Both Highland Community College cross country teams were in action on Friday evening at the Northwest Missouri Bearcat Open Meet. 

The Scottie men finished the meet with 77 total team points, good for third place. Host Northwest Missouri won the meet with 15 team points. Nolan Zimmer of Northwest won the race with a time of 26:03. The Scottie women were in action for the first time this year and ended the meet in fourth place as a team with 89 points. Again, Northwest took the team title with 15 points. Bearcat Anne Herbert won the meet with the time of 23:32. 

The Scottie men, ranked third nationally by Hill-N-Dale, were once again paced by freshman Brian Martinez (Pasadena, TX) with a seventh place finish in 27:35. Sophomores Seth Parres (O’Fallon, MO) and Brett Simshauser (Cuba, MO) finished together in 14^th and 15^th place with the same time of 28:39. Sophomore Chris Babel (Hiawatha) finished in 22^nd place while freshman Rey Quinones (Clermont, FL) was the 27^th place finisher. 

The Scottie women harriers were led by sophomore Crystal Hoard (Randolph) with a 21^st place finish in 27:19. Sophomore Hannah Olsen (St. Joseph, MO) finished in 24^th place while sophomore Becky Geib (Fairfax, MO) was the 27^th place finisher.  Freshman Jordyn Mize (Nortonville) was the 33^rd runner to cross the finish line. Sophomore Kelsey Warren (Berryton) rounded out the scoring for the Scotties, finishing in 36^th place. 

The Scotties are on the road again next Saturday, September 21, at the Woody Greeno Invitational Meet hosted by the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. 

Men’s Results

Name Place Time

Brian Martinez 7 27:35

Seth Parres 14 28:39

Brett Simshouser 15 28:39

Chris Babel 22 29:16

Rey Quinones-Velez 27 29:53

Carlos Gonzales 30 30:09

Tyler Caldwell  31 30:10

Women’s Results

Name Place Time

Crystal Hoard 21 27:19

Hannah Olsen 24 28:26

Becky Geib 27 28:39

Jordyn Mize 33 30:22

Kelsey Warren  36 31:16