The cross country team traveled to Warrensburg on Saturday for the district meet. We had multiple runners have a great race, but unfortunately no one was able to advance on to the state meet. It was a great season and looking to next year already! Thank you so much to everyone who helped us out this year. To our parents who hosted dinners and provided race snacks. To all of our volunteers who help at both meets we hosted. To Sonic for donating plenty of water for our meets. To the managers who helped me keep times and my sanity at most meets. To all of the picture takers who provided some great shots at meets (see attached picture). To the maintenance crew for keeping the course mowed throughout the season to help us keep our great new course in shape and able to train on. Sometimes it's the small things behind the scenes that no one sees, but helps out the team tremendously throughout the season. Thanks to all of you! We wrapped up our season with the banquet on Tuesday. Below are the awards and results from districts. Check out our end of season recap video here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2aGS6cVF8c&t=20s 

 Class 2 District 7 Results

Girls

23rd - Korry Davis - 24:54

46th - Brielle Campbell - 29:49

52nd - Jakaila Rolph - 32:52 (New PR!)

 Boys

30th - Zeke Martin - 20:01 (New PR!)

35th - Hunter Stevenson - 20:17

40th - Patrick Bell - 20:30

52nd - John Buford - 21:40

62nd - Kordell Craft - 22:25

72nd - Brenden Campbell - 23:38 (New PR!)

74th - Richard Walker - 24:15 (New PR!)

 Awards

Most Improved - Korry Davis and Brenden Campbell

Most Points - Korry Davis and Zeke Martin

Team Leader - Zeke Martin

(Academic All-State can't be announced until January)

Head Coach: Jimmy Barnes

October 15

Last night Butler HS hosted the 2nd Annual Ozark Highlands Conference Cross Country Championships! The rain made the course all that more challenging and the kids really enjoyed it!

Once again, a BIG THANK YOU to all of our helpers - Jake Duvall, Nancy Sutton, Marci Beckley, Leslie Hedrick, Chuck Reece, Carmen Behringer, Lanie Kauffman, Madison Whitworth. Kennisen Hannah, Dylan Davidson, and Dylan Randalls.  Thanks to Prepcast once again for broadcasting. The Kansas City Running Company for timing. And for everyone that came out to watch and support. For those of you that it was your first time attending a cross country meet, I hope you enjoyed it and to see you back again soon!

 Conference Team Champions

High School Boys - El Dorado Springs
High School Girls - El Dorado Springs
Middle School Boys - Sherwood
Middle School Girls - El Dorado Springs

Butler Bears Results

Boys

10th - Steven Bell - 19:56 - All-Conference
15th - Zeke Martin - 20:51
17th - Hunter Stevenson - 20:55
18th - John Buford - 21:00
22nd - Kordell Craft - 22:37
30th - Brenden Campbell - 24:45
33rd - Josh Smith - 25:20
34th - Richard Walker - 26:18
TEAM - 3rd Place

 Girls

7th - Korry Davis - 23:57 - All-Conference
15th - Annalee Gardner - 26:18
16th - Jocelyn Underwood - 26:44
19th - Brielle Campbell - 29:29
 

We have one last regular season meet next Tuesday at El Dorado Springs. Then Districts at Warrensburg on November 2.

September 28

The cross country team traveled to Hermitage on Saturday to once again conquer the dam hill at Pomme de Terre. Yet again we saw some great improvement in times on the course compared to previous years. Next up we are at HOME for the first time ever on Saturday, October 12 starting at 8:30 am.

Varsity Boys

41st - Hunter Stevenson - 20:42
64th - Zeke Martin - 21:26
75th - John Buford - 21:47
136th - Kordell Craft - 25:56
138th - Brenden Campbell - 26:02
143rd - Josh Smith - 27:09
TEAM - 15th

Varsity Girls

17th - Korry Davis - 24:52 - medaled
55th - Brielle Campbell - 31:17

JV Girls
21st - Jakaila Rolph - 36:36

On Saturday, September 21, the cross country team traveled to Clinton for a meet. The storms held off long enough for us to have a great meet. Just like Bolivar, we saw multiple personal bests on the course compared to last year! We travel to Hermitage this coming Saturday.

Varsity Girls

5th - Korry Davis - 23:27 - Medaled - New career PR, 3 min course PR
20th - Brielle Campbell - 26:52

Varsity Boys

15th - Patrick Bell - 19:54 - Medaled - 3 min course PR
23rd - Zeke Martin - 20:32 - 2 min course PR
30th - Hunter Stevenson - 21:06
31st - John Buford - 21:20
45th - Kordell Craft - 23:41 - 2 min course PR
52nd - Brenden Campbell - 25:20
53rd - Richard Walker - 25:23

TEAM - 6th place

JV Boys & Girls

11th - Josh Smith - 26:26
5th - Jakaila Rolph - 35:52 - 9 min course PR

On Saturday, September 14, cross country traveled to Holden for our second meet of the year where it was 59 degrees at start time, which is perfect! We had some good performances and Korry Davis and Brielle Campbell both earned their first career medals in a varsity race!

 On Wednesday, September 18 we traveled to Drexel. Conditions were vastly different. So much so that the heat forced the race to be reduced to a 2 mile race (normally it's 3.1 miles). Times were a little slow for all runners, BUT we brought home 5 medals. Patrick Bell and Korry Davis were medalists, and we had 3 first time medalists - John Buford, Zeke Martin, and Hunter Stevenson.

 We travel to Clinton this Saturday, hoping to avoid the incoming storms! ALL of our runners will be running at 8:30 am.

 HOLDEN

Boys

49th - Zeke Martin - 21:26
85th - Patrick Bell - 23:15
94th - John Buford - 23:38
119th - Brenden Campbell - 25:42
128th - Josh Smith - 27:35
TEAM - 14th Place

 Girls

19th - Korry Davis - 24:59 - medaled
35th - Brielle Campbell 26:36 - medaled
76th - Jakaila Rolph - 37:22

DREXEL

Boys

9th - Patrick Bell - 13:26 - medaled
19th - Zeke Martin - 14:00 - medaled
20th - John Buford - 14:01 - medaled
21st - Hunter Stevenson - 14:10 - medaled
34th - Richard Walker - 16:53
40th - Brenden Campbell - 18:14
41st - Josh Smith - 18:33

Girls

9th - Korry Davis - 16:31 - medaled
22nd - Brielle Campbell - 21:24
37th - Jakaila Rolph - 24:32

September 7

The cross country team competed at the SWCCCA Invitational in Bolivar on Saturday. Every single runner that had run the course before earned a course PR and some by a large amount! It was a great way to start the season and excited to see the rest they have in store. Next up we travel to Holden on 9/14.

 Varsity Boys
35th - Steven Bell - 19:55 (4 sec PR)
44th - Zeke Martin - 20:39
50th - Hunter Stevenson - 20:51 (1 min PR)
73rd - Kordell Craft - 24:35 (3 min PR)
76th - Richard Walker - 25:02 (7 minute PR)
77th - Brenden Campbell - 25:08

Varsity Girls
18th - Korry Davis - 23:52 (4 min PR)

JV Girls
52nd - Brielle Campbell - 31:05
65th - Jakaila Rolph - 34:47 (7 min PR)

Fundraiser  August 24