It was a great day of racing at the 4th edition of the Gans Creek Classic at the three-year-old Gans Creek Cross Country Course in Colombia, Saturday. The course was a bit soggy in spots, but that didn't slow some from running fast times, including cover photo subject Sage Wilde, the Liberty North junior, pumping his arm just before taking 2nd in the Varsity Boys Gold Division race in 15:01.
YESSS!!!
St. Michael the Archangel junior Elsa Henry celebrates with arms raised as she crosses the line first, winning the Varsity Girls White Division race in 18:55.
Wildcats on the prowl
Montgomery County Wildcat Lyric Ford (left) and Harrisonville Wildcat Kayleigh Norris battle for the lead just after the 3,000-meter mark in the Varsity Girls Blue Division race on their way to 3rd and 4th-place finishes at the Gans Creek Classic.
With runners curling ahead and behind her at the one-mile mark, St. Joseph's Academy's Macie Diguiseppe (middle) climbs a hill on her way to a 23rd-place finish in the Blue Division in 21:24 to help lead the Angels to the team title at the 2022 Gans Creek Classic.
Sprint to Victory
Fulton junior Emery Mayfield (left) sprints to victory, holding off Platte County junior Sisely Mitchell (right), Lyric Ford (not visible), and Kayleigh Norris (back right) to win the Varsity Girls Blue Division race in 18:50.6, 8/10th's of a second ahead of Mitchell.