Area State Cross Country Results Show Big Improvement from Sectional Times

All three of the area qualifiers for the state cross country meet Saturday in Peoria shaved many seconds off their sectional times.

While there are no state champs from the area this year, a lot of improvement was shown.

The one area girl that made it to State, junior Jasmyn Dittamore of Cumberland, finished 82nd in 19:13.09. That's over a half-minute faster than her sectional time of 19:46.

As far as the boys, senior Michael Carpenter of Cumberland finished 69th in 16:06, almost a minute faster than his sectional time of 16:58. Junior Brian Dust of St. Anthony finished 92nd in 16:22, compared to 16:44 at Sectional.

The state competition was again run at Detweiller Park in Peoria.