Oak Ridge Invitational 2019

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Ben Matthews

Oak Ridge High School held its annual invitational cross country meet Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019, in Oak Ridge, Missouri. St. Vincent took first place as a team in both the boys and girls varsity races. In the varsity boys team division, Oak Ridge placed second and Woodland placed third. In the varsity girls team division, Perryville placed second and Valle Catholic placed third.

St. Vincent sophomore Anna Schwartz finishes one second ahead of junior Genevieve Lipe during the Oak Ridge Invitational cross country meet Sept. 24, 2019, at Oak Ridge High School. The two St. Vincent varsity runners finished fifth and sixth place respectively. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
North County eighth-grader Koltynn Ramsey, lower right, gulps water as Leopold eighth-grader Noland Beussink, left, collapses to the ground Sept. 24, 2019, after completing the junior high race at the Oak Ridge Invitational cross country meet. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Delta senior Isaiah Thomas, right, helps sophomore teammate Kyle Rogers to the Delta team's tent after finishing the varsity boys race during the Oak Ridge Invitational cross country meet Sept. 24, 2019, at Oak Ridge High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Kelly cross country head coach Omar Campos high fives junior high runners Morgan Merrick, right, and Emily Marriott, left, during the Oak Ridge Invitational cross country meet Sept. 24, 2019, at Oak Ridge High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Members of the St. Vincent varsity boys team wear matching socks as they gather at the starting line while MSHAA race official Don Harris moves to his position to begin the varsity boys race at the Oak Ridge Invitational cross country meet Sept. 24, 2019, at Oak Ridge High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
A throng of runners begins to disperse in the first mile of the varsity boys race at the Oak Ridge Invitational cross country meet Sept. 24, 2019, at Oak Ridge High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Kelly cross country head coach Omar Campos shouts encouragement to a junior varsity runner during the Oak Ridge Invitational cross country meet Sept. 24, 2019, at Oak Ridge High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Farmington runner Bryan Arango leads the pack during the opening mile of the varsity boys race at the Oak Ridge Invitational cross country meet Sept. 24, 2019, at Oak Ridge High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Delta freshman Trevor Stoffregen runs ahead of St. Vincent junior Kyle Steinbecker, center right, during the Oak Ridge Invitational cross country meet Sept. 24, 2019, at Oak Ridge High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Perryville junior Courtney Wright strides to the finish line during the varsity girls race at the Oak Ridge Invitational cross country meet Sept. 24, 2019, at Oak Ridge High School. Wright won first place with a time of 20:38. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
St. Vincent junior Jack Baer leads the race during the second mile of the boys varsity race at the Oak Ridge Invitational cross country meet Sept. 24, 2019, at Oak Ridge High School. Baer finished in second place with a time of 17:27. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Delta sophomore Kendall Holweg, center left, sprints behind Perryville sophomore Kira Hagan, center right, in the final meters of the varsity girls race at the Oak Ridge Invitational cross country meet Sept. 24, 2019, at Oak Ridge High School. Holweg passed Hagan to win seventh place by one second. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
St. Vincent junior Jack Baer leads the race during the second mile of the boys varsity race at the Oak Ridge Invitational cross country meet Sept. 24, 2019, at Oak Ridge High School. Baer finished in second place with a time of 17:27. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Woodland senior Timothy Sloan receives a medal after crossing the finish line of the varsity boys race at the Oak Ridge Invitational cross country meet Sept. 24, 2019, at Oak Ridge High School. Sloan won first place with a time of 17:20. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Varsity runners Caleb Roth of St. Vincent, center left, and Kameron Mayberry of Kelly shake hands after crossing the finish line at the Oak Ridge Invitational cross country meet Sept. 24, 2019, at Oak Ridge High School. The two finished 15th and 16th respectively, with only one second separating their times. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Oak Ridge seventh-grader Grant Meyer holds himself up and raises his medal after finishing the junior high school race at the Oak Ridge Invitational cross country meet Sept. 24, 2019, at Oak Ridge High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Oak Ridge seventh-grader Grant Meyer is congratulated by his mother, Brandy Sutton, after medaling in the junior high school race at the Oak Ridge Invitational cross country meet Sept. 24, 2019, at Oak Ridge High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
St. Vincent sophomore Gabriel Anders hugs his grandmother, Judy Huber, after finishing 19th with a time of 18:56 in the varsity boys race at the Oak Ridge Invitational cross country meet Sept. 24, 2019, at Oak Ridge High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
St. Vincent senior Jacob Gremaud wheels the St. Vincent team's tent through gravel while helping load the bus after the Oak Ridge Invitational cross country meet Sept. 24, 2019, at Oak Ridge High School. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)