A massive weekend of meets is behind us and the rankings have experienced major shakeups. We are ready to vote on who was the top performer of, quite possibly, the biggest weekend of the regular season.
Below are the top boys performances from the past week around Missouri. The winner will be crowned the Missouri Boys Runner of the Week for Week Four.
Congratulations to Liberty Wentzville's Ayden Taylor for winning Week 3! Taylor threw down a massive personal best and new MO No. 1 15:04.76 for the win at the Missouri Southern Stampede on Saturday. He won the Green Division by 14 seconds. He 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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Past winners:
Week 0 Winner: Thomas Garrett - Park Hill South
Week 1 Winner: Brendan Alfonso - Parkway Central
Week 2 Winner: Chael Lichte - Lexington
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Polling for this past week starts on Monday, Sept. 30 at 8 a.m. and ends on Friday at 12 p.m.
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Jack McGovern - Rockhurst - McGovern had a massive day for the Hawklets at the Gans Creek Classic Elite Twilight race, becoming the first freshman to break 16:00 this season when he shattered the barrier with his 15:36.10 personal best. He is 30 seconds ahead of the next fastest 9th grader in the entire state.
Peyton Ferkel - Kirkwood - Ferkel is a key piece to Kirkwood's Class 5 title hopes and pulled in a 15:37.40 personal best for 10th at the Chile Pepper XC Festival.
Liam Adair - Smithville - Adair is well on his way back from his missed junior track season as he posted a 15:38.90 season best at the Chile Pepper XC Festival, his first mark in the 15:30s since last year's Class 4 State Championships.
Kendrick Haines - Blue Springs South - Another Chile Pepper performance lands a Missourian in the Week 4 poll as Haines posted a 15:44.70 personal best down in Fayetteville this weekend.