Cross country roundup: St. Vincent wins district title, Jackson teams qualify for state

St. Vincent junior Levi Krauss was the first runner to cross the finish line in 17 minutes, 24.80 seconds to help lead the Indians to victory at Saturday's Class 1 District 1 cross country meet in Dexter.

St. Vincent had four of its runners finish in the top 10 for a first-place team score of 35 points in what was the second consecutive district championship for the Indians.

"The boys performed exactly as they were hoping to," St. Vincent coach Terry Wood said. "We came in with some high expectations and they delivered quite well on them. To see that we finished as strongly as we did, it was quite a feat for them."

Runners on the top two teams and individuals who place in the top 15 qualify for the state meet.

The Indians finished 15 points ahead of Zalma. Wood praised the Bulldogs on their performance at the meet.

"I have to give props to Zalma," he said. "They came on really strong towards the end of the season and they gave us a fight, which is exactly what we needed."

Brothers Jacob and Alex Steinberg finished second and third, respectively, for Zalma while sophomore Peyton Ford placed fifth for the Bulldogs. Third-year coach Faith Bailey said she was proud of her team, which has endured several hardships throughout the season.

"Every single runner that we took to districts is going to state, and that is profound for a little itty-bitty school like us," Bailey said. "Coming into this year, we were hoping to progress towards first, but we had a lot of personal injuries, a lot of injuries, and things that just made the season really tough for us, so to pull out second, that was what we were hoping for."

St. Vincent and Zalma will compete at the Class 1 state meet on Saturday at the Oak Hills Golf Center in Jefferson City, Mo.

On the girls side, St. Vincent had three runners finish in the top 10 to take second place overall. Wood said this is the second year that he has had a full girls program at St. Vincent. Zalma freshman Chelsey Lemons placed 11th to also qualify for state. Bailey said this is the first year that every single runner from Zalma has qualified to compete at the state meet.

Oak Ridge juniors Zach Moore and Nathan Bolin placed seventh and 10th to round out the top 10. The Blue Jays finished third in the team standings.

BOYS

Team Scores -- 1. St. Vincent 35; 2. Zalma 50; 3. Oak Ridge 72; 4. Crystal City 84; 5. Southern Reynolds 106

Top 10 Finishers -- 1. Levi Krauss (St. Vincent) 17:24.80; 2. Jacob Steinberg (Zalma) 17:40.90; 3. Alex Steinberg (Zalma) 17:41.60; 4. John Lipe (St. Vincent) 17:44.40; 5. Peyton Ford (Zalma) 17:44.60; 6. Isaac Baer (St. Vincent) 17:52.10; 7. Zach Moore (Oak Ridge) 18:10.40; 8. Robert Bauman (Crystal City) 18:10.90; 9. Zach Schumer (St. Vincent) 18:15.40; 10. Nathan Bolin (Oak Ridge) 18:34.30

Local results

ADVANCE -- 14. Gage Bien (19:03.30); 19. Cade Long (19:24.80); 37. Creighton Miles (21:22.90); 44. Logan Becker (21:48.90)

DELTA -- 18. Charlie Ledbetter (19:11.60); 48. Daniel Hester (22:42.80); 50. David Hess (22:54.10)

MEADOW HEIGHTS -- 32. William Hoffman (20:41.80); 39. Seth Gloth (21:31.90); 42. Ben Davie (21:42.80); 45. Gideon Hernandez (21:55.20)

OAK RIDGE -- 7. Zach Moore (18:10.40); 10. Nathan Bolin (18:34.30); 11. Jacob Seabaugh (18:40.50); 24. Jordan Gilliland (19:49.50): 29. Zachery Whitener (20:24.50); 33. Jarrett Seabaugh (20:49.40); 34. Jordan Baker (21:07.00)

ST. VINCENT -- 1. Levi Krauss (17:24.80); 4. John Lipe (17:44.40); 6. Isaac Baer (17:52.10); 9. Zach Schumer (18:15.40): 17. Sam Baer (19:10.70); 20. Andrew Lipe (19:35.80); 26. Brett Lottes (20:10.90)

