Cross Country | 10/8/2026 9:41:00 AM
NATCHEZ -- The Clinton High School men's cross country team captured both the team and individual championships at the Cathedral Invitational on Monday, Oct. 5.
Godwin Onyia claimed the individual title in the 5000m race, pacing the Arrows with a time of 16:44.6.
Ezra Connelly followed in fifth place with a time of 17:20.5, while
Elijah Waldo-Speth finished sixth at 17:36.7.
Micah Kieffer and
Will Kennedy rounded out Clinton's scoring five, placing eighth and ninth with times of 18:01.4 and 18:08.7, respectively.
The Arrows demonstrated their depth throughout the race, placing 14 runners inside the top 30.
Cort Bennett,
Logan Moore,
Matthew Harrison, David Levi Johnson,
Coleman Finch,
Collins Grady,
Jace Williamson,
Noah Duncan, and Parker Smith joined Clinton's scoring five among the event's top-30 finishers.
Clinton finished with 29 points, 10 points ahead of runner-up St. Andrew's Episcopal School. The Arrows recorded an average scoring time of 17:35 and a scoring spread of 1:25.
With the victory, Clinton has now won five of its seven meets this season, including three consecutive team champinoships. The Arrows previously claimed titles at the Valhalla Invitational and Clinton Arrow Invitational. Clinton has finished no lower than third in the team standings throughout the 2026 campaign.
The Clinton Junior High boys' team placed fourth in its race with 70 points.
Michael Onyia paced the Junior Arrows, finishing fourth with a time of 12:24.7.
Adrian Brown followed in seventh, giving CJHS two runners inside the top 10.
UP NEXT
The Arrows return to action Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Watson High School XC Classic, hosted by Mississippi Christian, at Choctaw Trails in Jackson. The 5000m races are scheduled to begin at 8:10 a.m.
