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and Ron Gregory Invitational October 15th , 2005 Bandstand Pavilion Course - Swope Park, MO |
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West Plain boys and girls teams boys win. Sr-Keaton Morgan (WP) runs 16:56 for the victory, while soph-Brittani Johnson (WP) runs 19:28 to win. Read Jim Conaway's Preview of the Event.
Team Standings
Varsity Boys
1. West Plains 18 ( 1- 2- 4- 5 - 6 9-11)
2. Rockhurst 60 ( 8-10-13-14-15 16-18)
3. KC Lutheran 96 ( 3-17-19-22-35 x- x)
4. Ruskin 97 ( 7-12-23-27-28 31-32)
5. Van Horn 130 (20-25-26-29-30 36-37)
6. Lincoln Prep 150 (21-24-33-34-38 39- x)
7. Hickman Mills 4 runners [77-89-96-98]
8. Westport 2 runners [103-104]
9. Barstow 1 runner [78]
10. Northeast no runners
Paseo no runners
Varsity Girls
1. West Plains 15 ( 1- 2- 3- 4- 5 6 � 7)
2. Barstow 4 runners [13-14-15-20]
3. Van Horn 4 runners [11-16-17-22]
4. Lincoln Prep 2 runners [ 7-12]
5. Hickman Mills 2 runners [10-21]
6. Westport 2 runners [19-23]
7. Ruskin 1 runner [18]
8. KC Lutheran no runners
Northeast no runners
Paseo no runners
VARSITY BOYS INDIVIDUAL:
Overall Team
Place Place Athlete Grade School Time
1 1 Keaton Morgan 12 West Plains 16m56s
2 2 Clayton Schafer 11 West Plains 17m01s
3 3 David Geoglein 12 KC Lutheran 17m09s
4 4 Jeremy Jens 11 West Plains 18m21s
5 5 Phillip Palamino 9 West Plains 18m22s
6 6 A.J. Cameron 11 West Plains 18m33s
7 7 Ronnie Jackson 11 Ruskin 18m40s
8 8 Mitch Briggs 9 Rockhurst 18m49s
9 9 James Roe 10 West Plains 18m55s
10 10 Bobby Tonnies 12 Rockhurst 19m02s
11 11 Thomas Williams 11 West Plains 19m03s
12 Justin Kulter 9 West Plains 19m04s
13 12 Roland Denson 9 Ruskin 19m06s
14 13 Ben McAnany 10 Rockhurst 19m07s
15 14 Daniel Friedricksen 10 Rockhurst 19m08s
16 15 Josh Hubbard 12 Rockhurst 19m15s
17 Jacob Montgomery 9 West Plains 19m20s
18 16 Alex Berry 11 Rockhurst 19m26s
19 Brad Kinther 9 West Plains 19m26s
20 17 Aaron Viets 10 KC Lutheran 19m32s
21 18 Jack Borken 11 Rockhurst 19m34s
22 Robby Haden 9 Rockhurst 19m41s
23 19 Taylor Hall 11 KC Lutheran 19m42s
24 20 Chris Williams 11 Van Horn 19m43s
25 Derek Lyssy 11 Rockhurst 19m44s
26 Michael O'Bryan 11 Rockhurst 19m51s
27 Bryce Wehling 9 Rockhurst 19m56s
28 Corbin Kline 11 Rockhurst 19m57s
29 Michael Wytock 10 Rockhurst 19m57s
30 Pat Fletcher 9 Rockhurst 19m59s
31 Ben Williams 10 West Plains 20m01s
32 21 Davaile Durham 11 Lincoln Prep 20m02s
33 Drew Joice 11 West Plains 20m07s
34 Dominic Ishmael 10 Rockhurst 20m08s
35 Kevin O'Sullivan 12 Rockhurst 20m10s
36 Zach Dehaemers 12 Rockhurst 20m11s
37 Charlie Regan 12 Rockhurst 20m19s
38 Steven Nelson 9 Rockhurst 20m24s
39 Matt DeCapo 12 Rockhurst 20m25s
40 Kevin O'Connor 9 Rockhurst 20m25s
41 Sam Gorosh 9 Rockhurst 20m26s
42 David Colten 11 Rockhurst 20m27s
43 Reade Fors 11 Rockhurst 20m32s
44 22 Luke Miller 12 KC Lutheran 20m35s
45 23 Kevin Linn Ruskin 20m37s
46 Landon Perry 10 West Plains 20m38s
47 Michael Link 12 Rockhurst 20m45s
48 David Lappin 10 Rockhurst 20m49s
49 David Maitione 10 Rockhurst 20m57s
50 David Messick 10 Rockhurst 20m59s
51 Kenny Jenkins 11 Rockhurst 21m01s
52 Brent Seae 12 Rockhurst 21m03s
53 24 Jeremiah Grear 11 Lincoln Prep 21m04s
54 Thomas Cotter 11 Rockhurst 21m08s
55 Nick Becken 10 Rockhurst 21m09s
56 25 Jacob Brown 12 Van Horn 21m10s
57 Mike Schmidt 10 Rockhurst 21m11s
58 Jason Coleman 12 Rockhurst 21m12s
59 Derek Poskin 11 Rockhurst 21m18s
60 Luke Clifford 9 Rockhurst 21m25s
61 Tommy Larson 9 Rockhurst 21m26s
62 Michael Mussman 9 Rockhurst 21m41s
63 Jim Kappen 12 Rockhurst 21m48s
64 Austin Choi 9 Rockhurst 21m50s
65 26 Kavika Aupiu 9 Van Horn 21m56s
66 Ben Sander 11 Rockhurst 22m02s
67 Andrew Brain 9 Rockhurst 22m04s
68 John Barnthouse 9 Rockhurst 22m05s
69 27 Edwin Talifero Ruskin 22m07s
70 John Mahoney 10 Rockhurst 22m15s
71 28 Aaron McElwain Ruskin 22m18s
72 Alex Balmaceda Rockhurst 22m18s
73 29 Kenny Ahhee 10 Van Horn 22m19s
74 Gerrit Smith 12 Rockhurst 22m23s
75 Hunter Hamilton 9 Rockhurst 22m40s
76 Daniel Hene 11 Rockhurst 22m43s
