Mikayla Reed was plenty impressive Nov. 5, when her state championship-winning cross country performance opened a lot of eyes.

Conference, regional and sectional champion finished sixth in the Illinois Class 2A state meet, which was the highest area finish in either the girls or boys meets. Schwartz ran a personal-best time of 17: 22 at the state meet, which

Finished 33rd for the second consecutive season in the Illinois Class 3A state meet, which was easily the area's best in 3A. She posted a personal-best time of 17:28 on the 3-mile course. Witzel also won individual conference and regional

Won five individual meet championships this season, including district and sectional titles. Kohring's best time this season was 19:01.6 for the title of the Parkway West Invitational, and her runner-up finish in the Forest Park Invitational's top divi...

Ninth-place finish in Missouri's Class 4 state meet came with a personal-best time of 18:58.10 that ranked as the fifth-fastest area time this season over 5 kilometers. Was huge improvement over her 67th-place finish at state as a junior. Dejoie

Ran to a 12th-place showing in the Missouri Class 4 state meet while helping Blue Jays to the third-place team finish. Her state-meet time of 19:02.86 was her best and the fifth-fastest for any area runner at the state meet.

Signed to run for Oakland University, Leigh was a four-time state qualifier for the Vikings and finished third individually this season with a personal-best time of 18:36.08 that was the second-fastest run in the area this season. Conference champion was

Finished seventh individually in the Missouri Class 4 state meet with a personal-best time of 18:47.71 that was third-fastest in the area this season. Ayers helped the Blue Jays to a third-place team finish at the state meet, which is

Breakout season helped earn Boessen a scholarship to run for Southeast Missouri. Won two titles, was 13th in Missouri's Class 4 state meet in 19:09.41.

Her 19:11.10 at conference meet ranks as area's 10th-best performance. She was district runner-up and seventh at sectional qualifier.