With several conference meets in the books across the state, the push to the state series is officially upon us.
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 Seven.
Congratulations to Festus' Tate Uding for winning Week 6! 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. 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!
Chance Tindall - Joplin - Chance Tindall won the first ever COC West Championship on Saturday with his 15:52.38, the second sub-16 mark of his season so far. He's trending toward the 15:29.60 which earned him 9th at last year's Class 5 State Championships.
John Glaude - Father Tolton Regional Catholic - Glaude hit a personal best and school record on Tuesday, running 16:00.60 for the win at the Centralia Invitational.
Luke Sievers - Rock Bridge - Sievers soloed an impressive 15:14.61 at Gans Friday afternoon, winning the CMAC Conference by 34 seconds over his teammate Cook Hudson. The Bruins perfect scored as a team.
Ezekiel Hagen - Lafayette Wildwood - Hagen finally dropped under 16:00 on Saturday as he finished runner-up overall and took out ranked Webster Groves individuals to win the Red Division at the STL Suburban Conference Championships.