CROSS COUNTRY ROUNDUP: Notre Dame girls win Class 3 District 1 crown

The Notre Dame girls cross country team, running on its home course, had three of the top 10 finishers in winning the Class 3 District 1 meet Saturday.

Junior Alaina Baumgart led the Bulldogs with a fourth-place finish in 20 minutes, 21 seconds. Sophomore Bailey Beussink finished seventh in 20:46, while senior Katie Hanners (20:51) was eighth. Sophomore Claire Fenneweld and senior Alleigh Emmendorfer finished 17th and 18th, respectively, to round out the Bulldogs' winning score of 48.

Herculaneum sophomore Nautica Stricklin (19:57) led a 1-2-3 finish for the Blackcats, who also finished with 48 points. However, Notre Dame won the title on the 21st-place finish of sophomore Kennedy Mcghee, who finished eight spots ahead of Herculaneum's sixth runner.

Only the top two teams and 15 individuals qualified for this weekend's state meet in Jefferson City, Missouri.

On the boys side, Notre Dame finished fourth and did not qualify as a team. However, freshman Blake Morris (11th, 17:05) and sophomore Benton Keran (15th, 17:20) qualified individually for the state meet.

Class 3 District 1

Girls

TEAM -- 1, Notre Dame 48, 2. Herculaneum 48, 3. Festus 54, 4. De Soto 89, 5. Potosi 123, 6. North County 193, 7. Windsor 195

Local top five

NOTRE DAME -- 4. Alaina Baumgart 20:21, 7. Bailey Beussink 20:46, 8. Katie Hanners 20:51, 17. Clare Fenneweld 21:32, 18. Alleigh Emmendorfer 21:42,

Boys

TEAM -- 1. Festus 32, 2. Ste. Genevieve 37, 3. Herculaneum 79, 4. Notre Dame 97, 5. De Soto 131, 6. North County 201, 7. Perryville 220, 8. Dexter 235, 9. Windsor 242, 10. Kennett 251

Local top fives

NOTRE DAME -- 11. Blake Morris, 17:05; 15. Benton Keran, 17:20; 27. Hogan Goad, 18:40; 30. Bryson Kielhofner, 18:46; 35. Grant Grove 19:10

PERRYVILLE -- 29. Thomas Lee, 18:43; 41. Ted Cook, 19:37; 47, Trent Friedman, 20:07; 55, Zach Morgan, 20:43; 65. Landon Buerck, 22:11

Class 4 Sectional 1

Senior Megan Barnum (20-:34) placed 11th in helping the Jackson girls to a second-place finish at the Class 4 Sectional 1 meet and a berth at the state meet.

Jackson finished with 66 points, three points behind Parkway West in the team standings. The top four teams and 30 individuals qualified for this weekend's state meet. Also making up Jackson's team score were Kaylee Wilson (15th, 20:40), Anna Compton (20th, 21:03), Kennedy Bauer (24th, 21:04) and Courtney Hahs (30th, 21:19).

Washington junior Mikayla Reed won in 19:30 as the host school featured three of the top four finishers in placing third.

On the boys side, Jackson junior Ean Buffington qualified for the state meet for a second time, finishing 17th in 17:23. The Indians placed eighth in the standings and did not qualify as a team.

Girls

TEAM -- 1. Parkway West 66, 2. Jackson 69, 3. Washington 75, 4. Parkway Central 99, 5. Lindbergh 105, 6. Francis Howell 144, 7. Seckman 163, 8. Cor Jesu 174

Local top five

Jackson -- 11. Megan Barnum 20:34; 15. Kaylee Wilson 20:40; 20. Anna Compton 21:03; 24. Kennedy Bauer 21:04; 30. Courtney Hahs 21:19

Boys

TEAM -- 1. Lafayette (Wildwood) 37; 2. Parkway West 68; 3. Lindbergh 99; 4. Marquette 109; 5. Kirkwood 114; 6. Hillsboro 131; 7. Farmington 140; 8. Jackson 173

Local top five

Jackson -- 17. Ean Buffington 17:23; 32. Kyle Kester 17:46; 57. Scout Pettit 18:38; 58. Ethan Waltz 18:38; 66. Landon Carlton 19:04

Class 2 District 1

Woodland and St. Vincent finished first and second, respectively, in the boys competition in Washington, Missouri, as both teams qualified for the state meet.

Saxony Lutheran sophomore Caleb Cornelius won the meet in 17:26 and will compete individually at state. Woodland had four runners finished in the top 10, led by Logan Thomsen (second) and Brandon Sitzes (third). St. Vincent's top finishers were Andrew Lipe (sixth) and Joseph Baer (seventh). The top two teams accounted for 10 of the fastest 25 runners.

St. Vincent and Woodland also advanced on the girls side. St. Vincent won, paced by the top overall finisher Corin Carroll and her time of 22:12. Woodland, which finished second, was led by the senior Cheyenne Wells, who finished second overall. Saxony Lutheran's Katie Richmond qualified individually with a 12th-place finish.

