Author: Jimmy Gillispie
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Pleasant Hill teams compete in Lee’s Summit
The Pleasant Hill girls cross country team battled some of the top teams in the state at the Kris Solsberg Invitational in Lee’s Summit on Saturday. The Chicks finished 13th out of 15 teams at a meet that included nearly a dozen Class 5 teams. Leading the way for the Chicks was junior Brooke Beck.…
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Norris breaks her own record, wins Southern Stampede
Just two weeks after breaking her own school 5K school record, Harrisonville junior Kayleigh Norris has done it again. On Saturday, she beat a talented field at the Missouri Southern Stampede in Joplin. It marked Norris’ third win in as many meets. Norris won the meet with a time of 17 minutes and 43.42 seconds.…
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Hocker Singh wins Olathe Twilight meet; Olathe West girls take title
OLATHE — Olathe North senior Anjali Hocker Singh earned the first of what’s likely to be a handful of victories in her final prep cross country season. Hocker Singh won the Olathe Twilight meet Saturday night, earning the win by 13 seconds. The three-time state champ, who’s aiming to win her fourth in October, crossed…
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Shively takes crown, Rock Bridge boys win Olathe Twilight meet
OLATHE — Clay Shively pointed to the sky with both hands in the air as the crossed the finish line Saturday night on the track of the Olathe District Activity Center. The Wichita Trinity senior who has committed to Northern Arizona beat a stacked cast at the Olathe Twilight meet that included former state champions…
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Shawnee Mission North senior Blomker, Olathe West girls win Greg Wilson Classic
Micah Blomker kicked off his season with a win Saturday at the Greg Wilson Classic in Shawnee. The Shawnee Mission North senior easily won the 5K race in a time of 15:18.4. He won the race by 19 seconds. Blue Valley West senior Brock Olsen finished as the race runner-up. Rounding out the top five…
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Harrisonville’s Norris, Liberty boys win Tim Nixon Invite
Harrisonville junior Kayleigh Norris continues to be a force to be reckoned with since becoming one of the best runners in Missouri last spring. Norris won the Girls Silver division, but beat all girls in both divisions. She won the Silver division by more than a minute, and won the overall race by a few…
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Pleasant Hill sophomore Beck medals at state
Pleasant Hill sophomore Brooke Beck saved her best race of the season for last. On Friday morning, Beck capped her season with a fifth-place finish at the Class 4 state meet in Columbia. She finished the 5-kilometer course in a personal-record time of 19 minutes and 17.1 seconds. Beck, who finished fifth at the previous…
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Norris wins Class 4 district meet
With less than one kilometer in the race, Kayleigh Norris made her move up the last big hill Saturday and left Sisely Mitchell behind en route to winning the Class 4 District 4 championship. Norris, a Harrisonville sophomore, separated herself from the Platte County junior on the last big ascent at the Jesse James Park…
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Busy weekend across three states
Teams from all across the Kansas City area participated in various meets last weekend, but three of those were the most prominent. It started last Friday with the Roy Griak Invitational in Minnesota, where a handful of teams competed in one of the largest meets in the nation. Each race saw more than 450 runners,…
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Free State boys, Olathe West girls win Baldwin Invite
BALDWIN CITY, Kan. – In between the star-studded fields at the Olathe Twilight and Rim Rock meets, the Baldwin Invitational could be considered a smaller meet. But, it’s only small in terms of quantity. Although there were only about a dozen teams at the Baldwin City Golf Course – now named the Spielman Cross Country Course…
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