Southwest freshman Sidney Roe has advanced to the MSHSAA Class 2 State Championship in both the mile and 2-mile Saturday, qualifying at the Class 2, Sectional 3 at Mountain Grove High School. Roe was 4th in the mile in 5:54 and 3rd in the 2-mile at 13:01. Southwest was just short of qualification in the boys 4x800 relay with the team of Tobias Smith, Brody Osborne, Braydan Rose and Vic Tellez finishing 5th. Smith was also 7th in the 2-mile. Roe will run the 2-mile late afternoon Friday and the mile mid-day Saturday at Jefferson City High School with 15 other state finalists. The top 8 medal and earn All-State honors. Roe is the first female to make it to the state meet in 6 years. Contributed photo