Girls

TEAM -- 1 St. Vincent 37, 2. Woodland 50, 3. Arcadia Valley 55, 4. Saxony Lutheran 82

Local top fives

St. Vincent -- 1. Corin Carroll 22:12; 7. Abby Buchheit 23:19; 14. Megan Lipe 24:42; 21. Abbey Hotop 25:37; 23. Abigail Schremp 25:48

Woodland -- 2. Cheyenne Wells 22:25; 11. Hailee Green 23:41; 19. Autumn Slinkard 25:29; 25. Heidi Green 26:32; 26. Hope Green 26:36

Saxony Lutheran -- 12. Katie Richmond 24:21; 20. Courtney Bangert 25:34; 32. Alexis Goodson 28:00; 35. Rachael Koehler 29:17; 41. Samantha Schnabel 32:39

Boys

TEAM -- 1. Woodland 40, 2. St. Vincent 65, 3. Jefferson R-VII 77, 4. Arcadia Valley 81, 5. Saxony Lutheran 134, 6. East Carter 135, 7. Grandview-R2 (Hillsboro) 190

Local top fives

Woodland -- 2. Logan Thomsen 17:46; 3. Brandon Sitzes 18:17.63; 9. Landon Thomsen, 18:58; 10. Thomas Grindstaff, 19:05.24; 16. Blake Matheny, 19:34

St. Vincent -- 6. Andrew Lipe, 18:37; 7. Joseph Baer, 18:44; 11. Sam Baer 19:07; 17. Dominic Sauer, 19:38; 25. Nick Geile 20:48

Saxony Lutheran -- 1. Caleb Cornelius 17:26; 31. Austin Mueller 21:10; 36. Nolen Brown 21:31; 37. Andrew Aufdenberg 21:43; 42. Jonathan Mueller 22:40

Class 1 District 1

With three top 10 runners, the Oak Ridge boys won the meet at Notre Dame Regional High School.

Zalma will join them at state after finishing second, led by the top two overall finishers. Senior Peyton Ford won with a time of 17:26 and senior Jacob Steinberg was behind him at 17:55.

Drew Kranawetter was Oak Ridge's top finisher in fourth. David Layton (sixth) and Zach LeGrand (seventh) were the two other top 10 scores for the Bluejays. Sylvester Morse (12th) and Jarett Seabaugh (16th) rounded out the winning score.

Advance junior Cade Long ran a 19:21 and finished fifth while Delta senior Charlie Ledbetter was 10th at 19:39. Meadow Heights' Austin Gruenke and Nathan Shrum also qualified individually for state.

The Chaffee girls finished second with five runners placing in the top 20 and edged third-place Valle Catholic by one point. The Red Devils were led by junior Alyssa Lunsford's sixth-place finish in 24:41. Katie Glueck was 10th (25:31), Kari Pepple 14th (26:24), Sarah Burch 17th (27:12) and Regan Swain rounded out the scores with an 18th-place finish (27:24). Oak Ridge sophomore Taylor Seyer, junior Jordan Layton, Zalma freshman Lindsey Umfleet, Leopold sophomore Patience VanderMierden and freshman Kyla Beel all qualified individually with top-15 finishes.

Girls

TEAM -- 1. Crystal City High School 29, 2. Chaffee High School 53, 3. Valle Catholic High School 54, 4. Oak Ridge High School 78

Local top fives

Chaffee -- 6. Alyssa Lunsford, 24:41; 10. Katie Glueck, 25:31; 14. Kari Pepple, 26:24; 17. Sarah Burch, 27:12, 18. Regan Swain, 27:24

Oak Ridge -- 7. Taylor Seyer, 24:57; 12. Jordan Layton, 26:00; 33. Amanda Meyer, 31:48; 34. Sarah Whitener, 32:00; 38. Alexis Johnson, 40:44

Boys

TEAM -- 1. Oak Ridge 33, 2. Zalma High School 38, 3. Meadow Heights High School 81, 4. St. Paul Lutheran 107, 5. Valle Catholic 111, 6. Leopold 150

Local top fives

Oak Ridge -- 4. Drew Kranawetter 19:14; 6. David Layton 19:26; 7. Zach LeGrand 19:28; 12. Sylvester Morse 19:43; 16. Jarett Seabaugh 20:26

Zalma -- 1. Peyton Ford 17:26; 2. Jacob Steinberg 17:55; 11. Logan Borders 19:41; 17. Caleb Steinberg 20:32; 18. Charles Freeman 20:47

Meadow Heights -- 8. Austin Gruenke 19:32; 9. Nathan Shrum 19:32; 22. Blake Bollinger 21:06; 23. William Hoffman 21:25; 40. Spencer Bragg 23:42

Leopold -- 34. Samuel Horrell 22:56; 37. David Gray 23:15; 38. Ryan Lewis 23:32; 39. Jared Landewee 23:32; 49. Jeremieh Cope 31:23

Editor's note: Correction made to indicated Notre Dame Regional High School as the host of the Class 1 District 1 event.