2008 All-Metro boys cross country team

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Thornburg

Volkert

Greer

Wedge

Colon

Korolev

Storms

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•Kevin Colon, Lee’s Summit West, junior. Won the Missouri Class 4 state championship in 15:51. He also won conference, district and sectional championships and placed second at the KC Metro Championships, second at the Missouri Southern Stampede and third at the Roy Griak Invitational in Minnesota.

•P.J. Greer, St. Thomas Aquinas, senior. Won the Kansas 5A state championship in 16:03.57, while leading the Saints to a team state title. He won six of his nine races this season, including regional and East Kansas League championships. Additionally, he placed third in the Rim Rock Farm Classic gold race and eighth at the KC Metro Championships.

•Maksim Korolev, Harrisonville, junior. Finished second at the Missouri Class 3 state meet in 16:02. He won five meets, including a first-place finish at the KC Metro Championships in 15:36.

•Max Storms, O’Hara, senior. Finished seventh at the Missouri Class 3 state meet in 16:32. He won seven races, including districts and his conference meet, and placed third at the KC Metro Championships.

•Aaron Thornburg, Shawnee Mission Northwest, sophomore. Placed third at the Kansas 6A state meet in 16:16.80. He also finished second at regionals and third in the Sunflower League.

•Adam Volkert, Lee’s Summit, senior. Placed third at Missouri Class 4 state meet in 16:04. He also won the Suburban Conference Big Seven meet and placed second at sectionals, second at districts and fourth at the KC Metro Championships.

•Roy Wedge, Lawrence, junior. Placed second at the Kansas 6A state meet in 16:08.46, while leading the Lions to their first team championship. He also won regional and Sunflower League championships and placed fifth in the Rim Rock Farm Classic gold race.

SECOND TEAMBrandon Craig, Lansing, junior; Kyle Hanson, St. Thomas Aquinas, senior; Jake Henry, Lee’s Summit West, senior; Ryan Hocker, Olathe East, junior; Mitch Loring, Gardner Edgerton, senior; Phil Miller, Lee’s Summit West, senior; Stephen Saylor, Raytown South, senior.

HONORABLE MENTIONNick Anning, Kansas City Christian, senior; Brooks Ballou, Bonner Springs, junior; Ben Barrows, Smithville, junior; Ben Grace, St. Thomas Aquinas, senior; Brennan Hampton, Lee’s Summit West, senior; Alex Hendee, Shawnee Mission North, senior; Keaton Jones, Shawnee Mission Northwest, junior; Logan Sloan, Lawrence Free State, sophomore; Sterling Spencer, Shawnee Mission Northwest, sophomore; Andrew Stevens, Shawnee Mission South, junior; David Stodden, St. Pius X, sophomore; Tyler Stuber, Liberty, senior; Ben Wilson, Lawrence, senior; Devon Young, Raymore-Peculiar, sophomore.

The Star’s selection process The Kansas City Star’s All-Metro selections were made by members of the high school sports staff, who consulted coaches’ ballots. An athlete must participate in at least 60 percent of the competition for which the athlete has qualified to be eligible for first-team selection and 50 percent to be eligible for second-team and honorable-mention selection. At least 10 percent of the 103 Kansas City metropolitan area high schools must participate in a sport for a team to be selected. First-team, second-team and honorable mention selections are made in sports with more than 40-percent participation. First-team and second-team selections only are made in sports with between 16- and 40-percent participation. First-team selections only are made in sports with between 10- and 15-percent participation.

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• doc57 says:

  If you are including Lansing , Lawrence, and DeSoto in your All-Metro cross country team then you have missed a great runner. Tony Weiss of Baldwin, Kansas. He placed 2nd at state ( 4A) ahead of the defending champion, won his regional, won the Frontier League ahead of the defending champion (Mitch Loring of Gardner- Edgerton)while tying the league record. He placed 4th at Rim Rock in the gold dividion, ahead of Wedge from Lawrence, Hanson of St. Thomas Aquinas, and Hendee of SMNorth. He placed third at the Community America Invitational Meet ahead of every SMNorthwest runner including Aaron Thornburg and was selected by the Lawrence Journal World as their All-Area- male Runner of the Year. Is Baldwin not considered in the all metro selection even though Lansing, Lawrence and DeSoto are??

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