With several big meets happening across the state this past week, we are already seeing that this is going to be a massive 2024 season.
Below are the top girls performances from the past week around Missouri. The winner will be crowned the Missouri Girls Runner of the Week for Week One.
Congratulations to St. Charles West's Brianna Krueger on being named Runner of the Week last week! Class 3's top returner kicked off her sophomore season with a 46-second victory over former Class 5 All-Stater Reese McDevitt at the First Capitol XC Meet. Krueger's 19:06.04 mark is over a minute faster than her 2023 debut on the same course. She will move on to the finals during the week of the State Championships, where we will determine who had the top performance of the regular season!
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Martina Ressel - Notre Dame Cape Girardeau - Ressel has had a great start to her career and won the Dexter Invitational by over a minute and a half, running 19:23.10 in her first career 5K.
Brooke Hedger - Webb City - Hedger (pictured above) ran a 42-second personal best on Saturday, winning the massive SWCCCA Richard Clark Invitational. Her 18:30.11 was over a minute faster than her time from last season on the same course.
Naomi Hunter - Smithville - Hunter was the winner at the competitive Todd Warner Kickoff Classic on Saturday, running 18:46.10. It was her second sub-19 on the young season already.
Mary McKenzie - Cor Jesu - McKenzie won the Fleet Feet Classic wire-to-wire on Wednesday, running 11:30 and holding off some top competitors from the east side of the state.