COURSE RECORDS AND TOP TIMES

Boys 5k Course Record- 15:28.30 * Josh Thebeau, Potosi, 2006

Girls 5k Course Record- 18:41.8 Natalie Todd, Ladue, 2007

Freshman Boys 3k Course Record- 10:20.1 Daniel Raterman, SLUH, 2007

Freshman Girls 3k Course Record- 12:09.2 Claire Minnick, Nerinx Hall, 2008

Middle School Boys 2k- 6:40.1 Billy Leighton, Cape Central

Middle School Girls 2k- 7:41.9 Sarah Jacobsen, Potosi

Open Race 4k Mens Course Record- 12:44.0, Tim Bradley, 2007

Open Race 4k Womens Course Record- 13:48.3, Elizabeth Knight, 2007

* = converted time from 2006 (course was shortened so EMT's could attend to a runner from the previous race)

FOREST PARK CROSS COUNTRY FESTIVAL
TOP 25 TIMES

Boys 5k

1) 15:28.30*.............Josh Thebeau (SR)......Potosi.....2006
2) 15:33.35*.............Josh Mathis (SR)......Potosi..........2006
3) 15:39.6.........Jacob Swearingen (JR).....Potosi.....2007
4) 15:41.07*.....Kyle Rood (SR).....Ft Zumwalt South.....2006
5) 15:44.2.........Jacob Swearingen (SR)....Potosi......2008
6) 15:45.8.................Rick Elliot (SR).....Kickapoo.........2007
7) 15:46.9.............Danny Thater (JR)....Kickapoo......2008
8) 15:48.7............. Nick Niggemann (JR).......Potosi......2007
9) 15:51.98*........Phillip King (SR).....Rock Bridge.....2006
10) 15:55.3.....Nick Happe (SR).....Francis Howell N..2008
11) 15:56.1.....Adam Behnke (SR).....Lutheran South.....2007
12) 15:56.1....Matt Schwab (SR)...Francis Howell N...2007
13) 15:57.4.........Connor Callahan (SR)......DeSmet.......2008
14) 16:02.52*...........Matt Lawder (SR)........SLUH.......2006
15) 16:03.4.............Nick Niggeman (SR)......Potosi.......2008
16) 16:06.40*......Pat Cole (SR)...Ft. Zumwalt South...2006
17) 16:08.17*.......Jacob Swearingen (SO).....Potosi......2006
18) 16:09.3..........Jeff Kaiser (SR).....Rock Bridge......2007
19) 16:09.4..............Max Storms (SR)........O'Hara........2008
20) 16:10.5........Nick Happe (JR)....Francis Howell N.....2007
21) 16:13.33*........Nick Niggemann (SO).....Potosi.....2006
22) 16:14.24....Brandon Funderburk (SR)...F.Z. South....2006
23) 16:15.6..Stephen Saylor (JR)...Raytown South....2007
24) 16:17.51*..Tommy McNab (SR)...Francis Howell N...2006
25) 16:20.25*...............Phil Bascio (JR).......CBC........2006

* = converted time from 2006 (course was shortened so EMT's could attend to a runner from the previous race)

Girls 5k

1) 18:41.8............Natalie Todd (JR)......Ladue...........2007
2) 19:00.6............Aimee Bonte (SR).......Summit..........2007
3) 19:06.1............Alyssa Allison (JR)........Festus........2007
4) 19:07.09............Hilary Orf (JR)........Marquette..........2006
5) 19:11.5..............Alyssa Allison (SR)......Festus.......2008
6) 19:12.8................Sarah White (FR).........Potosi.......2007
7) 19:31.4.......Lauren Borduin (SR)...Rock Bridge.....2007
8) 19:31.59.........Lauren Borduin (JR).....Rock Bridge....2006
9) 19:41.4..Veronica Schabbing (SR)..Cape Central..2008
10) 19:45.7..........Ashley Scott (SR)........St. Clair.........2008
11) 19:48.9.........Ashley Scott (JR).......St. Clair.........2007
12) 19:53.0.........Briana Watson (SO).......Jeff City........2008
13) 19:53.5...........Michelle Hicks (JR).....Lebanon.....2007
14) 19:55.8..........Hilary Orf (SR).....Marquette..............2007
15) 19:57.2......Natalie Becker (SR)...Parkway West..2008
16) 20:00.7..........Andrea Marshall (SR)......Summit......2007
17) 20:00.9......Veronica Schabbing (JR)..Cape Cntl..2007
18) 20:02.5......Rachel Carpino (JR)...Lee's Summit N....2008
19) 20:05.2......Erin Huddleston (SR).......Branson......2008
20) 20:07.44...........Aimee Bonte (JR)........Summit.......2006
21) 20:08.0.......Rebecca Senn (JR)......Kickapoo.......2008
22) 20:08.3.........Kelly Stromsdorfer (JR).......Ladue......2007
23) 20:09.0.........Rebeca Senn (SO).......Kickapoo.....2007
24) 20:10.5.............Emily Conlon (JR)......Marquette.....2008
25) 20:14.6......Mary Dohogne (SO)....Cape Central...2008


ALL PAST RESULTS

RACE HISTORY

2008- The third edition of the Forest Park Cross Country Festival was presented by National City and word had obviously spread about the event with many more out-of-town teams traveling to the meet including traditional State powers Jefferson City and Lee's Summit North. For the first year the fields were split into two divisions to accomodate the high number of entries. Warm temps prevented any possible course record attempts but the races still sizzled with tight team and individual battles across the board.

