Junior high boys 10th at Panther XC Classic, girls take sixth

Bud Sullins/Special to the Herald-Leader Levi Fox was one of the Panthers’ top runners in the junior high large schools division of the Panther Cross Country Classic on Saturday at the Simmons Course.
Bud Sullins/Special to the Herald-Leader Levi Fox was one of the Panthers’ top runners in the junior high large schools division of the Panther Cross Country Classic on Saturday at the Simmons Course.

The Siloam Springs junior high boys cross country team finished 10th overall in the large school (5A-7A) junior high boys division of the Panther Cross Country Classic on Saturday on the grounds of Simmons Foods.

Bentonville won the meet with 44 points, followed by Springdale Central 55, Rogers 79, Fayetteville Purple 115, Fayetteville White 177, Fayetteville Woodland 177, Bentonville West 213, Russellville 236 and Fayetteville Ramay 237.

Siloam Springs scored 264 points, ahead of Rogers Heritage 352, Bentonville Washington 372, Rogers Elmwood 378, Springdale George 380, Greenwood 423, Springdale Lakeside 433, Farmington 483 and Rogers Kirksey 517.

Michael Capehart led Siloam Springs with a 26th place finish in the two-mile race of 12 minutes, 9.89 seconds.

Blake Morrison was 52nd at 12:34.61, while Levi Fox was 57th at 12:38.33, Yanni Trinidad 70th at 12:53.70, Jason Flores 80th at 13:00.53, Wilson Cunningham 85th at 13:04.05, Javier Chavez 86th at 13:04.31 and Connor Clayton 98th at 13:15.95.

Jordyn Baskins ran a time of 13;22.63, followed by Andy Almanza at 13:41.57, Dylan Garcia 13:47.29, Luke Fields 14:03.86, Dane Kelley 14:06.67, Camden Blackfox 14:29.96, Caleb Poor 14:30.33, Tate Broquard 14:32.01, Bryson Yeager 14:32.46, Cooper Shaw 14:37.62, Canyon Cross 14:38.00, Logan Sharp 14:47.53, Montana Herrel 14:47.89, Jacob Poor 14:52.93 and Seth Funk 14:58.69.

Also running for Siloam Springs was Thad Goetz 15:10.87, Nathan Vachon 15:14.44, Barrett Eldridge 15:14.83, Keegan Hansen 15:21.30, Ryan Lane 15:36.90, Ben Haak 15:46.53, Brian Duncan 15:47.14, Zeke Price 15:57.57, Malachi Becan 15:59.78, Truman Janes 16:12.16, Caleb Rodgers 16:27.30, Jeremy Seauve 16:40.80, Quiton Wilkie 16:41.00, Marcus Conrad 17:03.41, Nathan Thurstenson 17:05.28, Ben Stout 17:38.59, Jacob Moorman 18:10.85, Riley Harrison 19:10.79

A total of 382 boys participated in the large school division, while 134 ran in the small schools division 1A-4A. Green Forest won the small schools division.

Girls

Siloam Springs' junior high girls finished sixth overall in the large school junior high girls division of the Panther Cross Country Classic on Saturday on the grounds of Simmons Foods.

Bentonville was first with 63 points, while Fayetteville Purple finished second at 93, Fayetteville Woodland third at 101, Springdale Central 127, Bentonville Washington 139 and Siloam Springs 140.

Russellville was seventh at 163, followed by Rogers Elmwood 193, Fayetteville Ramay 230, Rogers Kirksey 273, Greenwood 277, Fayetteville White 326, Rogers Heritage 394, Springdale George 415 and Springdale Lakeside 464. Farmington and Rogers each had individuals compete but not enough to field a team score.

Ashlyn Walker led Siloam Springs with a seventh-place finish of 13:22.48, while Emily Brown was 13th at 13:52.43.

Grave Price finished 24th at 14:15.71, with Kadynce Hilburn taking 50th at 14:55.92, Hattie Price 54th at 14:59.10, Lilly Cole 57th at 15:02.64, Laurel Granderson 66th at 15:16.85, Shayla Conley 68th at 15:18.46, Brooke Price 76th at 15:28.64, Bethany Mejia 77th at 15:31.38, Abby Thompson 80th at 15:35.37, Leslie Cea 84th at 15:38.42, Crystal Mercado 85th at 15:39.07, Jacilyn Weilnah 86th at 15:42.22 and Hannah Glass 90th at 15:48.00.

Also running for Siloam Springs were Jordan Rush 16:08.76, Kendra Reimer 16:18.71, Sidney Pfeiffer 17:11.80, Vivian Conroy 17:14.80, Deanna Floyd 17:30.81, Faith Ellis 17:40.69, Leahla Schochler 19:04.01, Emma McLeod 19:06.48, Nyah Hostler 19:25.46, Samantha Blair 20:27.99, Hannah Green 23:19.32, Alexis Blair 23:35.36,

A total of 270 girls competed in the large school junior high division. A total of 80 competed in the small schools division, which was won by Pea Ridge.

Sports on 09/20/2017