High school cross country roundup: Shemonia's win helps propel Scot City boys to state cross country meet

Scott City junior Brandon Shemonia looks in perfect position heading into the Class 2 state cross country meet.

Shemonia finished the Class 2 District 1 course in 16 minutes, 44.12 seconds, more than 20 seconds faster than the second-place finisher Saturday.

The Scott City boys took second to qualify for the state meet.

Eric Essner finished seventh, while Luke Keesee took 13th for the Rams.

Saxony Lutheran qualified three runners.

Meadow Heights' Daylan Davis finishes fifth in Saturday's Class 1 District 1 meet to earn a trip to next week's state meet in Jefferson City, Mo.

Sam Breite finished 12th and Brandon Fritsche took 14th for the Crusaders. Kris Cook rounded out the top 15 to advance.

Saxony Lutheran's girls team advanced with a second-place finish.

Kristin Dippold finished third, while Rachael Gruenwald took ninth for the Crusaders.

Scott City's Melanie Lacey advanced with a fourth-place finish, while Woodland's Haley Morris took 13th to advance.

BOYS

Brandon Shemonia

Team results -- 1. Herculaneum 32; 2. Scott City 56; 3. Arcadia Valley 99; 4. Saxony Lutheran 117; 5. Woodland 126; 6. Kelly 132; 7. Crystal City 139; 8. Jefferson 216

Local top fives

Kelly -- 22. Jerrod Lynn 20:06.58; 23. Trey Walker 20:08.56; 24. Derrick Garner 20:14.89; 36. Devon Romine 21:09.00; 42. Juan Campos 21:29.85

Saxony Lutheran -- 12. Sam Breite 18:43.42; 14. Brandon Fritsche 19:10.08; 15. Kris Cook 19:10.12; 33. Aaron Koehler 20:57.93; 51. Zachery Vogel 23:01.34

Scott City -- 1. Brandon Shemonia 16:44.12; 7. Eric Essner 18:07.03; 13. Luke Keesee 18:56.84; 18. Jesse Sanders 19:44.09; 19. Zach Cotner 19:57.15

Delta's Zach Riegert ran to a sixth-place finish to pace the Bobcats. He was one of three Delta runners to qualify for next weekend's state meet.

Woodland -- 17. Aaron Yount 19:24.30; 27. Dalton McCormick 20:19.72; 28. James Dowd 20:25.26; 31. Evan Thomsen 20:55.12; 34. Mark Meek 21:05.38

GIRLS

Team results -- 1. Herculaneum 24; 2. Saxony Lutheran 56; 3. Arcadia Valley 69; 4. Woodland 98

Local top fives

Saxony Lutheran -- 3. Kristen Dippold 20:41.57; 9. Rachael Gruenwald 22:21.85; 16. Regan Obermann 24:02.39; 18. Tori Winter 24:52.09; 20. Sarah Winningham 25:49.46

Scott City -- 4. Melanie Lacey 21:00.24; 24. Miranda Brashear 27:54.74

Woodland -- 13. Haley Morris 23:16.51; 26. Jessica Roberts 28:37.27; 27. Courtney Kell 28:58.69; 28. Lindsey Craft 29:01.26; 30. Cheyanna Bass 29:23.72

Kelly -- 29. Rachel Birk 29:19.87

Class 3 District 1

Notre Dame enjoyed a success day by qualifying both its teams for the state meet.

The Bulldogs girls captured the district title behind Elizabeth Kiblinger's third-place finish.

Breanna Conklin took eighth, while Elsie Anderson followed in ninth.

The Notre Dame boys captured second place with 82 points.

Ethan Holcomb finished second, while Josh Johnson crossed the line 13th to lead the Bulldogs.

