JEFFERSON CITY -- Hannah Blalock earned an all-state medal in her first trip to Oak Hills.

The Poplar Bluff freshman ran the 5,000-meter course in 20 minutes, 2 seconds to finish 10th in the MSHSAA Class 3 championships.

"I wanted to break 20 (minutes)," Blalock said. "I think on the last long hill, I slowed down. I would have done good if I would have pushed that."

Poplar Bluff coach Beth Lewis added, "You come around that curve, everybody looks like they're running out of gas."

Blalock said during a delay before the start of the race she was a little nervous until she noticed her coach making funny faces.

"She had a frumpy look on her face," Lewis said. "She did real well."

Blalock's finish was the best by a Poplar Bluff runner since John-Mark Lewis placed 13th in 2005.

Natalie Todd of Ladue Horton Watkins won the race in 19:05.

Poplar Bluff sophomore Travis Blalock finished 35th in the boys Class 3 race with a time of 17:26.

"I thought it was a good race," Lewis said. "Real smooth at the beginning and moved his way up."

Jacob Searingen of Potosi won the race in 16:00 while SEMO Conference champion Logan Davis was 14th at 16:47. Travis Blalock was the runner-up at the conference meet in early October.

Van Buren placed 10th in the Class 1 girls race. The Lady Dawgs finished with 285 points as Penney won with 27 points and conference-rival Alton was third at 104.

Denise Haberl led Van Buren in 42nd place with a time of 24:20. Criston Oatman (24:49) was 51st, Britney Peterson (25:07) was 56th and Logan Smith (25:36) finished 65th. Whitney Van Winkle (26:17) finished 71st for Van Buren while Courtney Swift (26:24) was 74th and Betsey Sandler (28:48) finished 85th.

Naylor's Camille Goodrum (24:49) finished 88th.

Emily Beaver of College Heights Christian won the race in 20:13.

In the Class 1 boys race, Van Buren senior Ian Newberry was 63rd with a time of 19:22 while Matt Crafton (20:41) and Zane Betz (20:42) finished 123rd and 124th.

In the Class 2 girls race, Dexter's Brittney Waldner finished 36th in 21:51 while teammate Jill Temples (22:36) was 64th.

In the Class 2 boys race, Doniphan's Miller was 129th in 19:30.