Seven points shy of a team title at New Haven over Labor Day weekend, Matt Candrl’s Owensville High School varsity Dutchmen cross country team looked for redemption at the Father Tolton Invitational held Saturday at the Gans Creek Cross Country Course in Columbia.

Getting an early preview of the state course, Candrl’s Dutchmen made the most of it topping 25 other scoring teams with 92 points.

Winning his season opener at New Haven, Dutchmen senior Zach Holtmeyer led three Dutchmen in the top 30 with a third-place time of 16:25.94.

Also helping OHS’ varsity Dutchmen to a team title with top-30 times were Cris Reyes (21st, 17:58.67) and Drake Dietrich (29th, 18:20.91).

Just outside the top 30 for the orange and black were Grayson Lairmore (31st, 18:22.12) and Dylan Dietrich (33rd, 18:22.89).

Ty Price rounded out the contingency of varsity Dutchmen runners placing 109th in a time of 20:31.52.

With only four Dutchgirl runners in the varsity girl’s race, they did not figure into the team standings.

Ella Davidson led Owensville’s racing quartet with a 93rd-place time of 25:14.92.

She was followed in Owensville orange and black by Leola Hamann (107th, 26:16.15), Leah Hays (112th, 27:06.86) and Meredith Reed (133rd, 28:30.87).

Fresh off their team title at New Haven, Owensville’s JV Dutchmen looked to duplicate the feat in Columbia.

Max Altemeyer added to his win at New Haven in Columbia with a fourth-place time of 19:17.01.

As a team, Owensville placed third in Columbia with 83 team points behind Fort Zumwalt West (17) and North Point (69).

JV Dutchmen joining Altemeyer in the top 30 at Columbia included Brock Rutledge (15th, 20:22.01), Roman Crowe (20th, 21:06.59) and Brahm Winter (28th, 22:07.72).

Other JV Dutchmen harriers competing in Columbia included Nick Hinson (32nd, 22:15.13), Ryder LeClaire (35th, 22:25.43), Diego Lansford (45th, 22:40.76), Ethan Blankenship (82nd, 24:24.90), Christian Steele (100th, 25:30.94) and Logan Hackstedt (131st, 27:27.19).

Over Labor Day weekend at New Haven, Owensville’s JV Dutchmen scored 33 team points topping Hermann (61), St. Francis Borgia (62), St. Dominic (68) and Pacific (123).

Altemeyer posted a race-winning time of 20:02.7 leading six Dutchmen in the top 20 of the individual standings.

Also posting top-10 finishes good for medals at New Haven were Crowe (3rd, 21:44.5) and Rutledge (6th, 21:59.7).

Fellow JV Dutchmen also finishing at New Haven included Winter (24:06.7), LeClaire (18th, 24:30.9), Hinson (19th, 25:01.0), Blankenship (27:33.2), Steele (43rd, 28:07.4), Seth Mitcham (50th, 29:18.5) and Hackstedt (32:27.3).

Owensville’s varsity Dutchmen placed second as a team at New Haven with 59 points just behind Blair Oaks’ first-place team total of 52 points.

Holtmeyer won the varsity boys race at New Haven in a winning time of 18:03.7 and was followed in the top 16 for the Dutchmen by Reyes (10th, 19:42.7), Dylan Dietrich (20:13.4) and Lairmore (16th, 20:16.1).

Drake Dietrich (21st, 21:00.9) and Price (32nd, 22:00.8) rounded out Owensville’s contingency of varsity runners at New Haven.

Owensville’s varsity Dutchgirls also placed sixth as a team at New Haven with 167 points behind St. Dominic (45), Blair Oaks (51), St. Francis Borgia (58), Pacific (67) and Linn (165).

Davidson led the Dutchgirls with a 24th-place time of 27:20.0

She was followed in orange and black by Hays (44th, 30:05.1), Reed (54th, 32:08.3), Hamann (70th, 33:54.7) and Avery Poggas (41:06.6).