O’Dell, Hedding, Stout place in top 10
Excelsior Springs placed three cross country runners in the top 10 in varsity races Sept. 12 at the Marshall Invitational.On the boys side, senior Silas O’Dell ran the 3.1-mile course in a season-best 20 minutes, 16.04 seconds to finish fourth overall, followed by junior Liam Hedding, who took fifth in 20:18.61. Junior Kirsten Stout, Excelsior Springs’ lone varsity girls runner, placed eighth in 25:16.92.Juniors William Tade and Conrad Purnell also ran in the varsity boys race. Tade finished 17th in 22:15.88. Purnell placed 34th in 29:40.49.For additional results, visit mo.milesplit. com....