Bethany Barger and Denner dos Santos once again shine for the Neosho County Cross Country team at the KJCCC/Region 6 Championships hosted at Butler Community College in El, Dorado, KS. Both Barger and Dos Santos earned all KJCCC East honors by finishing in the top 7 in the conference standings. Dos Santos also earned All-Region honors by finishing in the top 15 overall with his 13th place finish, additionally Dos Santos set a new 8k school record in the event running 26:01. Barger ran the second fastest time in school history on the day 19:40, and only sets behind 2011 Region 6 Cross Country Champion Leslie Rosario on the All-time list. Other outstanding performances came from Timothy Kemboi who moved himself into #5 All-time for Neosho running 26:52 and narrowly missing All KJCCC honors by 1 place, and Pia Zalazar breaking 21:00 for the first time and moving to #8 all time with her 20:57 performance in the 5k race.
Both teams finished 8th in the Region with the women’s team taking down #24 ranked Garden City in the process. Both teams have earned trips to the National Championships to be held in Huntsville, Alabama at John Hunt Park on Saturday, November 14th.