No race was closer than the battle for the GO! St. Louis varsity girls green division title between Jefferson City and Kickapoo. The two squads were tied at 96 points through five runners with Jeff City then claiming the championship on the strength of their sixth runner, Hilary Weaver, who finished 40th. The individual race was won by one of the top female distance runners in Missouri State History, Festus' Alyssa Allison. The senior added a Festival title to her already stellar resume' that now includes a total of eight individual State Championships in cross country and track.

On the boys side hosts Saint Louis U. High defended their title from 2007 with a resounding 72 point win over Kickapoo. The individual race was much closer with defending champ Jacob Swearingen keeping the Potosi winning streak alive with a two second victory over Kickapoo junior Danny Thater. Swearingen would go on to win another Missouri State Championship in November as well as qualify individually for the Nike Cross Nationals in Portland, Oregon.

Other meet highlights included new middle school records for the boys and girls. Cape Central's Billy Leighton ran 6:40.1 to take home the boys championship while Potosi's Sarah Jacobsen covered the 2k course in 7:41.9 to win the girls race. In the junior varsity boys green division Rockhurst was able to upset Saint Louis U. High by two points while the ladies from Rock Bridge dominated the JV girls green division scoring only 26 points.

2007-The second annual Forest Park Cross Country Festival nearly doubled in size with more than 2,000 athletes competing over the course of ten races. The story on this day was not one team but rather the incredible depth in the GO! St. Louis Varsity boys and girls races. An amazing 34 runners broke 21 minutes on the girls side with 26 boys dipping under 17 minutes. With 32 teams in each varsity race the compeitition was as tough as any race in Missouri, perhaps including even the State meet. For the second year in a row the meet featured the eventual Class 3 and Class 4 State Championship boys teams.

The hosts from St. Louis University High School won a close battle over Marquette University High School from Milwaukee to take the boys team title at the Festival. SLUH went on to finish the season undefeated in Missouri and finished third at the Nike Team Regional meet in South Dakota. Marquette finished third at the Wisconsin State Meet. The girls team title went to the ladies from Ste. Genevieve who were victorious by a mere three points over a tough Rockwood Summit team led by individual runner-up Aimee Bonte.

The individual title for the girls went to Ladue junior Natalie Todd who blitzed a field that included Bonte as well as State Champions Alyssa Allison from Festus, Lauren Borduin from Rock Bridge and Hilary Orf from Marquette en route to an 18:41 course record. While Todd won by 19 seconds on the girls side, the boys race was much tighter with a pack of five separating themselves from the field from the gun. Kickapoo's Rick Elliot took the early pace, followed by 4:13 miler Adam Behnke of Lutheran South, Francis Howell North's Matt Schwab and the dynamic duo of Jacob Swearingen and Nick Niggemann of Potosi. In the end all five runners broke the 16 minute barrier but it was a late charge by Swearingen that sealed the race for the junior. His time of 15:39.6 made him the third fastest performer in meet history.

The girls Junior Varsity race was won by Columbia Rock bridge for the second year in a row as they outdistanced St. Joseph's Academy by 34 points. Marquette took the freshman girls race, scoring an impressive 34 points. The boys JV and freshman races were won by SLUH, making it a clean sweep on the day for the Jr. Bills.

2006- The inaugural Forest Park Cross Country Festival saw more than 1,100 athletes compete on the fast, spectator-friendly course at Central Fields in beautiful Forest Park. The story of the day was the Potosi boys team, who scored a mere 30 points to dominate a very strong field that included eventual Class 4 State Champs Fort Zumwalt South. The Trojans, led by seniors Josh Thebeau and Josh Mathis used the meet as a springboard to an incredible season that included another Class 3 State Championship and a 7th place finish at the Nike Team National Meet.

The girls race was won by the yellow-clad ladies from Rock Bridge High School in Columbia, Mo. Led by individual runner-up Lauren Borduin the Lady Bruins put five runners in the top 28 and out-distanced second place Marquette by 23 points. Marquette came out on top in the individual race however, with eventual Class 4 State Champ Hilary Orf taking the victory in 19:07.

The boys junior varsity and freshman races were won by the boys from St. Louis University High who scored a meet low 17 points in winning the latter race. The girls JV race was another Rock Bridge versus Marquette battle with Rock Bridge coming out on top just as they had in the varsity race. Fort Zumwalt South took home top honors in the girls freshman race.