As the runners head up the first hill of the race, Brookfield High School sophomore Samantha Sharp (left foreground) leads the Class 2 girls’ pack during the early moments of the District 4 cross-country running race at Platte Ridge Park in Platte City Oct. 29. Sharp finished fifth and was considered a strong hopeful for a medaling (top 25) finish in this weekend’s Saturday state championships at the Gans Creek Cross Country Running Course outside of Columbia.
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COLUMBIA — Saturday concluded Missouri’s high school cross-country running season with the staging of the state-championship races for girls and boys in the 3-smallest school…
