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Boys
A total of six runners finished under 16:00 minutes led by West Plains
senior Josh Harper in 15:14.70. Kenneth Bowling's (Republic) 4:59.4 average
helped him to a second place finish of 15:30.20. Bowling pulled away from
Harper's teammate, Matt Brown, who finished third in a time of 15:38.60.
The nationally ranked West Plains Zizzers won with 27 points and placed
all seven runners within 15th place. Twenty teams competed in the boys
race. The Glendale high school pack was the closest team to the Zizzers
by finishing 91 points behind, with 118 total points. In a dual for fifth
place, Brain Roe (West Plains) nipped Brian Gosnell (Tahlequah) with respective
times of 15:59.10 and 15:59.50. Finishing nine seconds ahead was fourth
place Chase Feltner of Russellville with a time of 15:50.10. And rounding
out the top seven was Burt Hicks of Lake Hamilton in a time of 16:03.10.
Girls
For the Lady Zizzers, success, as usual, followed on the girls side of
things. They finished with a better score of 22 points, but "only"
had seven runners within 18th place. However, St. Thomas Aquinas narrowed
the gap by finishing within 65 points in a total of 87 points for a team
score. Sixteen teams competed in the girls race. With four runners in
the top six, sophomore Jennifer Harper (West Plains) won in a time of
18:39.40. As her teammate won by averaging 6:00 minute miles, freshman
teammate, Mindy Lahey, finished second in a time of 18:57.20. Finishing
10 seconds behind Lahey was Lake Hamilton's Beth Madson in a time of 19:06.9.
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