Cross Country: New Bloomfield wins title

MOKANE - Caleb Distler and Nathan Hinrichs finished 1-2 Saturday to lead New Bloomfield to team honors in the South Callaway Cross Country Invitational.

Distler won the event in 16:43.37, while Heinrichs was second in 16:54.60. Brian Figard was 11th in 19:12.88 for the Wildcats, while Jace Pitzen was 16th in 20:08.51. Aiden Carr finished 31st (21:26.41), while Lucas Haley was 38th (23:16.31).

New Bloomfield finished with 46 team points, two better than runner-up Calvary Lutheran in the four-team event.

On the girls side, Mikaela Lemelin (22:57.19) and Mikah Edwards (22:59.72) were fifth and sixth, respectively, for the Lady Wildcats. Jill Pry (23:18.78) was eighth, while Kylie Quinn (23:57.48) was 12th. New Bloomfield did not post a team score.