WHS girls cross country wins meet

Corey Saathoff- September 18, 2024

*Pictured are members of the Waterloo High School girls cross country team after winning Saturday’s Belleville West Invitational.*

The Waterloo High School girls cross country team placed first at Saturday’s Belleville West Invitational in a tiebreaker over Mascoutah.

Cameron Crump once again led the Bulldogs with a first place finish in the three mile race. Her time was 18:01.90.

Ava Rau placed third overall for Waterloo with a time of 19:26.40. She was followed by teammates Kamryn Rader in sixth place at 20:17.10, Emily Vogt in 15th place at 20:58.30, Calla Espenscheid in 16th place at 21:03.80 and Charley Funk in 18th place at 21:28.70.

Columbia placed fourth as a team at the meet, led by Carly Chambers in 25th place (22:21.40).

In the boys race, Waterloo placed third as a team behind Highland and Mascoutah.

Luke Smith led the Bulldogs with a sixth place overall time of 16:13.60. The next Waterloo finisher was Liam Gilbert in 11th place at 16:42.80.

Corey Saathoff

Corey is the editor of the Republic-Times. He has worked at the newspaper since 2004, and currently resides in Columbia. He is also the principal singer-songwriter and plays guitar in St. Louis area country-rock band The Trophy Mules.