The St. James High cross country team got a peek at the course for the upcoming Missouri State Championships during the Gans Creek Classic, held on the Gans Creek Course in Columbia.

St. James joined a host of other schools from across the state to compete in various races on the course Friday and Saturday, Sept. 26-27.

The St. James runners competed in the Blue Division Saturday.

St. James runners who set personal PRs were Ashton Moreland by :30, Kylar Hodge by :40, Kypton Earney by 1:38 and Josh Rinehart by 1:12.

This week the Tiger runners were to host the St. James Invitational Tuesday at Maramec Springs Park, starting at 3:30 p.m.

Here are St. James results in the Gans Creek Classic:

Sept. 27 at Columbia

Gans Creek Classic

5,000-Meters

Blue Division

Boys

Varsity

Top-5 Team Standings: 1. Centralia 166, 2 Willard 213, 3. Marquette 222, 4. St. Joseph Central 223, 5. Warrensburg 249.

Individual Top-3: 1. Kyle Hathcock, Springfield Catholic, 15:30.78; 2. Nolan Spickert, Centralia, 15:41.40; 3. Chael Lichte, Lexington, 15:44.61.

St. James Results: 45. Ashton Moreland 17:26.00, 84. Kylar Hodge 18:01.08, 130. Johnny Perkins 18:39.54.

Junior Varsity

St. James Results: 9. Kypton Earney 19:43.94, 52. Joshua Rinehart 21:38.84, 74. Ryder Hutchcraft 22:21.54.

Girls

Varsity

Top-5 Team Standings: 1. Gardner Edgerton 100, 2. Lexington 102, 3. Kirksville 126, 4. Warrensburg 226, 5. Marquette 229.

Individual Top-3: 1. Addison Smith, Lexington, 18:47.43; 2. Ellie Lichte, Lexington, 18:50.01; 3. Viola Johanson, Union, 19:11.14.

St. James Result: 132. Katherine Strackeljahn 23:51.41.

Junior Varsity

St. James Result: 16. Adalyne Hash 24:30.52.