77 Charles Davis Hickman Mills 22m46s
78 Nolan Christensen 9 Barstow 22m47s
79 Sean Eskew 12 Rockhurst 22m55s
80 Pat McNamara 11 Rockhurst 23m00s
81 Luke Prados 12 Rockhurst 23m01s
82 30 Tomas Soto 12 Van Horn 23m07s
83 Spencer Jones Rockhurst 23m08s
84 Spencer Crook 10 Rockhurst 23m17s
85 31 Kabe Kryzanowksi Ruskin 23m24s
86 32 Brent Becker Ruskin 23m27s
87 33 Ryan Lincoln Prep 23m31s
88 34 Chris Robinson 11 Lincoln Prep 23m44s
89 Carlton Carter Hickman Mills 23m45s
90 Jarrel Brown Ruskin 24m10s
91 Clint Useldinger Ruskin 24m11s
92 Bobby Straughn 9 Rockhurst 24m13s
93 Deavon Crowder 10 Ruskin 24m53s
94 Grant Smith 9 Rockhurst 25m11s
95 35 Boomer Jenkins KC Lutheran 25m12s
96 David Harris Hickman Mills 25m14s
97 36 Patrick Suay 9 Van Horn 25m18s
98 Kevin Robinson Hickman Mills 25m21s
99 Thomas Schleicher Ruskin 26m00s
100 37 Mark Orcutt 9 Van Horn 26m47s
101 38 Jacob Powell 9 Lincoln Prep 27m00s
102 39 Cameron Slatten 9 Lincoln Prep 27m59s
103 Zaquan Cox Westport 30m02s
104 Marcus Williams Westport 30m04s
VARSITY GIRLS INDIVIDUAL:
Overall Team
Place Place Athlete Grade School Time
1 1 Brittani Johnson 10 West Plains 19m28s
2 2 Emily Sexton 12 West Plains 19m53s
3 3 Makenzie Seidel 10 West Plains 21m10s
4 4 Jennifer Overturt 11 West Plains 21m10s
5 5 Laken Adkisson 9 West Plains 22m21s
6 6 Sabrina Petermen 9 West Plains 23m18s
7 Esther Greer Lincoln Prep 23m23s
8 7 Dacey Mitchell 9 West Plains 23m33s
9 Berra Zurbrick 9 West Plains 23m34s
10 Marjorie Cobb 9 Hickman Mills 23m56s
11 Shaela Pickering 9 Van Horn 25m14s
12 Tyrisha Chambers Lincoln Prep 25m14s
13 Kristine Bey 11 Barstow 26m01s
14 Victoria Hess 9 Barstow 26m43s
15 Macy Ritchey 11 Barstow 26m49s
16 Skylin Fagala-Sipple 9 Van Horn 28m03s
17 Ashley Garrett 9 Van Horn 28m03s
18 Ashley Bellingausen Ruskin 30m20s
19 Kanesha Harris Westport 32m04s
20 Devon Reagan 9 Barstow 32m32s
21 Sarah Heinz Hickman Mills 33m09s
22 Crista Johnson Van Horn 33m26s
23 Kendra Brooks Westport 35m13s
- Special Preview by Jim Conaway - Meet officials plan to honor 1955 state cross country champions KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Oct. 12) – Honoring St. Louis Sumner High School’s 1955 boys cross country state championship team will be an added feature of the 11th annual Dick and Ron Gregory Invitational boys and girls high school cross country meet scheduled for Saturday on the Bandstand Pavilion course at Swope Park. Eleven schools – Kansas City School District schools Central, Lincoln Prep, Northeast, Paseo Academy, Van Horn and Westport along with Hickman Mills, Kansas City Lutheran, Rockhurst, Ruskin and West Plains, the Class 3 defending boys and girls state champions – have returned contracts to participate in the meet sponsored by the Kansas City School District. The meet will begin at 11 a.m. with a race for middle school boys and girls. The junior varsity boys and girls race is scheduled for 11:15. The varsity boys will toe the line at 11:30 and the varsity girls will run at noon. The awards ceremony is slated for 12:30. The meet, meanwhile, has been named in honor of the Gregory brothers Dick and Ron, the only brother combination in the history of the state meet to claim four individual championships. Dick – who is known for his work as a Civil Rights activist, nutritionist and comedian – was the 1950 individual state champion as a junior while attending Sumner High School in St. Louis. Dick later attended and run track and cross country at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale where he became the first track or cross country athlete to receive the school’s Outstanding Athlete award during the 1953-54 school year. Ron was a three-time individual state champion in 1954, 1955 and 1956 for Sumner and helped his team win the state championship in 1955. He and Chris Zinn of West Plains are the only two athletes in state meet history who have captured three individual state championships. Ron later attended and run track and cross country at the University of Notre Dame where he won