Cross Country: Falcons, Lady Falcons finish third in conference meet

ELDON, Mo. - The Blair Oaks boys and girls teams each finished third in the team standings Thursday at the Tri-County Conference meet.

The California boys won the conference title with 51 points, followed by School of the Osage with 64 and Blair Oaks with 92 points. Eldon took fourth with 95 points.

The Osage girls finished with 31 points to take home the conference championship. Eldon was second with 47 points, followed by Blair Oaks with 50.

Cole Brenneke led the Falcons with a fourth-place finish in 17:45 in the boys race. Adam McCauley took 13th in 18:19, while Eric Northweather got the final all-conference spot with a 15th-place finish in 18:24.

Other Falcon runners included Josh Malone (29th, 19:08), Zach Hagner (32nd, 19:23), Michael Kempker (39th, 19:59) and Isaac Prenger (47th, 20:41).

The Lady Falcons claimed four all-conference finishers Thursday. Grace Scott led Blair Oaks with a fourth-place time of 20:53, while Emily Yaeger took eighth in 21:42 and Katie Schoeneberg was 11th in 22:14. Chloe Cox finished 15th in 22:51.

Other runners for Blair Oaks include Kristi Wortmann (20th, 23:51) and Zoe Baker (41st, 34:12).

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