ZALMA -- 2. Jacob Steinberg (17:40.90); 3. Alex Steinberg (17:41.60); 5. Peyton Ford (17:44.60); 23. Cole Shelby (19:48.20); 25. Wyatt Lemons (20:09.50); 30. Charles Freeman (20:28.70); 38. Luke Robertson (21:25.50)

GIRLS

Team Scores -- 1. Crystal City 17; 2. St. Vincent 54; 3. Oak Ridge 72; 4. Chaffee 79

Top 10 Finishers -- 1. Abbey Holdinghausen (Crystal City) 21:36.20; 2. Josie Miller (Crystal City) 21:55.40; 3. Abby Foster (Crystal City) 22:04.80; 4. Virginia Rice (Crystal City) 22:09.40; 5. Jamie Hodge (Delta) 22:19.10; 6. Kylie Baer (St. Vincent) 22:22.70; 7. Courtney Brown (St. Vincent) 22:32.00; 8. Ali Waites (Crystal City) 22:48.10; 9. Maddie Lappe (St. Vincent) 22:57.20; 10. Elizabeth Hefner (Greenville) 23:12.30

Local results

CHAFFEE -- 13. Lyndsey Statler (23:34.60); 17. Hannah Glueck (24:37.20); 20. Alyssa Lunsford (25:09.70); 23. Shayna Seyer (25:32.60); 31. Victoria Blue (30:24.50)

DELTA -- 5. Jamie Hodge (22:19.10)

MARQUAND-ZION -- 21. Autumn Slinkard (25:10.50)

MEADOW HEIGHTS -- 15. Kassy Henson (23:44.40); 22. Lauren Manning (25:18.80); 32. Brittany Shrum (30:40.20)

OAK RIDGE -- 12. Maci Jo Schamburg (23:19.20); 16. Jordan Layton (24:27.30); 18. Kaitlyn Shallow (24:43.20); 24. Abby Matthews (26:29.20); 25. Amanda Meyer (26:50.00); 27. Chelsea Seyer (27:03.70); 36. Alexis Johnson (34:56.10)

ST. VINCENT -- 6. Kylie Baer (22:22.70); 7. Courtney Brown (22:32.00); 9. Maddie Lappe (22:57.20); 19. Kayla Winkler (24:57.00); 26. Abigail Schremp (26:56.70); 30. Samantha Pritchard (29:32.70)

ZALMA -- 11. Chelsey Lemons (23:16.00)

Class 2 District 1

Woodland senior Garret Reynolds finished seventh in the boys' division and sophomore Cheyenne Wells took sixth in the girls' division as the Cardinals finished fourth and third in the team standings, respectively, at the Class 2 District 1 meet at Engler Park in Farmington.

Scott City senior Jesse Perry finished right behind Reynolds in eighth place to qualify for the state meet.

BOYS

Team Scores -- 1. Herculaneum 21; 2. Jefferson (Festus) 56; 3. Arcadia Valley 73; 4. Woodland 78; 5. Scott City 131

Top 10 Finishers -- 1. Tristan Mock (Herculaneum) 16:59.20; 2. Josh Ferguson (Herculaneum) 17:10.33; 3. Loki Cortner (Herculaneum) 17:12.21; 4. Colton Kassen (Jefferson) 17:32.81; 5. Noah Thomas (Herculaneum) 17:34.00; 6. Blaise Torrence (Jefferson) 17:34.01; 7. Garret Reynolds (Woodland) 17:37.35; 8. Jesse Perry (Scott City) 17:38.54; 9. Ben Copeland (Arcadia Valley) 17:39.83; 10. John Maddox (Herculaneum) 17:40.96

Local results

KELLY -- 23. Robbie Hopper (18:34.95); 43. Ian Williams (21:50.23); 47. Zach Gosnell (22:32.23)

SAXONY LUTHERAN -- 29. Drew Zieba (19:15.03); 39. Jacob Yantis (21:14.27); 40. Joshua Vogel (21:30.40); 48. Hayden Moll (22:46.57)

SCOTT CITY -- 8. Jesse Perry (17:38.54); 30. Joe Parker (19:17.70); 34. Tyler Rhyne (20:16.12); 37. Isaac Pennington (20:56.83); 42. Chris Phillips (21:45.35); 49. Quentin Lacey (23:47.90)

