Capehart leads Panthers at Berryville Back 40

BERRYVILLE -- Sophomore Michael Capehart ran a personal record time of 17 minutes, 6.88 seconds and the Siloam Springs boys cross country team finished in first place of the 4A-5A varsity boys division of the Berryville Back 40 on Saturday.

Siloam Springs finished with 31 points, while Huntsville was second at 39, Berryville third with 64 and Pea Ridge in fourth with 86.

Capehart's best time was 40 seconds better than his previous time of 17:46.9.

Junior Kerrig Kelly finished third overall at 17:25.10, while senior Samuel Granderson was sixth at 18:04.67.

Junior Adam Kennedy ran a personal record of 18:34.72 -- a 37-second improvement -- and finished 10th overall, while Blake Morrison also had a personal record of 18:37.77 and finished 11th with an improvement of 34 seconds.

Sophomore Ben Humphries improved his time by more than two minutes with a PR of 20:10.58 and finished 24th.

Sophomore Luke Fields placed 25th at 20:15.74.

Girls

The Siloam Springs girls finished second overall and had four runners earn personal records.

Harrison took first place with 28 points, while the Lady Panthers had 44, Pea Ridge 87, Huntsville 101 and Berryville 106.

Senior Chloe McGooden placed third overall behind Harrison's Ruthy Ryan (20:16.86) and Camryn Casey (20:51.17). McGooden ran a mark of 21:04.70.

Sophomore Quincy Efurd set a personal record with a time of 21:37.73 -- a 10-second improvement -- while sophomore Sydney Moorman was 10th at 21:45.42.

Junior Candy Dubon placed 11th at 22:06.03 with junior Rebekah Rodgers finishing 12th at 22:09.22 and senior Brittany Pilcher 13th at 22:18.27

Junior Kailey Pentz placed 19th at 23:16.91, while sophomore Abby Thompson set a new personal record with a 24th place finish of 24:31.77, a 1:01 improvement.

Sophomore Jordan Rush placed 25th with a personal record of 24:33.69, which was an improvement of 1:46, while sophomore Bethany Mejia finished 26th with a personal record of 24:38.87, bettering her previous mark by 1:14.

Senior Katie Bishop placed 30th at 27:48.87, while junior Mary Grace Green finished 37th at 29:59.95.

Up next

Both teams are scheduled to run Thursday in the Greenwood meet.

Sports on 10/03/2018