OWENSVILLE — Keely Uthlaut’s Hermann Middle School (HMS) and Hermann High School (HHS) cross country runners made the short trek south into Owensville to compete in the Owensville Invitational …
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OWENSVILLE — Keely Uthlaut’s Hermann Middle School (HMS) and Hermann High School (HHS) cross country runners made the short trek south into Owensville to compete in the Owensville Invitational Cross Country meet located throughout the Gasconade County R-2 campus.
Having medalists in each of the five races that were contested, Hermann’s highest finisher came in the middle school boys race.
Jaxon Kallmeyer posted a third-place time of 12:46.3 leading the HMS Bearcats to a fourth-place team finish with 98 points behind Owensville (52), Rolla (66) and Union (76).
HMS Bearcats following Kallmeyer across the finish line included Olson Rucker (12th, 13:30.3), Henry Lindahl (26th, 14:55.3), James Shoemaker (29th, 15:00.4), Miles Busch (33rd, 15:15.9), Mason Roche (42nd, 15:41.3), Easton Bailey (52nd, 16:34.3) and William Traub (77th, 20:58.7).
Sophia Bohl led HMS’ Lady Bearcats with a fifth-place time of 14:42.2.
In the middle school girls race, Bohl led Hermann to a seventh-place finish as a team with 137 points behind Owensville (50), Pacific (77), Union (87), Rolla (97), Bourbon (122) and Cuba (136).
HMS Lady Bearcats following Bohl across the finish line were Iris Pottebaum (32nd, 18:58.6), Elise Shoemaker (33rd, 19:02.4), Kyah Humphrey (47th, 21:09.8), Lillian Azevedo (50th, 21:32.2), Audrey Talamante (55th, 22:24.4) and EllaGrace Carr (65th, 28:00.9).
Kicking off the high school portion of racing last Tuesday at Owensville was the junior varsity boys race.
Holden Schales (6th, 22:42.0) and Laramie Bristow (12th, 23:35.5) collected medals for their race finishes inside the top 15.
Hermann placed third as a team in the junior-varsity boys division with 59 points behind Owensville (18) and Whitfield (57).
Fellow JV Bearcats crossing the finish line for Hermann included Landon Wilson (16th, 23:59.1), James Leavy (17th, 24:05.5), Jakob Hoener (19th, 24:19.0), Ethan Helmig (32nd, 26:53.9), Lane Bristow (36th, 28:22.8), Kayden Brinker (37th, 30:00.7), Teagan Rucker (38th, 30:03.1) and Logan Tyree (47th, 33:18.7).
Lady Bearcat senior Cecilia Shepard grabbed the 25th and final medal in the varsity girls race with a time of 24:40.8 helping Hermann place fifth as a team with 140 points behind Whitfield (47), Pacific (60), St. Francis Borgia (99) and Principia (126).
Crossing the finish line for the blue and white after Shepard were Eileen Swofford (34th, 25:42.8), Lillian Vogelsang (53rd, 27:53.7), Makenna Witthaus (58th, 28:09.3), Fynnlee Riffle (60th, 28:35.8), Nevaeh Bentley (63rd, 29:15.3), Sidney Heldt (77th, 32:09.7), Ellison Calvert (32:59.8) and Kylie VandeVoorde (81st, 33:09.6).
Similar to Shepard, Bearcat senior Ryker Ash snared the 15th and final medal in the varsity boys race with a 15th-place time of 19:12.1.
Hermann’s varsity Bearcats also placed sixth in the boys team standings with 167 points finishing behind Owensville (42), St. James (94), Whitfield (119), New Haven (155) and St. Francis Borgia (160).
Following Ash across the finish line for the varsity Bearcats was Nathan Menke (19th, 19:20.4), Chase Branson (39th, 20:49.0), CJ Mires (51st, 21:24.3), Andrew Calvert (61st, 22:12.7), Jackson Engemann (70th, 22:57.7) and Matthew Tallent (92nd, 25:48.7).
