Moreland, Hodge heading to Class 3 State Meet

Posted 11/5/25

Two members of the St. James High School boys’ cross country team have advanced to the 77th Missouri Cross Country Championships through their performance at the Class 3 District 3 Meet, held …

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Moreland, Hodge heading to Class 3 State Meet

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Two members of the St. James High School boys’ cross country team have advanced to the 77th Missouri Cross Country Championships through their performance at the Class 3 District 3 Meet, held Saturday, Nov. 1 in Linn.

Sophomore Ashton Moreland and freshman Kylar Hodge will represent the Tigers at the Missouri Class 3 State Meet. The top four teams and 30 individuals advanced from the district meet to state competition.

Moreland finished third individually in the 5,000-meter District 3 race with a time of 17:08.10. Hodge was 20th overall at 18:04.20. The boys’ medalist was Centralia’s Nolan Spickert, who ran 16:14.00.

The Class 3 State Meet will be held Friday, Nov. 7 at the Gans Creek Course in Columbia.

Westminster Christian was the boys’ District 3 team champion with 46 points while Centralia was runner-up with 55. St. James placed eighth with 233.

Just missing state qualification for the Tigers was senior Johnny Perkins, who finished 31st at 18:43.50.

In the girls’ district race St. Charles West was team champion with 47 points. St. James had two runners in the field, with Adayne Hash finishing 40th and Katherine Strackeljahn 43rd.

Nov. 1 at Linn

Class 3 District 3 Meet

5,000-Meters

Boys

Team Standings: 1. Westminster Christian 46*, 2. Centralia 55*, 3. Bowling Green 129*, 4. Owensville 136*, 5. Blair Oaks 191, 6. Jeff. City Helias 200, 7. Fulton 212, 8. St. James 233, 9. Whitfield 262, 10. Eldon 264, 11. St. Clair 296, 12. Southern Boone 308, 13. St. Francis Borgia 312, 14. St. Charles West 356, 15. Versailles 428, 16. Winfield 434, 17. Wright City 454, 18. Hallsville 463, 19. California 474, 20. Sullivan 488, 21. Cuba 624.

*-State Qualifier

Top-3 Individual State Qualifiers: 1. Nolan Spickert, Centralia, 16:14.00, 2. Cruz Thomas, Westminster, 16:42.20; 3. Ashton Moreland, St. James, 17:08.10.

Other St. James Results: 20. Kylar Hodge 18:04.20*, 31. Johnny Perkins 18:43.50, 91. Joshua Rinehart 21:13.60, 92. Kypton Earney 21:13.70, 102. Ryder Hutchcraft 21:57.80.

*-State Qualifier

Girls

Team Standings: 1. St. Charles West 47*, 2. Lutheran St. Charles 88*, 3. Borgia 133*, 4. Blair Oaks 135*, 5. Helias 142, 6. Fulton 165, 7. Centralia 175, 8. Bowling Green 178, 9. St. Clair 186, 10. Owensville 188, 11. Versailles 234.

Top-3 Individual State Qualifiers: 1. Brianna Krueger, St. Charles West, 19:02.50; 2. Miley Jackson, St. Charles West, 20:00.90; 3. Magdalena Barnes, Helias, 20:11.50.

*-State Qualifier

St. James Results: 40. Adalyne Hash 23:43.10, 43. Katherine Strackeljahn 23:59.20.