Finished seventh at the Illinois Class 1A state meet last season with a time of 17 minutes, 52 seconds, that helped the Musketeers to a 21st-place team finish. Burmester was the sectional cham…

Leigh was the 10th-place finisher at the Missouri Class 4 state championship meet and the top sophomore with a time of 18:42.59.

Pierson was third in the Missouri Class 4 state meet (18:13.04), but the two runners ahead of her graduated. One of the favorites to win a state championship in 2015.

O'FALLON, ILL. • At the start of last season, Brooke Witzel, then an O'Fallon High freshman, deferred to four seniors entrenched in the top seven on the roster.

WILDWOOD • It still stings, a little, even nine months later.

NATIONAL SIGNING DAY