El Dorado Springs hosted the Class 2 District 3 cross country meet on Saturday. See which athletes and teams are heading to state below.

BOYS RACE

Hollister senior Sinry Mendoza is looking to make the most out of his lone cross country season. On Saturday, he earned his first individual district title running a 15:37.18 taking the title over Springfield Catholic’s Kyle Hathcock who ran 16:24.57 to finish runner-up. Cinch Dowling from Fair Grove was third in a time of 17:08.49. Marcus Johnson gave Springfield Catholic two top-four finishers running 17:09.31 to finish fourth.

Hathcock and Johnson’s low finishes helped the Irish win the team championship with a 63-point output to beat runner-up Osage with 79.

AREA BOYS TEAM STATE QUALIFIERS

1. Springfield Catholic – 63
(Kyle Hathcock, Marcus Johnson, Gavin Pyck, Andrew Jones, John Paul Haik-Frick, Christopher Todd, Kyle Rues)
2. Osage – 79
3. Fair Grove – 90
(Cinch Dowling, Wyatt Wommack, Andrew Farrar, Tyler Whitehead, Tayton Andrews, John Kolb, Benjamin Hofius)
4. Strafford – 128
(Aaden Choate, Boone Baker, Jake Shetler, Austen Choate, Thomas Alford, Gabriel Fronick, Hunter Choate)

AREA BOYS INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS

1. Sinry Mendoza – Hollister
6. Isaac Smith – Ava
7. Wesley Jackson – Warsaw
8. Braeden Casey – Clever
9. Skyler Oliphant – Mountain Grove
10. Caleb Bates – Liberty
11. Maxwell Hirschi – Reeds Spring
16. Lane Talley – East Newton
19. Connor Love – Reeds Spring
20. Jondre Smit – Lamar
21. Trece White – Mountain Grove
22. Max Guilliams – Mountain Grove
25. Aiden Ross – Aurora
26. Jax Bauder – Ava
29. Emmett Aksamit – Hollister

GIRLS RACE

Fair Grove junior Katrina Cantwell, who is a two-time top 10 finisher in Class 3, won the Class 3 District 2 individual title with a 19:14.70. Houston’s Lyla Huffman was runner-up with a 19:29.40.

Springfield Catholic’s Emma Belk ran 20:23.20 to place third. The top five was rounded out by Fair Grove’s Keira Marion-Swan (20:29.52) in fourth and Aurora’s Drew Mayes (20:42.58) in fifth.

Osage won the team competition with 52 points. Houston was second with 86 followed by Springfield Catholic in third with 89 and Fair Grove in fourth with 92.

AREA GIRLS TEAM STATE QUALIFIERS

1. Osage – 52
2. Houston – 86
(Lyla Huffman, Lilly Kincaid, Jessyn Allen, Natalie Clinton, Adyson Dailing, Jesslynn Crawford)
3. Springfield Catholic – 89
(Emma Belk, Elliana Lygrisse, Dorothy Reisner, Leah Hicks, Macie Kelly, Kaya McClanahan, Madilynn Schwalie
4. Fair Grove – 92
(Katrina Cantwell, Keira Marion-Swan, Lyla Bell, Audrey Lemon, Willow Buescher, Kaylee Kolb, Elise Jackson)

AREA GIRLS INDIVIDUAL QUALIFIERS

5. Drew Mayes – Aurora
6. Avery Miller – Aurora
8. Kaydence Butts – Clever
11. Elizabeth Hough – Strafford
13. Keena Roth – Mountian Grove
14. Zoey Elliott – Salem
16. Makynli Blackwell – Mountain Grove
17. Cali Smith – Clever
18. Valerie Jackson – New Heights Christian
20. Kayli Anderson – Cassville
22. Morgan Smith – Liberty
23. Nyelli Soto – Mountain Grove
25. Amya Haley – Hollister
26. Jesalin Beaver – New Heights Christian
28. Lydia Cupps – Cassville
30. Ava Blanchard – Lamar