The Marvelous Ms. Martonfi the Mustang
Eldon junior Zoe Martonfi, a talented, all-around athlete, races to a 2nd-place finish in the Class 3 Girls race in 18:45. Martonfi has finished 7th, 3rd, and 2nd in three state cross country championships, and has an impressive track resume. She has All-State finishes in the triple jump, high jump, 100 and 300-hurdles, and 1600-meters. Martonfi boasts personal bests of 5-5'' (HJ), 35-4'' (TJ), 44.54 (300H), 2:25 (800), and 5:13 (1600).
Eyeing the Camera
Montgomery County senior Lyric Ford (left) looks in the direction the camera, racing next to St. Michael the Archangel junior Elsa Henry 3,140-meters into the Class 3 Girls race. Henry would let it go over the final 2-kilometers to place 3rd while Ford placed 4th in the chilly and wet conditions on day 2 of the state championships.
GO Time!
Centralia senior Jozelynn Bostick checks her watch as she approaches the 2-mile mark, trailing Lamar's Kiersten Potter. Potter placed 9th and Bostick 11th, helping the Panthers from Centralia to a 2nd-place team finish in Class 3.
Hug the Curve
From front to back: Lutheran St. Charles' Grace Schaff, Winfield's Kadence Berry, Osage's Bayley Johnson, Owensville's Ilene Limberg, Ste. Genevieve's Hollyn Zangaro, Lawson's Jocelyn Calvert, Potosi's Celeste Sansegraw, Lutheran Kansas
City's Isabelle Wood, and Cassville's Jolie Evans run the wet and worn
inner-path of the wide turn 3,100-meters into the Class 3 Girls race at
the 2022 state cross country championships.