HERMANN — Winning four team titles the week before during the Owensville Invitational Cross Country meet, Matt Candrl’s Owensville Middle School (OMS) and Owensville High School (OHS) Cross Country teams looked to duplicate the feat during last Tuesday’s Four Rivers Conference (FRC) meet held at Loutre Shore Country Club north of Hermann.

Racing last Tuesday north of Hermann started with the varsity girls.

Placing sixth as a team with 116 points, the varsity Dutchgirls finished behind Union (38), Pacific (51), Sullivan (91), St. Clair (101) and Hermann (109) in the varsity girls team standings.

Earning All-FRC Honorable Mention status, senior Ella Davidson led the Dutchgirls with a 14th-place time of 24:16.0

“Ella has consistently improved all season and she ran a great race to earn All-FRC honors,” Candrl said.

Fellow Dutchgirls finishing behind Davidson included junior Leola Hamann (20th, 25:39.7), sophomore Leah Hayes (27th, 26:45.2), sophomore Meredith Reed (38th, 28:23.9) and junior Avery Poggas (49th, 32:57.2).

Next on the course was the varsity Dutchmen.

Seeing nearly half of the top 15 in orange and black, Owensville captured their 11th FRC team title finishing with 34 points and ahead of St. James (69), Union (87), Hermann (115), Pacific (117), New Haven (135), St. Clair (143) and Sullivan (206).

“Our guys have ran hard consistently all season and it showed with a conference team title,” Candrl said.

Senior Zach Holtmeyer led the varsity Dutchmen with a third-place time of 17:36.5).

He was followed in the top 15 for Owensville by senior Cristopher Reyes (4th, 17:39.5), sophomore Grayson Lairmore (6th, 18:08.0), sophomore Dylan Dietrich (18:21.8), senior Drake Dietrich (12th, 18:48.2) and freshman Max Altemeyer (14th, 18:50.7).

Fellow Dutchmen crossing the finish line at Loutre Shore included senior Ty Price (17th, 19:10.9), sophomore Bo Buddemeyer (18th, 19:19.8), senior Nick Hinson (45th, 22:17.3), senior Ethan Blankenship (52nd, 23:57.0) and senior Christian Steele (54th, 26:34.5).

Owensville’s junior varsity Dutchmen were next on the course looking to duplicate the success of their varsity counterparts.

Led by Roman Crowe’s race-winning time of 20:09.1, the JV Dutchmen also captured a FRC title with 24 points finishing ahead of Hermann (53), St. Clair (71), Pacific (89) and New Haven (116).

Also earning All-FRC honors along with Crowe in the JV boys race was freshman Brock Rutledge (3rd, 20:29.4), freshman Brahm Winter (4th, 20:55.6), junior Diego Lansford (9th, 21:22.2) and Ryder LeClaire (11th, 21:38.0).

Crowe, Rutledge and Winter earned All-FRC First Team honors while Lansford was an All-FRC Second Team harrier and LeClaire garnered All-FRC Honorable Mention status.

Also running for Owensville in the JV boys race was freshman Seth Mitcham (20th, 23:05.3), sophomore Jasper McMahan (43rd, 29:22.1) and freshman Logan Hackstedt (46th, 44:48.3).

Middle school racing begin with the middle school girls race from Hermann.

Thanks to three Dutchgirls in the top 10, the orange and black captured Owensville’s third team title of the day scoring 42 points ahead of Union (51), Pacific (52) and Hermann (71).

Bella Daniels led the way for Owensville with a third-place time of 14:04.7 while Adreahna Leach (6th, 14:18.5) and Paisley Hempelmann (10th, 15:04.8) also cracked the top 10 for OMS in the middle school girls race.

Alexandra Leach also earned All-FRC Honorable Mention status with a 14th-place time of 15:57.4.

Also crossing the finish line for OMS’ Dutchgirls were Hannah McQueen (18th, 16:41.0), Aisha Santos (21st, 17:27.8), Avalon Breese (27th, 18:04.9), Allyson Smith (31st, 21:06.4) and Shaylia Ringeisen (33rd, 22:11.9).

Capping the afternoon of racing last Tuesday was the middle school boys at Hermann.

OMS’ Dutchmen placed second as a team with 58 points behind Union (38) and ahead of Pacific (66), Hermann (99), New Haven (116) and St. James (146).

Leading OMS’ All-FRC trio was Trevin Nolting with a fourth-place time of 12:21.8.

Also earning All-FRC honors for OMS’ Dutchmen were Trace Ridder (11th, 12:44.3) and Garrett Ringeisen (13th, 13:04.6).

Crossing the finish line for the orange and black behind them were Bentley Crews (16th, 13:11.8), Anthony Grube (18th, 13:25.0), Liam Kramme (20th, 13:33.8), Ayden Gutermuth (23rd, 13:44.4), Kyle Korff (28th, 13:58.7), Brady Rutledge (29th, 14:01.2), Ryker Leach (32nd, 14:12.3), Carter Price (33rd, 14:12.8), Brayden Kemp (34th, 14:20.6), Chandler Howard (38th, 14:44.9), Daven Dietrich (40th, 14:49.8), Zeke Johnson (41st, 14:53.1), Bowen Palmer (47th, 15:30.7), Andrew Allen (48th, 15:49.1), Leland Tirre (59th, 18:04.5), Ansel Winter (61st, 19:43.3) and Hollis Winter (64th, 21:00.9).