WOODLAND -- 7. Garret Reynolds (17:37.35); 13. Landon Thomsen (18:00.20); 19. Logan Thomsen (18:18.98); 20. Brandon Sitzes (18:20.00); 22. Thomas Grindstaff (18:34.81); 28. Kyle Davis (19:10.38); 32. Cole Schlief (19:27.25)

GIRLS

Team Scores -- 1. Herculaneum 18; 2. Arcadia Valley 56; 3. Woodland 75; 4. Saxony Lutheran 84

Top 10 Finishers -- 1. Danielle Prince (Herculaneum) 20:07.69; 2. Ana Gil Diaz (Herculaneum) 20:33.94; 3. Haley Damkroeger (Herculaneum) 20:44.94; 4. Anna Thomas (Arcadia Valley) 20:49.21; 5. Samantha Jarvis (Herculaneum) 21:30.30; 6. Cheyenne Wells (Woodland) 22:01.11; 7. Keara Pieper (Herculaneum) 22:02.81; 8. Cassie Sutton (22:06.34); 9. Sally Heil (Valle Catholic) 22:11.51; 10. Maddie Brown (Jefferson) 22:14.94

Local results

KELLY -- 24. Marissa Jones (24:29.46)

SAXONY LUTHERAN -- 14. Grace Hanebrink (22:40.18); 15. Katie Richmond (22:41.33); 23. Kristen Gruenwald (24:24.01); 29. Rachael Koehler (25:48.21); 30. Alexis Goodson (26:01.32); 35. Abby Breite (26:55.93); 38. Mia Ponder (27:51.58)

SCOTT CITY -- 17. Bella Bowers (23:35.27); 34. Anna Kern (26:39.34)

WOODLAND -- 6. Cheyenne Wells (22:01.11); 19. Kathleena Woodfin (24:07.41); 20. Aiyana Storie (24:13.37); 22. Bailey Jones (24:20.61); 32. Cheyenne Ricketts (26:11.82); 39. Breanna McConnell (29:36.87); 41. Chandra Lincoln (30:09.02)

Class 3 District 1

Notre Dame sophomore Rudy McClellan posted a sixth-place time of 16 minutes, 41.10 seconds to help lead the Bulldogs to second place at the Class 3 District 1 meet in Dexter.

The Bulldogs edged Ste. Genevieve by four points in the boys' team standings to qualify for the state meet. Seniors Brock Kasten, Michael Peters and Tyler Pech finished in the top 15 behind McClellan to help Notre Dame clinch the silver.

Freshman Alaina Baumgart took eighth place in the girls' division to pace the Bulldogs, who finished fourth overall.

BOYS

Team Scores -- 1. Festus 23; 2. Notre Dame 61; 3. Ste. Genevieve 65; 4. Potosi 100; 5. DeSoto 164; 6. Lutheran South 173; 7. Windsor (Imperial) 197; 8. Affton 197; 9. North County 230; 10. Dexter 299

Top 10 Finishers -- 1. Michael Karls (Festus) 15:19.40; 2. Tyler Gillam (Festus) 15:19.80; 3. Ben Naeger (Ste. Genevieve) 15:25.10; 4. Caleb Gaylord (Potosi) 16:11.20; 5. Jacob Schweiss (Festus) 16:18.80; 6. Rudy McClellan (Notre Dame) 16:41.10; 7. Hunter Darnell (Festus) 16:43.00; 8. Andrew Whitener (Festus) 16:46.40; 9. Schuyler Ogden (Ste. Genevieve) 16:53.90; 10. Brendan Pratt (Festus) 16:56.20

Local results

NOTRE DAME -- 6. Rudy McClellan (16:41.10); 11. Brock Kasten (16:56.60); 12. Michael Peters (16:59.10); 15. Tyler Pech (17:13.70); 17. Matt Gibbs (17:33.30); 26. Grant Grove (18:08.50); 34. William Keene (18:35.80)

GIRLS

Team Scores -- 1. Ste. Genevieve 41; 2. Festus 47; 3. Potosi 79; 4. Notre Dame 87; 5. DeSoto 133; 6. Lutheran South 158; 7. North County 181; 8. Dexter 201

