High school roundup: Notre Dame girls cross country team places second at Class 3 District 1 meet

Sophomore Alaina Baumgart posted a third-place time of 18 minutes, 56 seconds to help lead the Notre Dame girls cross country team to a second-place finish in the team standings at Saturday's Class 3 District 1 meet in Dexter, Missouri, sending the Bulldogs to the state meet.

Junior teammate Katie Hanners finished in seventh place with a time of 19:42 while senior Jordan Meadors claimed 10th place (20:03) for the Bulldogs, who finished 20 points behind champion Ste. Genevieve in the team standings. Dragons senior Taylor Werner won the girls race with a time of 16:58.

Ste. Genevieve also edged Festus by two points in the boys race to earn a bid to the state meet. Dragons junior Ben Naeger won the race with a time of 15:27. Notre Dame junior Rudy McClellan finished fifth (16:35) to lead the Bulldogs, who took third place in the team standings to miss the state cut.

BOYS

Team Scores -- 1. Ste. Genevieve 32; 2. Festus 34; 3. Notre Dame 102; 4. Potosi 108; 5. Lutheran South 136; 6. DeSoto 159; 7. Affton 170; 8. Windsor (Imperial) 225

Local top five finishers

NOTRE DAME -- 5. Rudy McClellan (16:35); 14. Matt Gibbs (17:20); 18. Benton Keran (17:41); 32. Evan Landewee (18:30); 35. Hogan Coad (18:51)

GIRLS

Team Scores -- 1. Ste. Genevieve 27; 2. Notre Dame 47; 3. Festus 77; 4. Potosi 107; 5. Lutheran South 122; 6. DeSoto 125

Local top five finishers

NOTRE DAME -- 3. Alaina Baumgart (18:56); 7. Katie Hanners (19:42); 10. Jordan Meadors (20:03); 11. Bailey Beussink (20:04); 16. Emily Timpe (20:53)

Class 2 District 1

Woodland junior Logan Thomsen crossed the finish line in fifth place with a time of 18:01.34 as the Cardinals flew to second place in the team standings at the West City Park in Festus, Missouri.

Teammate and twin brother Landon Thomsen followed in a not-so-distant seventh place (18:12.44) along with junior Thomas Grindstaff in 10th place with a time of 18:17.78 to round out the Top 10 for Woodland, whose boys' team will compete at next weekend's state meet at the Oak Hills Golf Center in Jefferson City, Missouri.

On the girls' side, Woodland junior Cheyenne Wells finished in 10th place to qualify individually for the state meet as the Cardinals placed four points behind Arcadia Valley to miss a team bid to the state meet. Saxony Lutheran's Etienne Soto and Katie Richmond also advanced to the state meet following their 13th- and 14th-place finishes, respectively, as the Crusaders finished fourth overall in the team standings. Scott City senior Bella Bowers will also compete at the state meet following her seventh-place time of 22:33.70.

BOYS

Team Scores -- 1. Herculaneum 19; 2. Woodland 61; 3. Jefferson (Festus) 68; 4. Arcadia Valley 125; 5. Saxony Lutheran 169; 6. Bloomfield 177; 7. Hancock Place 181; 8. Scott City 201; 9. Grandview (Hillsboro) 242

Local top five finishers

KELLY -- 38. Robbie Hopper (20:41.59); 57. Nathan Kiehl (23:22.72); 60. Ian Williams (25:23.57)

SAXONY LUTHERAN -- 18. Caleb Cornelius (19:04.44); 28. Gavin Brown (20:08.53); 36. Austin Mueller (20:28.45); 45. Nolen Brown (21:39.08); 46. Russ Parrish (21:44.38)

SCOTT CITY -- 21. Joe Parker (19:37.51); 33. Noah Hahn (20:23.83); 44. Isaac Pennington (21:38.58); 51. John Auer (22:17.12); 59. Chris Phillips (24:40.63)

WOODLAND -- 5. Logan Thomsen (18:01.34); 7. Landon Thomsen (18:12.44); 10. Thomas Grindstaff (18:17.78); 14. Brandon Sitzes (18:39.05); 25. David Ashby (19:55.55)

