HERMANN — Once all four races were in the books from the Hermann Invitational Cross Country meet last Tuesday night at Loutre Shore Country Club, Matt Candrl’s Owensville Middle School (OMS) and Owensville High School (OHS) harriers brought home two team titles and 15 medals.

Winning the varsity boys team title with 54 points, Owensville finished ahead of St. James (71), Union (98), Fulton (116), Hermann (126), Washington (142), New Haven (150), Belle (153), Hallsville (224), Sullivan (261) and Tipton (310).

Dutchmen cross country runners earning medals in the varsity boys race included Zach Holtmeyer (2nd, 16:51), Cristopher Reyes (9th, 18:06), Grayson Lairmore (13th, 18:20) and Drake Dietrich (15th, 18:41).

Other Dutchmen helping the orange and black to a team title in Hermann were Dylan Dietrich (22nd, 19:04), Bo Buddemeyer (26th, 19:09) and Max Altemeyer (27th, 19:11).

Also capturing a team title last Tuesday in Hermann was Owensville’s JV Dutchmen led by race winner Ty Price with a first-place time of 19:37.

Helping Owensville to a second team title and earning a medal in the process were Roman Crowe (2nd, 20:33), Brock Rutledge (3rd, 20:38), Brahm Winter (5th, 21:09), Diego Lansford (9th, 21:49), Nick Hinson (11th, 22:07) and Ryder LeClaire (12th, 22:08).

Fellow JV Dutchmen also crossing the finish line for Owensville were Ethan Blankenship (28th, 23:40), Christian Steele (29th, 23:40), Seth Mitcham (34th, 24:09), Logan Hackstedt (51st, 26:29) and Jasper McMahan (59th, 28:44).

Rounding out the high school portion of racing was the varsity girls.

Owensville placed seventh in the varsity girls team standings with 141 points behind Washington (32), St. Francis Borgia (84), Fulton (86), Sullivan (103), Hermann (110) and Belle (129).

Three spots out of the medals, senior Ella Davidson led the Dutchgirls with a 23rd-place time of 24:57.

Dutchgirls crossing the finish line after Davidson were Leola Hamann (32nd, 26:02), Leah Hays (39th, 26:29), Meredith Reed (50th, 27:47) and Avery Poggas (72nd, 32:45).

OMS’ Dutchmen nearly made it three team titles placing second to Washington (83) with 98 team points.

Trevin Nolting (4th, 12:21) and Trace Ridder (16th, 12:56) secured medals for the orange and black with their top-20 finishes.

Other OMS Dutchmen helping the orange and black to a second-place team finish were Anthony Grube (24th, 13:15), Bentley Crews (26th, 13:31), Garrett Ringeisen (28th, 13:33), Ayden Gutermuth (30th, 13:34), Liam Kramme (48th, 14:14), Kyle Korff (55th, 14:24), Brady Rutledge (63rd, 14:37), Clayton Hays (64th, 14:37), Carter Price (66th, 14:44), Ryker Leach (72nd, 14:50), Chandler Howard (81st, 15:09), Daven Dietrich (85th, 15:25), Zeke Johnson (89th, 15:31), Brayden Kemp (91st, 15:36), Bowen Palmer (93rd, 15:42), Andrew Allen (108th, 16:20), Leland Tirre (134th, 18:51), Ansel Winter (142nd, 19:59) and Hollis Winter (155th, 22:40).

Bella Daniels (13th, 14:46) and Adreahna Leach (18th, 15:19) earned medals and helped the OMS Dutchgirls place fourth in the team standings with 128 points finishing behind Troy South (35), Washington (67) and Union (97).

Fellow OMS Dutchgirls helping the orange and black place fourth as a team were Paisley Hempelmann (23rd, 15:58), Alexandra Leach (43rd, 18:06), Avalon Breese (60th, 19:39), Aisha Santos (61st, 19:43), Allyson Smith (96th, 26:41) and Shaylia Ringeisen (99th, 27:56).