Rockwood Elementary, Middle School Students Compete, Have Fun at District Cross Country Meet
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Rockwood Elementary, Middle School Students Compete, Have Fun at District Cross Country Meet
More than 1,000 Rockwood middle and elementary school students in grades 4-8 participated in the annual district cross-country meet at Crestview Middle on Oct. 24-25.
Seventh- and eighth-grade students ran 1.5 miles, and students in grades 4-6 ran a mile.
To assist with the events, members of our high school cross-country teams served as "rabbits," leading the racers around the course.
Congratulations to all of the students who participated, and thank you to our PE teachers for helping facilitate such an awesome event!
Below are some results:
Top 5 Finishers at the Middle School Level (more than 350 participants)
Eighth-Grade Boys: Samer Elaneed (Rockwood South Middle), 8:15; Ethan Barker (LaSalle Springs Middle), 8:27; Truman Gilbert (Rockwood South), 8:49; Cortez Strong (Rockwood South), 8:49; Chase Simmons (Rockwood South), 8:55
Eighth-Grade Girls: Katelyn Zickrick (LaSalle Springs), 9:09; Brooke Smith (LaSalle Springs), 9:32; Ellie Sprunger (Rockwood Valley Middle), 9:38; Quinn Northrup (Crestview Middle), 9:41; Siena Garsed (Crestview), 10:02
Seventh-Grade Boys: Jan Daniel Groenewald (Rockwood Valley), 8:19; Hudson Kealen (Wildwood Middle), 8:27; Lucas Flaherty (LaSalle Springs), 8:59; Brecken Thrasher (Rockwood Valley), 9:01; Austin Reuther (Crestview), 9:17
Seventh-Grade Girls: Melanie Golden (LaSalle Springs), 9:24; Kylie Carter (Rockwood South), 9:25; Shaelynn Leeper (LaSalle Springs), 9:33; Mia Wilcox (Wildwood), 10:17; Ahana Joshi (Wildwood), 10:19
Sixth-Grade Boys: Roman Morningstar (Rockwood Valley), 5:52; Aiden Smith (LaSalle Springs), 6:06; Matthew Scott (Rockwood South), 6:07; Colton Underhill (Rockwood South), 6:08; Beckett Wussow (Wildwood), 6:09
Sixth-Grade Girls: Lux Klevorn (Selvidge Middle), 6:23; Evelyn Groves (Selvidge), 6:31; Trinity Edwards (Rockwood South), 6:39; Phoebe Spiniolas (Rockwood South), 6:47; Charlotte Weiss (Rockwood Valley), 6:51
Top 5 Finishers at the Elementary School Level (more than 710 participants)
Fifth-Grade Boys: Zach Lewis (Blevins Elementary), 6:13; Max Yacula (Eureka Elementary), 6:21; Wesley Momot (Kellison Elementary), 6:27; Jameson Glennon (Geggie Elementary), 6:30; Colton Wierzba (Babler Elementary), 6:33
Fifth-Grade Girls: Wren Klevorn (Ballwin Elementary), 6:43; Olivia Nichols (Ballwin), 6:49; Stella Power (Babler), 6:51; Reese Sondermann (Stanton Elementary), 6:52; Reagan Stewart (Stanton), 6:53
Fourth-Grade Boys: Cole Evans (Fairway Elementary), 6:24; Brady Jones (Geggie), 6:26; Jameson Steele (Stanton), 6:46; Jaden Cass (Pond Elementary), 6:47; Vincent Shapiro (Green Pines Elementary), 6:48
Fourth-Grade Girls: Zola Edwards (Bowles Elementary), 6:43; Brooke Barker (Geggie), 6:46; Emerson Gildehaus (Blevins), 6:59; Evvie Longo (Geggie), 7:06; Magdalene Sherrel (Uthoff Valley Elementary), 7:10
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