Four Hermann harriers medal on home course

By Will Johnson, Sports Editor

Posted 10/14/26

After the final runner crossed the finish line just before dusk in the Hermann Invitational Cross Country Meet held at Loutre Shore Country Club back on Tuesday, Oct. 6, a total of four Hermann …

This item is available in full to subscribers.

Attention members

We have recently launched a new and improved website. To continue reading, you will need to either log into your member account, or purchase a new membership.

If you are a current print subscriber, you can set up a free website account by clicking here.

Otherwise, click here to view your options for becoming a member.

Four Hermann harriers medal on home course

Hermann High School (HHS) and Hermann Middle School (HMS) cross country runners navigate their home course at Loutre Shore Country Club last Tuesday afternoon during the Hermann Invitational Cross Country meet. After running in Owensville yesterday (Tuesday), HMS and HHS harriers will return to their home course for the annual Four Rivers Conference (FRC) Cross Country meet on Tuesday, Oct. 20 with racing beginning at 2:30 p.m.

Photos By Will Johnson

Posted Wednesday, October 14, 2026 10:27 am

By Will Johnson, Sports Editor

After the final runner crossed the finish line just before dusk in the Hermann Invitational Cross Country Meet held at Loutre Shore Country Club back on Tuesday, Oct. 6, a total of four Hermann Middle School (HMS) and Hermann High School (HHS) athletes earned medals in four races.

Posting the highest finish of the day for Hermann was seventh-grader Sophia Bohl with an eighth-place time of 14:22.

Hermann’s Middle School Lady Bearcats wound up placing fifth as a team with 145 points behind Troy South (35), Washington (67), Union (97) and Owensville (128).

HMS Lady Bearcats finishing behind Bohl were Elise Shoemaker (34th, 17:21), Iris Pottebaum (38th, 17:41), Kyah Humphrey (51st, 18:47), Audrey Talamante (53rd, 18:58), Lillian Azevedo (56th, 19:05) and EllaGrace Carr (100th, 28:15).

In the middle school boys division, Jaxon Kallmeyer led the blue and white with a 13th-place time of 12:51 good for Hermann’s lone medal.

HMS’ Bearcats placed seventh as a team with 215 points behind Washington (83), Owensville (98), Union (112), Columbia Independent (120), Troy South (142) and Hallsville (156).

Finishing behind Kallmeyer for Hermann were Olson Rucker (43rd, 14:03), Henry Lindahl (54th, 14:23), Mason Roche (58th, 14:26), James Shoemaker (59th, 14:30), Miles Busch (84th, 15:23), Easton Bailey (115th, 16:56) and William Traub (122nd, 17:39).

Senior Ryker Ash led Hermann’s varsity Bearcats with a 12th-place time of 18:20 helping Hermann place fifth as a team in the varsity boys division with 126 points behind Owensville (54), St. James (71), Union (98) and Fulton (116).

Bearcats following Ash in the varsity boys race included Nathan Menke (24th, 19:08), CJ Mires (25th, 19:08), Chase Branson (38th, 19:51), Matthew Tallent (42nd, 20:02), Andrew Calvert (60th, 21:23) and Jackson Engemann (69th, 22:17).

Cecilia Shepard emerged as Hermann’s final medalist placing 19th in the varsity girls race in a time of 24:47.

Shepard’s time helped Hermann place fifth in the varsity girls team standings with 110 points behind Washington (32), St. Francis Borgia (84), Fulton (86) and Sullivan (103).

Lady Bearcats finishing behind Shepard included Eileen Swofford (30th, 25:50), Fynnlee Riffle (34th, 26:14), Lillian Vogelsang (40th, 26:43), Ellison Calvert (45th, 27:25), Makenna Witthaus (46th, 27:27), Sidney Heldt (56th, 29:18), Nevaeh Bentley (59th, 30:06) and Kylie VandeVoorde (61st, 30:29).

Hermann’s JV boys also placed fourth as a team with 86 points behind Owensville (18), Fulton (66) and Borgia (84).

Holden Schales led the JV Bearcats with a 16th-place time of 22:44.

He was followed across the finish line by JV Bearcat runners Landon Wilson (18th, 22:57), James Leavy (19th, 23:11), Lane Bristow (26th, 23:38), Jakob Hoener (38th, 24:43), Ethan Helmig (55th, 27:23), Teagan Rucker (56th, 27:38), Kayden Brinker (57th, 28:21) and Logan Tyree (64th, 30:27).