Festus XC

10/31/2026

Survive and advance! Girls finished third, boys second. Both teams advancing to the state meet with big goals.

6 All-District performers for the girls: Lucy, Marisa, Kyndall, Kayla, Elsie, and Nora.

5 All-District performers for the boys: Grant, Lucas, Hudson, Matthew, and Riley. Grant is district champion and set course record.

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10/18/2026

Congratulations to the following athletes who earned All-Conference honors today at the JCAA Cross Country meet:

Girls:
Kyndall Gildea (3rd place)
Marisa Peter (6th place)
Nora Madden (11th place)
Caroline Beard (12th place)
Elsie Nelson (13th place)

Boys:
Lucas DeClue (2nd place)
Mathew Collier (4th place)
Hudson Bates (5th place)
Riley Ross (7th place)
Chris Courtois (13th place)
Chase Buechting (14th place)

Grant Fink and Lucy Boyer were the individual champions. This was the third consecutive individual title for Lucy.

The Varsity Boys team won the team title and the girls finished as the runner-up.

Both JV teams won team titles with Lucas Collins and Molly Holmes winning the individual races.

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09/27/2026

When Coach Wright texts you about the white on white look, you know it’s 🔥

09/27/2026

Thank you to all of the parents that traveled down to support the team. There’s nothing like the Festus XC family 🐯

Full list of 21 PRs:
Kyndall
Marisa
Nora
Caroline
Olivia
Kate
Maryanne
Cora
Claire
Kylie
Grant
Lucas D
Matt
Riley
Landry
Lucas C
Vincent
Gavin
Evann
Austin
Garrett

12x Season’s Best:
Lucy
Elsie
Kayla
Kendall
Bailee
Hope
Hadley
Lillian
Vera
Hudson
Chase
Chris

09/27/2026

A few of the PRs from the Varsity girls race. Kyndall, Marisa, Caroline, and Nora 🐯

09/27/2026

Congrats to Grant on an excellent race last night at the On Twilight. A 6th place finish, shiny medal, and big new PR. 🐯

09/26/2026

We have arrived 🐯

09/26/2026

If you would like to watch tonight’s race:

RunningLane will provide the live stream and will start around 6:10...

09/26/2026

As dumb luck would have it, there is an autograph signing in Nashville this weekend. Our kids are walking the hallways with Hall of Fame athletes everywhere and they don’t know it. This is MLB HOF’er Paul Molitor.

09/25/2026

Dinner time 🐯