished with 67 points. Green Forest was third with 71, followed by Elkins 86, Berryville 92, Bergman 138, St. Vincent De Paul 188, Haas Hall 228 and Arkansas Arts 261.
Gentry, Huntsville, Prairie Grove, Providence Classical Christian Academy, St. Joseph's Catholic School, The New School, Trinity Junior High and West Fork all had participants in the meet but did not field enough for a team score.
Morayila Huaracha of Elkins finished first out of 102 girls with a time of 13:46.94.
Junior high boys
Bentonville's Luke Pabst ran a first-place time of 11:16.99 and finished first out 358 boys as the Tigers won the 5A-7A boys division with 46 points. Springdale Central came in second at 48, followed by Rogers at 133, Fayetteville Woodland 151 and Siloam Springs in fifth at 188. Fayetteville Purple had 194, while Bentonville Washington had 196, Bentonville Lincoln 217, Fayetteville Ramay 278, Bentonville Fulbright 294, Fayetteville White 307, Springdale Lakeside 309, Bentonville West 316, Russellville 336, Springdale George 396, Greenwood 489 and Farmington 549.
Rogers Heritage had participants but did not have enough runners to field a team.
Thomas Bridgeman finished seventh overall with a time of 11:37.43 to lead Siloam Springs.
Kerrig Kelly finished 17th at 12:06.76, while Michael Capehart was 40th at 12:42.67 and Yanni Trinidad 57th at 13:06.82.
Adam Kennedy placed 67th at 13:14.12, while Isaac Price was 71st at 13:17.49 and Chase Mills 74th at 13:21.37 to round out Siloam Springs' top seven finishers.
Tyler Sharp ran a 13:27.05, while Blake Morrison finished in 13:38.09, Javier Chavez 13:43.56, Jason Flores 14:03.00, Dakota Collette 14:04.79, Blaise Becan 14:16.56, Theron Perkins 14:18.02, Avrey Della Rosa 14:18.83, Andy Almanza 14:31.41, Jordyn Baskins 14:44.80 and Tate Broquard 14:54.26.
Luke Fields ran a 15:08.77, followed by Seth Funk 15:17.54, Cole Geyer 15:32.05, Montana Herrell 15:37.99, Jacob Poor 15:49.44, Nathan Blair 15:59.05, Ben Haak 16:07.38, Logan Sharp 16:13.20, Ryan Lane 16:17.80, Esai Flores 16:19.69, Caleb Poor 16:20.59, Landon Tyler 16:21.07 and Hunter Keys 16:59.91.
Also running for Siloam Springs was Malachi Becan 17:09.04, Dylan Lawrence 17:21.14, Matthew Hargett 17:38.79, Quinton Wilkie 17:50.12, Eladio Quinones 18:04.16 and Christopher Svebek 20:53.56.
West Fork won the 1A-4A junior high boys division with 39 points, led by a finish of 12:02.28 from Wyatt Kurt, who took first place out of 136 boys.
Green Forest was second with 67 points, followed by Berryville 85, Pea Ridge 116, Trinity 143, Elkins 184, The New School 227, Jay (Okla.) 254, Eureka Springs 260, Prairie Grove 261, Providence Classical Christian 263, St. Vincent De Paul 281, St. Joseph Catholic School 287 and Arkansas Arts 386
Haas Hall and Huntsville had participants but not enough runners to field a team.
Sports on 09/21/2016