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Chillicothe Invitational - 1st
Chillicothe won their own meet, placing five of the top six runners
in the small meet. Chillicothe won the event with 20 points,
Kirksville was second. A total of 20 runners from four schools took
part in the Boys Varsity meet. A Kirksville runner won the boys
event in a time of 16:37.
"I'm very pleased with everyone's effort" commented
Hornets Coach Tim Riekena. "The weather was great and even tough the
course was wet and soft, the Chillicothe runners were fast."
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Chillicothe Boys |
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Chillicothe Girls |
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| 2nd |
Steven Taylor |
17:29 |
1st |
Mary
Kate Taylor |
20:39 |
| 3rd |
Casey Pryor |
18:01 |
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| 4th |
Daniel Riekena |
18:07 |
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| 5th |
Ben
Griffin |
18:14 |
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| 6th |
Timm
Derrickson |
18:14 |
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| 8th |
Thomas Cassity |
19:06 |
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| 10th |
Drew
Hinton |
19:11 |
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Platte County Invitational - 1st
Chillicothe won the Platte County Invitational out of 14 complete
teams and 20 schools. Chillicothe finished with 73 points,
Smithville 2nd with 77 and Platte County 3rd with 90. "This was a
great win for us" commented coach Tim Riekena. "The team went into
the meet confident they could run with other teams there. We know we
need to run faster times but getting our top five in the top 25
spots was a very solid performance, especially in a meet this size."
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Chillicothe Boys |
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Chillicothe Girls |
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| 10th |
Steven Taylor |
18:37 |
4th |
Mary
Kate Taylor |
21:04 |
| 13th |
Casey Pryor |
18:44 |
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| 14th |
Daniel Riekena |
18:45 |
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| 17th |
Ben
Griffin |
18:52 |
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| 24th |
Timm
Derrickson |
19:04 |
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| 60th |
Drew
Hinton |
20:54 |
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| 70th |
Thomas Cassity |
21:10 |
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St
Joseph Benton Invitational - 1st
Chillicothe
picked up their third
straight meet victory, easily winning the Benton invitational with
30 points. Benton was a distant second with 60 and Maryville with
61. Chillicothe had 6 of their starting boys runners win a top 20
medal and their lone girls runner finished 2nd. Chillicothe also won
the JV meet and had the top individual in the JV and Freshman races.
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Chillicothe Boys |
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Chillicothe Girls |
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| 3rd |
Steven Taylor |
17:40 |
2nd |
Mary
Kate Taylor |
20:43 |
| 4th |
Casey Pryor |
17:57 |
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| 5th |
Daniel Riekena |
18:01 |
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| 7th |
Ben
Griffin |
18:14 |
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| 11th |
Timm
Derrickson |
18:37 |
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| 19th |
Parker Leatherman |
19:21 |
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| 21st |
Drew
Hinton |
19:49 |
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St Joseph Lafayette -
1st
Chillicothe
picked up their fourth
straight meet victory, easily winning the Lafayette invitational with
28 points. Winnetonka was 2nd with 94, Maryville 3rd with 101,
Lawson with 138, Hamilton with 156, Savannah with 175, Excelsior
Springs with 176 and William Chrisman with 213.
Coach Tim Riekena was pleased with the team's
performance. "ALmost everyone improved considerably over last year's
time. This is what we are working toward." Mary Kate Taylor
won the girls race.
In an interesting side note, Travis Henry
in the Junior Varsity race lost both of his shoes during the course
and finished the final mile in his socks, finishing 11th out of 42
runners. Chillicothe Junior Varsity won the JV meet.
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Chillicothe Boys |
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Chillicothe Girls |
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| 2nd |
Casey Pryor |
17:58 |
1st |
Mary
Kate Taylor |
21:05 |
| 3rd |
Steven Taylor |
18:07 |
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| 6th |
Daniel Riekena |
18:17 |
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| 7th |
Ben
Griffin |
18:20 |
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| 10th |
Timm
Derrickson |
18:28 |
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| 23rd |
Thomas Cassity |
19:43 |
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| 30th |
Parker Leatherman |
20:05 |
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Savannah Invitational
- 5th
Chillicothe managed just 3rd place in the 5-team Savannah
Invitational. Kansas City St Pius X won with 34 points, West Platte
had 50, Chillicothe 61, Kearney 65 and Savannah 146.
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Chillicothe Boys |
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Chillicothe Girls |
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| 8th |
Steven Taylor |
18:05 |
4th |
Mary
Kate Taylor |
20:28 |
| 9th |
Daniel Riekena |
18:07 |
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| 16th |
Ben
Griffin |
18:29 |
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| 17th |
Casey Pryor |
18:32 |
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| 22nd |
Timm
Derrickson |
18:50 |
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| 27th |
Thomas Cassity |
19:44 |
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| 31st |
Drew
Hinton |
19:54 |
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Excelsior Springs
Invitational - 2nd
Chillicothe
finished 2nd in the
Excelsior Springs Invitational by two points. St Joseph Central had
66 points, Chillicothe with 68, Independence: Truman 108, Smithville
112, Marshall 117, Liberty 149 and St Joseph Benton 209
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Chillicothe Boys |
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Chillicothe Girls |
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| 4th |
Casey Pryor |
17:38 |
8th |
Mary
Kate Taylor |
21:17 |
| 7th |
Steven Taylor |
17:50 |
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| 16th |
Daniel Riekena |
18:15 |
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| 20th |
Timm
Derrickson |
18:27 |
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| 21st |
Ben
Griffin |
18:28 |
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| 44th |
Thomas Cassity |
19:29 |
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| 48th |
Parker Leatherman |
19:34 |
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Kearney Invitational - 3rd
Chillicothe
finished 3rd out of 16
complete teams at the Kearney Invitational. St Pius X won the team
trophy with 101 points, Warrensburg 2nd with 111, Chillicothe 3rd
with 114 followed by Smithville with 118, West Platte with 147 and
Kansas City Staley with 150. "This was the first meet where we had
our top five all under 18 minutes" stated coach Tim Riekena. "Six of
the seven varsity runners ran their fastest race ever." There were
115 boys varsity runners and 82 girls varsity runners.