BOYS

Team results -- 1. Festus 64; 2. Notre Dame 82; 3. Potosi 82; 4. De Soto 83; 5. Farmington 94; 6. Ste. Genevieve 109; 7. Hillsboro 151; 8. Windsor 246; 9. Dexter 266

Local top fives

Notre Dame -- 2. Ethan Holcomb 16:38.37; 13. Josh Johnson 17:13.08; 19. Nate Lincoln 17:37.90; 22. Cole Ross 17:49.44; 26. Jacob Cieslewicz 18:07.79

GIRLS

Team results -- 1. Notre Dame 41; 2. Farmington 61; 3. Festus 62; 4. Ste. Genevieve 91; 5. Hillsboro 149; 6. North County 161; 7. Notre Dame 170; 8. Dexter 191

Local top fives

Notre Dame -- 3. Elizabeth Kiblinger 19:18.61; 8. Breanna Conklin 20:29.80; 9. Elsie Anderson 20:30.10; 12. Maddie Baumgart 20:40.47; 18. Ashley Schmittzehe 21:26.94

Class 1 District 1

Oak Ridge grabbed the top two spots in the girls race to nab the district championship and earn a trip to the state meet.

McKenzie Elam won the race and teammate Carlie Bolen crossed the line second. Amanda Lappe was ninth for the Blue Jays.

Renae Bartels' 12th-place finish helped the Delta girls earn a trip to the state meet.

Molli McGowan finished seventh for Chaffee, while Makayla McGruder advanced for Meadow Heights by taking 15th.

The Oak Ridge boys will get an opportunity to better their second-place finish at last year's state meet after finishing second Saturday.

Ethan Seyer won the district title, while Corvin Schoen took 10th for the Blue Jays.

Delta's Zach Riegert (sixth), Austin Seabaugh (seventh) and Dwight Nance (14th) also earned trips to the state meet.

Daylan Davis finished fifth, while Steven Bright took 15th to advance for Meadow Heights.

Advance's Braden Bien finished eighth to qualify for the state meet.

BOYS

Team results -- 1. Valle Catholic 39; 2. Oak Ridge 59; 3. Delta 61; 4. Meadow Heights 109; 5. Viburnum 119; 6. Advance 152; 7. Southern 185

Local top fives

Advance -- 8. Braden Bien 18:23.65; 32. Kyndel Page 20:58.51; 38. Tyler Middleton 21:13.50; 41. Levi Davis 38; 46. Zach Cato 24:36.25

Oak Ridge -- 1. Ethan Seyer 17:29.01; 10. Corvin Schoen 18:39.45; 12. Caleb Elam 18:55.22; 17. Jake LeGrand 19:23.29; 25. Jacob Light 20:08.04

Delta -- 6. Zach Riegert 18:08.90; 7. Austin Seabaugh 18:18.71; 14. Dwight Nance 19:11.36; 19. Brandon Horman 19:36.04; 20. Jeremiah Peikert 19:48.21

Meadow Heights -- 5. Daylan Davis 17:52.84; 15. Steven Bright 19:17.65; 30. Ryan Foltz 20:56.09; 34. Trent Keifer 21:01.29; 35. Isaac Elk 21:05.74

GIRLS

Team results -- 1. Oak Ridge 26; 2. Delta 44; 3. Chaffee 50

Local top fives

Oak Ridge -- 1. McKenzie Elam 22:14.47; 2. Carlie Bolen 22:15.67; 9. Amanda Lappe 23:08.24; 13. Kendra Kohler 23:57.90; 25. Taylor Bock 27:52.05

Delta -- 12. Renae Bartels 23:52.67; 14. Lisa Henderson 24:47.82; 18. Kimberly Horman 26:10.70; 22. Shannon Ledbetter 27:13.39; 23. Rachael Bartels 27:17.40

Meadow Heights -- 15. Makayla McGruder 25:23.33; 19. Ashley Long 26:13.94; 24. Jessica Baremore 27:32.83

Chaffee -- 7. Molli McGowan 23:02.35; 17. Randi Wiley 25:58.79; 21. Ellie Sigman 26:58.00; 26. Jennifer Sutterfield 28:03.81; 28. Rachel Reischman 29:14.98

-- From staff reports