Top 10 Finishers -- 1. Taylor Werner (Ste. Genevieve) 17:47.50; 2. Mia Jerman (Ste. Genevieve) 18:46.30; 3. Carolyn White (Festus) 18:55.10); 4. Riley Schelp (Lutheran South) 19:27.50; 5. Katie Holmes (19:35.90); 6. Amy Huck (Ste. Genevieve) 19:45.40; 7. Makenzie Buckley (Potosi) 19:48.70; 8. Alaina Baumgart (Notre Dame) 19:49.40; 9. Sarah Peoples (DeSoto) 19:50.70; 10. Mallory Koller (Ste. Genevieve) 19:55.80

Local results

NOTRE DAME -- 8. Alaina Baumgart (19:49.40); 16. Alleigh Emmendorfer (20:14.20); 18. Katie Hanners (20:34.40); 19. Adilyn Mueller (20:46.70); 26. Allie Pujol (22:23.80); 27. Jordan Meadors (22:29.90); 31. Claire Morrill (22:37.30)

Class 4 Sectional 1

The Jackson cross country teams both finished fourth in the team standings at Saturday's Class 4 Sectional 1 meet at Engler Park in Farmington to qualify for a bid to the state meet.

Class 4 cross country includes both a district and sectional round. The top four teams and top 30 individual finishers advance to the state meet.

On the boys' side, senior Jack Jeffers posted an eighth-place finish of 16 minutes, 16.43 seconds while freshman Ean Buffington took 10th to help lead the Indians.

Junior Chelsea Drum crossed the finish line in fourth place with a time of 18 minutes, 11.10 seconds for Jackson in the girls race. Junior Carli Knott finished 12th and senior Tayler Winick finished 17th.

BOYS

Team Scores -- 1. Lafayette (Wildwood) 23; 2. Marquette 86; 3. Parkway West 95; 4. Jackson 103; 5. Hillsboro 126; 6. Christian Brothers College Preparatory 128; 7. Lindbergh 135; 8. Fox 223

Top 10 Finishers -- 1. Austin Hindman (Lafayette) 15:57.80; 2. Dylan Quisenberry (Lafayette) 15:57.81; 3. Alec Haines (Lafayette) 16:02.94; 4. Griffin Bailey (Oakville) 16:04.35; 5. Andrew Osborne (Parkway West) 16:06.71; 6. Ryan Parson (Farmington) 16:07.49; 7. Devin Meyrer (Lafayette) 16:09.06; 8. Jack Jeffers (Jackson) 16:16.43; 9. Evan Wright (Parkway West) 16:17.69; 10. Ean Buffington (Jackson) 16:19.15

Local results

JACKSON -- 8. Jack Jeffers (16:16.43); 10. Ean Buffington (16:19.15); 32. Jackson Givens (16:57.68); 54. Caleb Bess (17:37.19); 56. Alex Philipps (17:46.42); 59. Will Allen (17:54.45); 61. Kyle Kester (17:59.14)

GIRLS

Team Scores -- 1. Lafayette (Wildwood) 45; 2. Eureka 70; 3. Parkway West 81; 4. Jackson 86; 5. Francis Howell 92; 6. Cor Jesu Academy 121; 7. Lindbergh 179; 8. Northwest (Cedar Hill) 221

Top 10 finishers -- 1. Hannah Long (Eureka) 17:12.66; 2. Hannah Pierson (Marquette) 18:06.73; 3. Anna West (Lafayette) 18:10.79; 4. Chelsea Drum (Jackson) 18:11.10; 5. Sarah Nicholson (Lafayette) 18:11.31; 6. Maddi Leigh (Francis Howell) 18:33.05; 7. Melissa Menghini (Rockwood Summit) 18:45.91; 8. Natalie Rath (Parkway West) 19:03.34; 9. Elise Larson (Lafayette) 19:07.30; 10. Mikayla Reed (Washington) 19:12.77

Local results

JACKSON -- 4. Chelsea Drum (18:11.10); 12. Carli Knott (19:25.83); 17. Tayler Winick (19:36.87); 44. Megan Barnum (20:30.36); 52. Courtney Hahs (20:47.36); 55. Leah Hecht (20:48.57); 73. Ana Compton (22:21.28)