Fulton senior Grant Gaines paced all Callaway County runners with a 16th-place time in the 29th-annual Fulton Invitational on Saturday morning at the high school athletic complex.
Gaines clocked a time of 17 minutes, 45.84 seconds in the varsity boys' race. Mexico junior Malik Holman was the individual champion in 16:31.58.
South Callaway senior Terry Miles finished 43rd in 18:53.61 as the Bulldogs' lone participant. Fulton senior Chaz Ballard took 67th in 19:18.34, while New Bloomfield junior Charlie Schattgen was 73rd in 19:22.42.
Fellow New Bloomfield junior Nicholas Granich took 90th in 20:05.87 and Fulton sophomore Tanner Steffen finished 94th in 20:12.37.
Other Callaway finishers in the boys' division were New Bloomfield sophomore Marshall Woods, 105th in 20:30.08; Fulton sophomore Jared Eliuk, 110th in 20:34.72; Fulton senior Ian Shoemaker, 112th in 20:36.56; Fulton junior Luke Lohmeyer, 120th in 20:52.64; New Bloomfield junior Cameron Engelbrecht, 130th in 21:39, and Fulton junior Aaron Hickman, 140th in 22:28.43.
In the varsity girls' race, Fulton junior Rachel Quick led all Callaway runners by coming in 53rd in 23:45.07. Helias senior Kaitlyn Shea collected the individual title in 19:15.22.
South Callaway sophomore Amanda McDonald earned 66th in 24:23.82, New Bloomfield senior Sydni Bedsworth garnered 73rd in 24:42.56 and Fulton senior Megan Coleman finished 85th in 24:58.61.
North Callaway freshman Brooke Fischer placed 88th in 25:04.46, South Callaway sophomore Daryn Finney took 97th in 25:27.05 and Fulton sophomore Katie Lowry was 111th in 26:16.65.
Fulton freshman Mason Gaines took first place in the junior varsity boys' race, while four other Hornets notched top-20 finishes. Gaines paced the field in a time of 18:31.16 in guiding Fulton to a second-place showing with 44 points.
Freshman Nathan Quick finished third in 19:57.19, freshman Haydon Windsor came in 13th in 20:15.45 and sophomore Brenden Dungan earned 19th in 20:39.53.
South Callaway freshmen Austin Clubb and Nickolas Rodriguez were 28th and 44th, respectively, in 21:23.99 and 22:37.37. Sophomore freshman Caleb Diehl took 54th in 23:14.50.
Missouri School for the Deaf sophomore Chris Davis took 55th in 23:16.09, Kingdom Christian Academy sophomore Jacob Auer finished 79th in 25:20.67 and Fulton sophomore Caine Breedlove placed 82nd in 25:48.23.
In the junior varsity girls' race, South Callaway sophomore Caitlyn Chapman earned eighth place in 24:21.29. Fulton freshman Adrea Shadbolt took 11th in 24:48.86 and South Callaway freshman Elizabeth Luebbert came in 17th in 25:39.64.
South Callaway freshmen Greta Cross (26:52.46) and Ashley Potter (28:31.10) placed 22nd and 33rd, respectively. Fulton freshman Sydney York finished 55th in 38:22.33.
DA Davis of Fulton placed 35th in the middle school boys' race in 10:09.72. Fulton's Canyon Milligan took 40th in 10:15.96, teammate Zach Schwinke earned 48th in 10:31.95 and North Callaway's Finnian Clark was 49th in 10:35.17.
Other Callaway finishers included: Andrew Powell, New Bloomfield, 51st in 10:35.86; Alex Armstrong, Kingdom Christian, 58th in 10:47.75; Aaron Eliuk, Fulton, 70th in 11:05.75; John Baxter, New Bloomfield, 74th in 11:07.21; Joseph Barkho, Fulton, 105th in 11:38.78; Joshua Craghead, North Callaway, 111th in 11:44.78; Easton Ambler, New Bloomfield, 140th in 12:37.53; Brendan Smith, South Callaway, 144th in 12:40.07; Nicholas Garrett, South Callaway, 150th in 12:47.20; Nathanael Shuler, South Callaway, 182nd in 14:18.55; Ian Waggoner, Kingdom Christian, 189th in 15:10.09; Ceiran Dillard, South Callaway, 201st in 17:45.80, and Sam Jennings, South Callaway, 202nd in 17:59.15.
River Nolting, of North Callaway, finished 15th in the middle school girls' division in 10:59.44.
North Callaway's Kaylee English took 18th in 11:06.53, while teammates Kira Douglas (11:33.55) and Leigha Morris (11:53.16) placed 30th and 46, respectively.
Stephanie Long of Fulton clocked a time of 11:55.93 to come in 49th.
Other Callaway finishers were: Raven Jarvis, North Callaway, 53rd in 12:02.70; Abigail Schattgen, New Bloomfield, 71st in 12:16.88; Emily Schweiss, Fulton, 81st in 12:29.20; Alexis Martin, Fulton, 94th in 12:44.97; Mattie Hampton, South Callaway, 97th in 12:51.57; Brooke Whyte, Fulton, 101st in 12:58.72; Aubrey Atkins, South Callaway, 104th in 13:01.56; Samantha Thieret, South Callaway, 124th in 13:41.16; Caitlin Sievert, Fulton, 13:43; Ainsley Bobbitt, Fulton, 13:56.64; Savannah Littlefield, North Callaway, 135th in 13:59.81; Anna Bonderer, Fulton, 140th in 14:00.89; Hannah Siegel, Fulton, 142nd in 14:03.77; Sydney Lepper, New Bloomfield, 154th in 14:32.62; Macyn Blannset, North Callaway, 166th in 15:21.05, and Lexi Wood, Fulton, 185th in 17:27.16.
Fulton's varsity teams run in the Boonville Invitational at 4 p.m. Tuesday. North Callaway takes part in the Elsberry Invitational at 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 29.
South Callaway, Kingdom Christian and MSD all compete at the Belle Invitational at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25. New Bloomfield competes at the Show-Me Conference championships at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30.