Senior Samantha Sharp of Brookfield High School strides across the Gans Creek Cross-Country Course just outside Columbia during the Class 2 girls’ 2024 Missouri Cross-Country Running Championships last Saturday morning. Denied by injuries the chance to compete at state as a freshman and junior, the BHS standout captured her second fifth-place state medal in two tries by running the 5-kilometers distance in 19:51 over a rain-dampened course she toured in 18:59 less than a month before. (JENNIFER SMITH/LCL PHOTO)
Lady Bulldogs senior caps injury-crimped cross-country running career with another top-5 finish COLUMBIA — Although soft, wet course conditions slowed nearly everyone in last Saturday’s…
