Rockwood Elementary, Middle School Students Push the Pace at District Cross Country Meet
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Rockwood Elementary, Middle School Students Push the Pace 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. 18-19.
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!
Below are some results:
Top 5 Finishers at the Middle School Level (more than 350 participants)
Eighth-Grade Boys: Mason Steinbruegge (Crestview Middle), 8:17; Gabe Gronborg (Wildwood Middle), 8:30; Caleb Deschamp (Selvidge Middle), 8:42; Nate Skrenta-Pipkin (Selvidge), 9:09; Preston Rhine (Selvidge), 9:14
Eighth-Grade Girls: Bella Burlbaw (Rockwood South Middle), 8:27; Peyton May (Crestview), 9:06; Brooke McGinnis (Wildwood), 9:19; Kayla Ventura (LaSalle Springs Middle), 9:50; Sophia Tomaras (Rockwood Valley Middle), 10:38
Seventh-Grade Boys: Carter Murray (Rockwood South), 8:53; Chase Kimm (Crestview), 8:57; Samer Elaneed (Rockwood South), 9:00; Ethan Barker (LaSalle Springs), 9:11; Rhys Sellers (Rockwood South), 9:20
Seventh-Grade Girls: Athena Iannacone (Crestview), 9:24; Brooke Smith (LaSalle Springs), 9:50; Siena Garsed (Crestview), 9:54; Katelyn Zickrick (LaSalle Springs), 9:55; Delila Shapiro (Wildwood), 9:56
Sixth-Grade Boys: Jan-Daniel Groenewald (Rockwood Valley), 5:53; Chase Lewis (LaSalle Springs), 6:26; Liam Wierzba (Rockwood Valley), 6:27; Arden Schamber (LaSalle Springs), 6:27; Austin Reuther (Crestview), 6:28
Sixth-Grade Girls: Caroline Kortuem (Wildwood), 6:45; Kate Stroot (Rockwood Valley), 6:46; Melanie Golden (LaSalle Springs), 7:02; Alli Croker (Wildwood), 7:04; Adalyn Theodore (Rockwood Valley), 7:05
Top 5 Finishers at the Elementary School Level (more than 680 participants)
Fifth-Grade Boys: Roman Morningstar (Ellisville Elementary), 6:12; Colton Underhill (Stanton Elementary), 6:28; Christian Payne (Blevins Elementary), 6:28; Luke Jackson (Geggie Elementary), 6:29); Matthew Scott (Stanton), 6:30
Fifth-Grade Girls: Harper Young (Ellisville), 6:47; Claire Royse (Green Pines Elementary), 6:52; Trinity Edwards (Bowles Elementary), 6:56; Lux Klevorn (Ballwin Elementary), 6:58; Parker Holaday (Babler Elementary), 7:09
Fourth-Grade Boys: Zachary Lewis (Blevins), 6:25; Sam Deschamp (Woerther Elementary), 6:28; Logan Heck (Woerther), 6:36; Simon Harris (Kehrs Mill Elementary), 6:42; Colton Wierzba (Babler), 6:44
Fourth-Grade Girls: Wren Klevorn (Ballwin), 6:54; Caroline Dolan (Woerther), 7:00; Henley Budd (Geggie), 7:13; Addie Goetz (Geggie), 7:14; Sophia Rathmann (Kellison Elementary), 7:18
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