Wildcats run to 4th at Pink Out XC Invitational

The Cassville cross country program hosted its annual Pink Out Invitational on Oct. 8 at the Cassville Aquatic Center Park, with 28 total schools participating in the high school and middle school divisions.

The Wildcats ran to fourth place in the high school boys division, just behind Lamar for third. Carl Junction won the event, with McDonald County taking second.

The Lady Wildcats had four runners finish, meaning they did not qualify for a team placement.

At the middle school level, Cassville shined in the boys and girls races. Led by Dade Zajac,

Jaxen Anderson and Nathan Lyons taking fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively, the Wildcats as a team took top honors in the middle school division in a field of 10 teams.

The Lady Wildcats middle school runners took second place as a team, falling 10 points behind Monett.

“We had a great turnout, and our runners ran great,” said Erin Flehmer, Cassville XC assistant coach.

Individual results, with medals going to the top 25, include:

Varsity boys: 67 runners, 3.1 miles

Trever Garnett, 7th, 18:53

Jacob Hudson, 8th, 19:09

Tyson Bohmke, 30th, 20:18

Jameson Barnes, 29th, 20:07

Fisher Moore, 32nd, 20:37

Evan Butler, 37th, 21:19

Simon Gates, 43rd, 22:04

Daniel Sledden, 59th, 25:16

Varsity girls: 46 runners, 3.1 miles

Kayli Anderson, 12th, 23:16

Claire Reuter, 22nd, 25:48

Lydia Cupps, 29th, 26:44

Elizabeth Butler, 34th, 27:53

Middle school boys: 119 runners 1.5 miles

Dade Zajac, 4th, 9:47

Jaxen Anderson, 5th, 9:52

Nathan Lyons, 6th, 9:52

Donovan Mikesh, 13th, 10:16

Vincent Buttram, 60th, 12:03

Vinny Griffanti, 68th, 12:19

Liam Harvey, 84th, 13:11

Middle school girls: 90 runners, 1.5 miles

Hattie Lyons, 3rd, 10:57

Briley Artherton, 6th, 11:20

Kynzleigh Scott, 20th, 12:04

Molly Cox, 25th, 13:32

Addy Ramaeker, 26th, 12:34

Cassville next runs in the Big 8 Championships at Lamar on Tuesday. The Class 3, District 2 race is on Nov. 2.