All-America honors in both sports and set a world indoor record for the 880-yard run. When Ron and his Sumner teammates won the state meet on Friday, Oct. 28, 1955, the state meet wasn’t the same type of affair as it is today. To start with, the meet was held at Forest Park in St. Louis instead of the Oak Hills Golf Course in Jefferson City. Then the racing distance was two miles instead of 5,000 meters. Only one class instead of the current four-class system existed. Plus teams did not have to qualify for the meet. If a coach felt his team was good enough, he simply entered his team in the meet. And it was a meet for boys only. The Public High League of St. Louis ended up with the top three teams as 19 schools earned team scores. Sumner with its top five finishing among the top 15 edged Hadley Tech 39-47. Vashon was third with 60. Gregory’s winning effort of 10 minutes and 50.4 seconds was supported by junior Thomas Halton, senior Frank Hicks, junior Rufus Washington and senior Robert Coburn, respectively, who placed seventh, ninth, 11th and 13th. “It’s pretty amazing as I look back upon it,” Ron Gregory said. “When I enrolled as a freshman at Sumner High School, it was interesting and funny with how they had everything planned and ready for me because of the success my brother Dick had had. They had my class schedule planned and my sweats ready. Yet running long distance was the last thing in the world I wanted to do. I tried every trick in the book to get out of it from saying I had to baby sit to lying about lying about a job I didn’t have. “After I won the mile in a varsity track meet against St. Mary’s, that changed everything. Running became my life and I can remember how the older men in my neighborhood would watch my training routine of running a number of times around the block. Being motivated to train wasn’t a problem after that.” Gregory and his teammates thought they had finished second as a team shortly after completing the 1955 state meet run which was contested in pouring rain. Hicks, usually the squad’s No. 2 runner, fell after being passed by Vashon’s Wayne Imes shortly before reaching the finish chute. Hicks, who had lost only to Gregory prior to the meet, managed to regain his balance and stumble to a ninth-place finish. Then Warren St. James, the Sumner coach, made an error in adding his team score and first thought his team had finished two points behind Hadley Tech when he compared his score with Hadley coach Jim Hutton. But the error was corrected in time for the awards presentation. “As I look back on it, what happened was amazing,” said Louis Virdue, who later won individual championships in 1959 and 1960 for Vashon High School. “The black community in St. Louis was more tightly-knit at that time and athletes who had success in cross country were highly-regarded. My older brother Aaron (a two-time state meet medalist) and I took what we did in cross country very seriously. I can remember where we would spend many a Saturday afternoon in the front of the mirror in our living room and we would mimic the arm action of runners while saying something like ‘I’m Gregory.’” Vashon followed Sumner as an all-black high school to win state championships in boys cross country by claiming the 1956, 1958 and 1960 meets. Gregory and his teammates will be participating Saturday in the famed Million Man March in Washington, D.C., and won’t be in attendance at the Gregory meet. But officials of the Public High League in St. Louis plan honor Gregory and his 1955 teammates at their championship meet on Tues., Oct. 18 at O’Fallon Park. Officials of the Missouri State High School Activities Association also plan to recognize the group at the state championship meet on Sat., Nov. 5 at the Oak Hills Golf Center in Jefferson City. [additional information may be obtained by meet director Jim Conaway of the Kansas City School District at 1-816-483-5733 or [email protected] ALL-TIME TOP 20 LISTS:
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