Many Big 3 Athletics Cross Country runners qualified for the State Championship meet. Below is a list of qualifiers in the Big 3 Conferences:

Boys: 

1st Winona Team
1st  Kaiden Van Winkle - Winona (Class 1 District 1)
2nd Zathan Lhamon - Couch (Class 1 District 1)
2nd Couch Team
4th  Dominic Hill - Van Buren (Class 1 District 1)
5th Thaysen Feldbaumer - Winona (Class 1 District 1)
5th Braxton Walker - East Carter (Class 2 District 1)
6th Elijah Bullock - Bunker (Class 1 District 5)
6th Myles Cockrum - Alton (Class 2 District 1)
8th Darjon Prater - South Iron (Class 1 District 2)
8th James Fiske - Summersville (Class 1 District 5)
9th Lawson Graves - South Iron (Class 1 District 2)
10th Jagger Robinson - Greenville (Class 2 District 1)
10th McCade Dixon - Winona (Class 1 District 1)
10th Tucker Combs - Alton (Class 2 District 1)
12th Benjamin Ipock - Winona (Class 1 District 1)
13th Ben Williamson - Couch (Class 1 District 1)
14th Carson McNail - Ellington (Class 1 District 1)
15th Logan Loyd - Ellington (Class 1 District 1)

Girls:

1st Van Buren Team (Class 1 District 1)
1st Kennedy Thies - East Carter (Class 2 District 1)
1st Destiney Bettis - Winona (Class 1 District 1)
2nd Ellington Team (Class 1 District 1)
2nd Harlee Hughes - Alton (Class 2 District 1)
2nd Katie Griffin - Van Buren (Class 1 District 1)
3rd Christina Halferty - Winona (Class 1 District 1)
4th Kylie Hamption - Ellington (Class 1 District 1)
5th Haylie Larsen - Couch (Class 1 District 1)
7th Addison Lewis - Van Buren (Class 1 District 1)
9th Hailee Bressler - Van Buren (Class 1 District 1)
10th Audrey Bressler - Van Buren (Class 1 District 1)
11th Tyler Conkright - Ellington (Class 1 District 1)
11th Jennifer Koenig - South Iron (Class 1 District 2)
13th Grace Lloyd - Ellington (Class 1 District 1)
15th Savannah Victor - Eminence (Class 1 District 1)
Rylee Knoblett - Alton (Class 2 District 5)

Here is how the runners performed at the State Championship meet on Saturday, November 9th in Columbia, Missouri. In order to receive All-State honors the runners must finish in the top 25 places.

Boys:

All-State Runners

11th Carson McNail - Ellington (Class 1)
12th Elijah Bullock - Bunker (Class 1)
18th Dominic Hill - Van Buren (Class 1)
24th Kaiden Van Winkle - Winona (Class 1)
25th Thaysen Feldbaumer - Winona (Class 1)


26th Zathan Lhamon - Couch (Class 1)
45th James Fiske - Summersville (Class 1)
49th Darjon Prater - South Iron (Class 1)
70th Myles Cockrum - Alton (Class 2)
74th Ben Williamson - Couch (Class 1)
84th McCade Dixon - Winona (Class 1)
90th Tucker Combs - Alton (Class 2)
92nd Lawson Graves - South Iron (Class 1)
98th Benjamin Ipock - Winona (Class 1)
99th Spencer Mullins - Couch (Class 1)
101st Braxton Walker - East Carter (Class 2)                103rd Logan Loyd - Ellington (Class 1)                         119th Jagger Robinson - Greenville (Class 1)
120th Dylan Heathington - Couch (Class 1)
130th Ethan Williams - Couch (Class 1)
159th Ethan Bland - Winona (Class 1)
163rd Jacob Romeo - Winona (Class 1)
170th Matthew Morey - Couch (Class 1)
171st Michael Henry - Winona (Class 1)

Girls:

All-State Runners

15th Destiney Bettis - Winona (Class 1)
20th Kennedy Thies - East Carter (Class 2)
21st Katie Griffin - Van Buren (Class 1)
24th Christina Halferty - Winona (Class 1)

28th Haylie Larsen - Couch (Class 1)
29th Kylie Hamption - Ellington (Class 1)
31st Hailee Bressler - Van Buren (Class 1)
33rd Addison Lewis - Van Buren (Class 1)
40th Audrey Bressler - Van Buren (Class 1)
61st Grace Lloyd - Ellington (Class 1)
62nd Harlee Hughes - Alton (Class 2)
76th Savannah Victor - Eminence (Class 1)
88th Jennifer Koenig - South Iron (Class 1)
93rd Hailey Burke - Van Buren (Class 1)
101st Ella Morton - Ellington (Class 1)
113th Alyssa Strange - Bunker (Class 1)
123rd Hannah Fitzgerald - Ellington (Class 1)
125th Lani Black - Van Buren (Class 1)
130th Jessica Mays - Van Buren (Class 1)
136th Natalie Barnett - Ellington (Class 1)
151st Rylee Knoblett - Alton (Class 2)

Big 3 Athletics would like to congratulate all of these student-athletes, with a special recognition to the Van Buren Girls Cross Country Team who finished 4th in the state in Class 1!