Cross Country runs At Buffalo

Published 8:13 pm Wednesday, October 14, 2026

As has been the theme most of the season, the Tigers and Lady Tigers traveled to Buffalo last Thursday to compete in the 2026 Buffalo Invitational cross country meet under hot conditions with the meet scheduled for a 4:15 p.m. start. Despite the tough conditions, the Tigers placed three runners in the Top 10, finishing the team competition in second place behind Eldon. For the Lady Tigers, two Top 10 finishers and strong finishes by the supporting cast gave Stockton a first place finish.

Lillie Burchett (22:50.54) again paced the Lady Tigers, finishing 6th overall. She was closely followed by Zoe Rains (23:28.94/9th), Kayleigh Antonini (26:29.72/22nd), Natalya Bock (27:09.18/27th), and Reesah Plymate (29:01.64/36th). 55 runners competed.

For the Tigers, Finnegan Swopes again set the pace, finishing 3rd with a time of 18:22.87. He was followed by Daveon Williams (18:51.70/5th), Lucian Uribe (18:55.26/6th), Gage Kirar (22:40.11/47th), and Spencer Hicks (23:34.47/56th). The field had 78 runners.

Next up, the teams will travel to Clever on October 15th with the regular season wrapping up at the Southwest Conference meet on October 22nd at Ash Grove.