Semoball

SEMOBALL GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM

The top seven girls runners in Southeast Missouri:


Veronica Schabbing

VERONICA SCHABBING

Cape Central

Junior

She was the leading runner for the fourth-place Tigers in the Class 4 state meet, nabbing a state medal with a 14th-place finish. ... Finished second to teammate Brittany Moreland in the SEMO Conference meet ... Finished third overall in Class 4 sectional race to lead Central to first place ... Won the Class 4 district meet at Jackson in 19:40 ... Finished second in the Hancock Invitational in 19:57 to lead the Tigers to the program's first championship at the prestigious meet ... Finished second to Poplar Bluff's Hannah Blalock in the Cape Central Invitational to pace the Tigers to a first-place finish.

State time: 19:56 (14th in Class 4)

SEMO Conference: 18:50 (second)


HANNAH BLALOCK

Hannah Blalock

Poplar Bluff

Freshman

She was a state medalist in her first run at the Class 3 meet, placing 10th in Class 3. ... Won the Notre Dame Invitational with a time of 19:27, beating the defending Class 3 state champion from West Plains ... Won the Kelly Invitational in September with a time of 19:04 ... Finished second in a muddy meet at Webster Groves in 20:21 ... Finished second running against the seniors in the season-opening Jackson Invitational ... Placed first in the Cape Central Invitational with a time of 19:19, beating Schabbing by 42 seconds and Moreland by 49.

State time: (20:02, 10th in Class 3)

SEMO Conference: 19:02 (third)


Brittany Moreland

BRITTANY MORELAND

Cape Central

Junior

She was the first-place finisher in the SEMO Conference meet, setting a course record of 18:43 in Benton. ... Fell out of contention for a state medal in the last 300 meters, but hung on for a 29th-place finish to help the Tigers grab a state trophy ... Finished fifth in Class 4 sectional, which Central won ... Second in Class 4 District 1 meet at Jackson with time of 19:46, 6 seconds behind teammate Veronica Schabbing ... Finished third in the Class 4 race at Hancock in 20:24 as the Tigers won their first crown at the invitational ... Placed fourth in the Cape Central Invitational, which Central won ... Nipped teammate Schabbing by less than a second in the juniors race season-opening Jackson Invitational.

State time: 20:22 (29th in Class 4)

SEMO Conference: 18:43 (first)


TIFFANY MEAD

Tiffany Mead

Cape Central

Senior

She capped her career by missing a state medal by one spot at the Class 4 state meet but helped the Tigers get on the podium for the first time in school history with her strong finish. .. Finished eighth in Class 4 sectional meet for first-place Tigers ... Sixth in Class 4 district meet at Jackson in 20:23 ... Finished ninth at Hancock in the Class 4 race in 20:44, helping the Tigers win the meet for the first time ... Finished fifth in the Cape Central Invitational, which the Tigers won ... Finished fourth in the senior division race at the season-opening Jackson Invitaitonal.

State time: 20:14 (26th in Class 4)

SEMO Conference: 19:30 (third)


MARY DOHOGNE

Mary Dohogne

Cape Central

Freshman

She finished 18th in Class 4 sectional meet at Jefferson Barracks, which the Tigers won. ... Placed 10th in the Class 4 meet at the Hancock Invitational, also at Jefferson Barracks Park, to give first-place Central four top-10 finishers ... Finished sixth in the Cape Central Invitational to help the Tigers place first as a team ... Won the freshman girls race at the season-opening Jackson Invitational.

State time: 20:36 (41st in Class 4)

SEMO Conference: 19:36 (fifth)


VICTORIA PFAU

Notre Dame

Junior

She finished 13th in the Class 3 district meet to earn Notre Dame's lone qualifying spot in the state meet. ... Placed 28th to lead the Bulldogs in the Class 3 race at the Hancock Invitational ... Sixteenth at Cape Central Invitational.

State time: 20:59 (38th in Class 3)

SEMO Conference: 20:05 (ninth)


TARA JOHNSON

Tara Johnson

Kelly

Junior

A state medalist in the Class 2 girls race with her 17th-place finish, she placed sixth in the Class 2 District 1 meet at Jefferson Barracks Park in 22:17 to earn a state berth. ... Finished 13th in the Class 1-2 race at the Hancock Invitational, topping local finishers in that division with a time of 22:24 ... Finished 12th at Cape Central Invitational.

State time: 21:15 (17th in Class 2)

SEMO Conference: 19:40 (sixth)

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