Four Republic Tigers turned in top ten finishes at the Willard Highline Invitational cross country meet Thursday. Republic was led by two second-place finishers — Ryan Way and Megan Hergesheimer. Way ran his race in 16:47, trailing only Kyler Haumann of Ozark. Hergesheimer finished in 19:41, behind Bailey Hession of Willard.
Among the girls, Kayla Bartelsmeyer finished 9th overall with a time of 22:10. Among the boys, Phillip Canfield was 7th, with a time of 17:54.