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Chillicothe Boys |
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Chillicothe Girls |
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| 14th |
Casey Pryor |
17:32 |
16th |
Mary
Kate Taylor |
20:38 |
| 22nd |
Daniel Riekena |
17:46 |
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| 23rd |
Ben
Griffin |
17:46 |
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| 27th |
Steven Taylor |
17:56 |
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| 28th |
Timm
Derrickson |
17:59 |
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| 65th |
Thomas Cassity |
19:05 |
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| 73rd |
Parker Leatherman |
19:15 |
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Midland Empire Conference - 1st
Chillicothe fielded
their first Cross Country team in 1970. 38 years later, they have
their first Boys Conference Title. Chillicothe edged Smithville to
claim the M.E.C. title with 33 points on the Lafayette course.
Smithville was 2nd with 35 followed by Maryville, Benton, LeBlond
and Smithville.
"All the varsity boys improved their times from the
same course three weeks ago" proclaimed Coach Tim Riekena. The
weather was cool and windy, then started to sprinkle and turned into
a steady downpour in the boys varsity race. "Everyone on the varsity
did what the had to do in order to in the conference title" said
Riekena. "We won by just two points in a small meet, some of
those points we earned in the last 300 meters."
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Chillicothe Boys |
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Chillicothe Girls |
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| 3rd |
Casey Pryor |
17:41 *1st team
Conference |
3rd |
Mary
Kate Taylor |
20:55 |
| 5th |
Steven Taylor |
17:57 *1st team
Conference |
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*1st team
Conference |
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| 6th |
Daniel Riekena |
18:00 *1st team
Conference |
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| 8th |
Ben Griffin |
18:09 *2nd team
Conference |
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| 11th |
Timm Derrickson |
18:21 *2nd team
Conference |
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| 18th |
Thomas Cassity |
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| 24th |
Parker Leatherman |
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Richmond Invitational - 6th
Chillicothe finished 6th
in the 20-team Richmond Invitational. The Hornets were with out one
of their top runners. "I decided not to run Steven Taylor in this
meet" commented coach Tim Riekena. "Even though it hurt our chances
of placing high, we didn't want to take the risk of having him not
being able to run well at districts." Riekena said the course was
soggy and soft due to recent rains.
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Chillicothe Boys |
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Chillicothe Girls |
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| 8th |
Casey Pryor |
18:04 |
13th |
Mary Kate Taylor |
21:20 |
| 15th |
Daniel Riekena |
18:30 |
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| 40th |
Timm Derrickson |
19:42 |
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| 44th |
Parker Leatherman |
19:47 |
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| 48th |
Thomas Cassity |
19:51 |
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| 51st |
Ben Griffin |
20:02 |
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| 67th |
Drew Hinton |
20:52 |
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Districts - 3rd
Chillicothe will send
three runners to the MSHSAA Cross Country Championships but failed
to qualify the team out of districts. Steven and Mary Kate Taylor
both return to the state meet for the second year and will be joined
by Ben Griffin. Helias won the district title with 33 points and
four of the top five runners. Warrensburg was 2nd with 70 points,
both schools were state qualifiers last season. Chillicothe was 3rd
out of 9 teams with 83 points.
Chillicothe did have some bad luck according to
Coach Tim Riekena. "Unfortunately, Casey Pryor has been under the
weather most of the week and it caught up with him. In such a
competitive district like ours, we certainly could have used his
normal top-ten finish".
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Chillicothe Boys |
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Chillicothe Girls |
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| 7rh |
Steven Taylor |
17:48 |
3rd |
Mary Kate Taylor |
21:17 |
| 11th |
Ben Griffin |
17:57 |
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| 16th |
Daniel Riekena |
18:00 |
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| 19th |
Timm Derrickson |
18:24 |
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| 29th |
Thomas Cassity |
19:07 |
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| 33rd |
Casey Pryor |
19:26 |
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| 41st |
Parker Leatherman |
19:45 |
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MSHSAA Championships
Chillicothe's three representatives at the MSHSAA Cross Country
Championships competed well but failed to finish in the top 20. On
the boys side, Steven Taylor improved last year's finish by 56
places to end up 58th overall with a time of 17:54. First time
competitor Ben Griffin finished 101st out of 166 runners with
a time of 18:31. On the girls side, Mary Kate Taylor improved 36
places from last year to finish 36th out of 157 runners with a time
of 21:29.
Post Season Awards
Chillicothe’s
cross country athletes were honored at their annual banquet.
Chillicothe won their first ever Boys Cross Country Conference
championship, finished 3rd in district and sent three
runners to the state meet.
The Outstanding
Athlete Award went to Mary Kate Taylor
Most Improved Award
to Travis Henry
Coaches Award to
Timm Derrickson
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