On Saturday, September 3, 2022, the Smithville Warrior Cross Country team travelled to Liberty, MO to compete in the 5th Annual Tim Nixon Invitational. For the first time, the meet was held at the Capitol Federal Sports Complex which proved to be one of the flattest 5K courses in the state.
With overcast skies, cool temperatures, and over 30 teams competing, the stage was set for athletes to run some fast times. The varsity girls race was up first with 173 racers. After splitting the results into divisions, Smithville took 4thplace in the silver division. Here are the individual results for the Lady Warriors…
Naomi Hunter | 10 | 19:34.1 |
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Bailey Cutler | 12 | 21:37.8 | |
Genevieve Kochanowicz | 12 | 22:34.1 | |
Jessica Baker | 12 | 23:01.6 | |
Lilly Richardson | 09 | 23:08.1 | |
Danica Ballard | 09 | 23:13.0 | |
McKinley Massie | 09 | 23:28.6 |
Next up was the boys varsity race with 175 racers. After splitting the results into divisions, the Smithville boys team took 2nd place to Father Tolton by a mere 3 points.
All athletes ran well, but sophomore Liam Adair put together a very special performance. Coming into the race, his personal record was 16:48. When the gun went off, he got off the line fast and started making his way to the front pack. He rolled through his first mile in 5 minutes flat, then nearly hit a personal best 2 mile split with 10:12, and went on to finish strong running 15:53.1. Liam’s time set a new Smithville school record breaking the previous mark by 25 seconds! The previous record of 16:18.1 was set in 2018 by Jonah Palmer at the Missouri Southern Stampede.
Here are the individual results for the Warriors…
Liam Adair | 10 | 15:53.1 | |
Asa Kellner | 12 | 16:37.4 | |
Quentin Zimmer | 11 | 17:45.5 | |
Braxton Hays | 12 | 17:53.9 | |
Nolan Pestano | 12 | 17:55.6 | |
Merik Wilson | 10 | 18:11.4 | |
Colin Miller | 12 | 18:24.1 | |
John Malter | 10 | 19:07.3 | |
Trent Hallett | 11 | 19:47.4 |
Full results of the meet including junior varsity and C-Team can be found at: https://morgansports.net/results/timnixon2022.php
The Smithville Warriors will travel with their top varsity athletes to St. Louis to compete in the Forest Park XC Festival this Saturday, September 10, 2022.