Tiger cross country fares well at districts

Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Nevada Daily Mail

Steve Brier/Special to the Daily Mail

Nevada High School cross country finished off team competition Saturday at the Class 3

District 7 competition at Swope Park in Kansas City, Mo. Harrisonville senior

Maksim Korolev, who placed second at state last year, set a new course record

at 16 minutes, 5 seconds. Pleasant Hill won the team competition with 38 points while Clinton placed second with 49. Both teams will advance to state in Jefferson City, Mo., on Nov. 7. Nevada just missed advancing as a team as they took third with 77 points, followed by Webb City, Carl Junction and O'Hara rounding out the field. Nevada sophomore Alex Bledsoe placed fourth and senior Todd Brier placed ninth, which put them in the top-15 places advancing to state as individuals. Rounding out the places for Nevada were Alex Guinta, 20th, Dalton Shunkwiler, 28th, Josh Newman, 35th and Casey Long, 41st.

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congrats boys im sorry so many people are worried about the terrible football program, when you guys are going to state! Our town needs to show you all some support along with the other successful programs...Congrats to the cross country runners and congrats to your coach for setting a good example for all of you. GO TIGERS!!

-- Posted by nevadaalum on Tue, Nov 3, 2009, at 1:48 PM

congrats boys, good luck. i remember back when i went to state and running with those 200+ people at the same time is pretty intimidating. but you guys will do great. GOOD LUCK

-- Posted by nosam420 on Tue, Nov 3, 2009, at 7:52 PM

Thank you

-- Posted by ToddBrier on Tue, Nov 3, 2009, at 9:59 PM

It is good to know that the running is still alive back in good old Nevada. Good to know that Todd stuck around from 7th grade to senior year too. Good for the team getting third that's really important. Good Luck in Jeff City.

-- Posted by jimfay on Wed, Nov 4, 2009, at 11:11 AM

Congratulations all of you!

-- Posted by victor1208 on Wed, Nov 4, 2009, at 5:31 PM