Blue Springs senior Simon Belete (212) won the boys class 4 race and teammate Stephen Mugeche (218) finished fourth through Mugeche ran most of the race second behind Belete. Blue Springs took a second place team award in the Missouri state cross country championships at the Oak Hills Golf Center in Jefferson City, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. JILL TOYOSHIBA/The Kansas City Star 11032012
West Platte senior Spencer Hudson approaches the finish line of the boys class 1 race, in which he finished third in the Missouri state cross country championships at the Oak Hills Golf Center in Jefferson City, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. JILL TOYOSHIBA/The Kansas City Star 11032012
Liberty North junior Ty Hughes (504) finished eighth in the boys class 3 race of the Missouri state cross country championships at the Oak Hills Golf Center in Jefferson City, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. JILL TOYOSHIBA/The Kansas City Star 11032012
Kearney freshman Ashley Coonfield (706), St. Theresa's Academy senior Courtney Coppinger (829) and Lee's Summit North junior Elizabeth Carpino (36) compete in the girls class 4 race of the Missouri state cross country championships at the Oak Hills Golf Center in Jefferson City, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. JILL TOYOSHIBA/The Kansas City Star 11032012
The girls class 3 race was the first race of the Missouri state cross country championships at the Oak Hills Golf Center in Jefferson City, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. Smithville senior Katie Tuck (center, 159) finished third. JILL TOYOSHIBA/The Kansas City Star 11032012
Sierra Grimm, a Lutheran High School junior, approaches the finish line. Grimm placed fifth in the girls class 1 race of the Missouri state cross country championships at the Oak Hills Golf Center in Jefferson City, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. JILL TOYOSHIBA/The Kansas City Star 11032012
Barstow senior Deko Ricketts approaches the finish line and wins the boys class 2 race in the Missouri state cross country championships at the Oak Hills Golf Center in Jefferson City, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. JILL TOYOSHIBA/The Kansas City Star 11032012
Lee's Summit West junior Kennadee Williams (center, 753) finished eighth in the girls class 4 race of the Missouri state cross country championships at the Oak Hills Golf Center in Jefferson City, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. Eureka's Angie Sumner (656) and Francis Howell's Whitney Adams (661) ran behind and in front of Williams. JILL TOYOSHIBA/The Kansas City Star 11032012
Blue Springs sophomore Stephen Mugeche finished fourth in the boys class 4 race; his team took a close second in the Missouri state cross country championships at the Oak Hills Golf Center in Jefferson City, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. JILL TOYOSHIBA/The Kansas City Star 11032012
Blue Springs senior Simon Belete won the boys class 4 race, leading the entire way, and his team took a close second in the Missouri state cross country championships at the Oak Hills Golf Center in Jefferson City, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. JILL TOYOSHIBA/The Kansas City Star 11032012
Smithville senior Katie Tuck approaches the finish line and took third in the girls class 3 race of the Missouri state cross country championships at the Oak Hills Golf Center in Jefferson City, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. JILL TOYOSHIBA/The Kansas City Star 11032012
Blue Springs senior Simon Belete is congratulated by assistant coach Brian Curp after Belete won the boys class 4 race. Blue Springs took a second place team award at the Missouri state cross country championships at the Oak Hills Golf Center in Jefferson City, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. JILL TOYOSHIBA/The Kansas City Star 11032012
Barstow senior Deko Ricketts is congratulated by coach David Franz after Ricketts won the boys class 2 race in the Missouri state cross country championships at the Oak Hills Golf Center in Jefferson City, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. JILL TOYOSHIBA/The Kansas City Star 11032012