GIRLS

Team Scores -- 1. Herculaneum 15; 2. Arcadia Valley 69; 3. Woodland 73; 4. Saxony Lutheran 77

Local top five finishers

SAXONY LUTHERAN -- 13. Etienne Soto (23:09.81); 14. Katie Richmond (23:12.20); 16. Courtney Bangert (23:32.59); 26. Madison Arbuckle (26:01.69); 28. Alexis Goodson (26:24.98)

SCOTT CITY -- 7. Bella Bowers (22:33.70)

WOODLAND -- 10. Cheyenne Wells (22:57.59); 17. Hope Green (23:59.10); 21. Rebekah Page (24:27.81); 22. Heidi Green (24:48.09); 23. Kathleena Woodfin (25:21.32)

Class 1 District 1

The St. Vincent boys and girls cross country teams both claimed team titles in Dexter, Missouri.

Senior Levi Krauss won the boys' race with a time of 17:01 while sophomore Corin Carroll claimed first in the girls' division with a time of 21:29 for the Indians.

Zalma junior Peyton Ford followed 10 seconds behind Krauss to lead the Bulldogs to a second-place team finish that was good enough to earn a bid to the state meet. Senior teammate Alex Steinberg finished sixth (17:23), and junior brother Jacob Steinberg followed one second behind in sixth place for Zalma.

BOYS

Team Scores -- 1. St. Vincent 31; 2. Zalma 62; 3. Oak Ridge 75; 4. Greenville 127; 5. Southern Reynolds 131; 6. Meadow Heights 133; 7. Advance 139

Local top five finishers

ADVANCE -- 9. Cade Long (18:26); 12. Gage Bien (18:41); 42. Logan Becker (21:20); 50. Creighton Miles (22:17); 53. Dylan Welty (25:57)

DELTA -- 24. Charlie Ledbetter (19:27); 37. Quentin Little (20:47)

MEADOW HEIGHTS -- 7. Hollis Hunt (18:17); 25. Blake Bollinger (19:31); 34. Spencer Bragg (20:20); 40. Zach Swisher (21:04); 54. Eddie Yamnitz (25:59)

OAK RIDGE -- 8. Nathan Bolin (18:18); 13. Jordan Barker (18:42); 14. Drew Kranawetter (18:47); 17. Sylvester Morse (19:05); 30. Zachery Whitener (20:07)

ST. VINCENT -- 1. Levi Krauss (17:01); 3. Isaac Baer (17:20); 6. Andrew Lipe (17:28); 10. Joseph Baer (18:27); 11. Sam Baer (18:35)

ZALMA -- 2. Peyton Ford (17:11); 4. Alex Steinberg (17:23); 5. Jacob Steinberg (17:24); 27. Luke Robertson (19:48); 33. Charles Freeman (20:17)

GIRLS

Team Scores -- 1. Crystal City 24; 2. St. Vincent 59; 3. Oak Ridge 59; 4. Chaffee 2

Local top five finishers

ADVANCE -- 34. Katlyn Cook (29:10)

CHAFFEE -- 8. Alyssa Lunsford (22:36); 12. Hannah Glueck (23:15); 20. Sarah Burch (24:01); 24. Katie Glueck (24:38); 26. Shayna Seyer (25:27)

DELTA -- 9. Jamie Hodge (22:41); 41. Alannah Little (40:42)

MARQUAND-ZION -- 14. Autumn Slinkard (23:20)

MEADOW HEIGHTS -- 29. Kassy Henson (27:07); 36. Madison Ward (30:01); 37. Rhiannon Thompson (30:35)

OAK RIDGE -- 4. Taylor Seyer (22:21); 13. Jordan Layton (23:20); 16. Kaitlyn Shallow (23:45); 18. Maci Jo Schamburg (23:57); 23. Abby Matthews (24:35)

ST. VINCENT -- 1. Corin Carroll (21:29); 11. Maddie Lappe (22:59); 17. Emily Welker (23:56); 21. Fayth Brewer (24:15); 25. Abbey Hotop (24:39)

ZALMA -- 15. Hannah Steinberg (23:20); 19. Chelsey Lemons (23:58)

-- From staff reports