Junior high boys fifth at cross country meet

VAN BUREN — The Siloam Springs junior high boys cross country team finished fifth in the 5A-7A division Saturday at the Van Buren Classic.

Springdale Central won the meet with 34 points, followed by host Van Buren 91, Fayetteville Woodland 95, Bentonville 103, Siloam Springs 122, Fayetteville 132, Fayetteville Ramay 156, Fort Smith Ramsey 234, Fort Smith Chaffin 268 and Alma 291.

Thomas Bridgeman was the Panthers’ top runner, finishing 16th overall with a time of 12 minutes, 12.63 seconds.

Michael Capehart placed 21st at 12:25.95, while Isaac Price was 27th at 12:37.87 and Yanni Trinidad 33rd at 12:50.43.

Blake Morrison placed 45th at 12:59.29, Chase Mills 46th at 13:00.87 and Adam Kennedy rounded out Siloam Springs’ top seven scores in 49th at 13:05.18.

Jason Flores placed 58th at 13:20.67, followed by Andy Almanza in 71st at 13:42.93, Dakota Collette 77th at 13:48.74, Jordyn Baskins 93rd at 14:06.09, Javier Chavez 97th at 14:10.40 and Blaise Becan 98th at 14:10.57.

Avrey Della Rosa ran a time of 14:13.45, while Logan Sharp finished in 14:46.53, Tate Broquard 14:49.37, Jacob Poor 14:59.08, Luke Fields 15:04.10, Seth Funk 15:06.44, Caleb Poor 15:11.03, Ben Haak 15:20.15, Malachi Becan 15:33.32, Cole Geyer 15:33.58, Dylan Lawrence 15:55.78 and Montana Herrell 15:57.72.

Also running for Siloam Springs were Nathan Blair 16:00.09, Eladio Quinones 16:07.32, Landon Tyler 16:28.00, Hunter Keys 16:39.55, Matthew Hargett 17:06.13, Quinton Wilkie 17:36.17 and Christopher Svebek 17:43.44.

Junior high girls

The Siloam Springs girls finished fourth overall in the meet.

Fayetteville Woodland was first with 42 points, followed by Fayetteville Ramay 69, Springdale Central 70, Siloam Springs 95, Fayetteville White 127, Van Buren 182, Bentonville 182, Fort Smith Chaffin 252, Fort Smith Darby 252 and Fort Smith Ramsey 264.

Sydney Moorman led the Lady Panthers with a 10thplace finish of 14:07.43.

Rebekah Rodgers finished 11th at 14:15.38, while Kailey Pentz was 17th at 14:29.57 and Claudia Mercado 32nd at 15:12.74.

Jacilyn Weilnah placed 34th at 15:13.60, Brooke Price 40th at 15:24.90 and Lilly Cole completed the top seven scores in 45th at 15:42.47.

Hannah Glass placed 46th at 15:44.50, followed by Reanna Holmes in 50th 15:58.89, Abby Thompson in 52nd at 16:05.18, Bethany Mejia 58th at 16:20.28, Shayla Conley 59th at 16:22.58, Leslie Cea 60th at 16:23.56, Laurel Granderson 61st at 16:26.01 and Jordan Rush 65th at 16:46.10.

Also running for Siloam Springs was Rebecca Largent 17:09.31, Aurora Conroy 17:18.74, Megan Greathouse 17:19.04, Sarah Hancock 17:19.96, Mary Grace Green 17:50.44, Katie Low 18:24.83, Samantha Largent 19:29.23 and Hannah Green 20:52.16.

Up next

The seventh- and eighth-grade cross country runners will compete Oct. 25 in Bentonville, while the ninth-grade runners will participate in the 7A-West Conference meet in Rogers on Nov. 1.