Led by senior Justin Howard's 5th place finish, the Raymore-Peculiar boys team packed five runners in the top 16 to easily win the Class 4 District 7 title on a beautiful Saturday morning at the Lake Jacomo cross country course.
The four district team qualifiers for next Saturday's Sectional 4 meet at the Ray-Pec course are:
Ray-Pec 47, Rockhurst 62, LS North 77, Truman 100.
Before the meet, the Ray-Pec boys were 7th and Rockhurst 8th in the Big River Running Top 10 boys rankings for Missouri.
In the individual race, Blue Springs junior Stephen Mugeche (ranked 5th by Big River) went through the mile at 4:46 with Truman senior Cole Rockhold (ranked 6th) as well as Rockhurst junior William Thompson (ranked 9th). By the two-mile mark, Mugeche had gained a slight lead at 9:56, with Rockhold at 10:00 and Thompson at 10:09.
The top 30 finishers and automatic qualifiers for Sectionals:
1. Mugeche 15:35.18
2. Rockhold 15:48.62
3. Thompson 16:01.87
4. Brian Green, LS North 16:30.02
5. Justin Howard, Ray-Pec 16:31.21
6. Jason Fambrough, Ray-Pec 16:34.31
7. Kyle Dean, LS North 16:36.61
8. Rhett Hammers, Ray-Pec 16:50.43
9. Ian Nickens, Lee's Summit 16:52.75
10. Charlie Smith, Rockhurst 16:59.52
11. Sam Wilkerson, Rockhurst 17:01.08
12. Courage Davis, Ray-Pec 17:02.71
13. Cedric Gibbs, Truman 17:04.28
14. Mason Smith, Blue Springs South 17:06.11
15. Sam Stockman, LS North 17:07.15
16. Keaton Wasson, Ray-Pec 17:07.87
17. Carson Bode, Rockhurst 17:10.15
18. Tyler King, Raytown 17:12.52
19. Brent Kilgore, LS North 17:13.92
20. Hunter Fawcett, Ray-Pec 17:15.72
21. Zach Kelsay, Blue Springs South 17:16.11
22. Alex Seese, Rockhurst 17:16.90
23. Peyton Burlingame, LS West 17:17.46
24. Max Lyons, LS West 17:19.00
25. David Frazier, Truman 17:21.90
26. Edgar Renteria-Contreras, Truman 17:27.02
27. Jack McHugh, Rockhurst 17:30.59
28. Alex Slater, Blue Springs South 17:31.59
29. Quentin Bliss, Blue Springs 17:32.59
30. Chris Mitchell, Lee's Summit 17:33.84