A lighter week in terms of meets still turned out several stellar performances and statements in important head-to-head matchups. We are ready to vote on who was the top performer of another big 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 Six.
Congratulations to Lee's Summit's Hunter Deleeuw for winning Week 5! Deleeuw was the second Missourian across the line at the KC XC Classic, behind only MO No. 1 Henry Acorn. He has been a model of consistency all season after running his fifth mark under 15:42 so far this fall. 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
Week 3 Winner: Ayden Taylor - Liberty Wentzville
Week 4 Winner: Jack McGovern - Rockhurst
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Polling for this past week starts on Monday, Oct. 14 at 8 a.m. and ends on Friday at 12 p.m.
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Tate Uding - Festus - It was a big day at the Patriot/Statesmen Classic for Uding as he followed up his 15:46.40 personal best from the Chile Pepper Festival with a 15:56.90, besting two ranked Webster Groves runners and finishing 2nd overall in the race to his A-list teammate Carson Driemeier.
Colton Willis - Strafford - Willis picked up a 40-second victory in his lone race of the week: the Pleasant Hope Invitational on Tuesday. He ran 16:13.10 to finish well ahead of a close Class 3 competitor, Kyle Hathcock.
Landon Barnes - Grain Valley - Barnes was the winner at the Cedar Ridge Invitational in Branson, running 16:15.02. It was his second win in a row, following a victory at his home meet last Saturday.
Elijah Case - St. Charles - Case picked up his fourth win in a row and sixth top three finish of the season after winning the Orchard Farm Invitational on Thursday. He posted a big season best of 16:18.95, 9 seconds off his personal best from last year's State Championships.