Cuba and Bourbon’s middle school and high school cross country teams competed in the Oct. 13 Owensville Invitational on the last hot day of the week before the weather broke. This was the last race …
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Cuba and Bourbon’s middle school and high school cross country teams competed in the Oct. 13 Owensville Invitational on the last hot day of the week before the weather broke. This was the last race of the season for each school’s middle school teams.
Cuba junior Ella Basham was the top high school finisher for either school, earning 21st place out of 99 runners with a 24:35.23 time.
Bourbon freshman Elijah Frederick was the first runner from either school to cross the finish line in the boys 5000 meter race, taking 28th place with a 20:13.72 time.
Bourbon junior Paul Studdard was the only other Warhawk competing in the varsity race. He crossed the finish line in 25:51.90 to finish in 93rd.
Freshman Alaina Evans was the only Lady Warhawk running in the girls 5000 meter race. She took 92nd place with a 36:20.87 time.
Seven Wildcats ran in the boys 5000 meter varsity race. Freshman Tristian Cross was the first Cuba runner to complete the race, earning 73rd place with a 23:17.03 time. Fellow freshman Ryan Ray wasn’t far behind, taking 76th with a 23:35.54 finish.
Senior Matthew Herwig crossed the finish line in 26.02.90 to earn 94th place. Senior Brody Bayless took 97th with a 26:24.97 time. Junior Jamison Scott completed the race in 26.53.75 to earn 100th place. Freshman Matthew Herwig took 101st with a 27:08.49 time and sophomore Zaylen Kammer finished in 102nd with a 27.49.84 time.
Cuba eighth grader Elsie Rutz came in third place out of 65 runners in the girls 3200 meter middle school race with a 14:29.10 time. She finished less than 25 seconds behind first place finisher Chelsie Goodwin of Union and seven seconds behind second place runner Hannah Steele of Rolla.
Bourbon eighth grader Eva Wertich earned ninth place with a 14:58.78 time. Fellow Lady Warhawk eighth grader Mina Williams crossed the finish line in 17:30.79 to take 22nd place. Sixth grader Clara Gibbs earned 30th place with a 18:47.24 time. Auria Williams took 36th with a 19:31.10 time. Amiyah Vineyard finished in 49th with a 21:26.56 time and Hadleigh Harper crossed the finish line in 25:29.91 to take 61st.
Justin Evans and Walter Wertich were the only Warhawks running in the boys 3200 meter middle school race. Evans took 79th with a 21:23.82 time and Wertich completed the race in 23:46.57 to finish in 87th place.
CMS also had two runners competing in the boys 3200 meter middle school race. Boone Medows took 61st with a 18:02.50 time and Jensen Meyers was right on his tail, finishing in 62nd with a 18:02.98 time.
CMS girls Harlow Maxwell, Lillian Yates, Naomi White, Olivia Copeland, Lily Craig and Ada Mabe also ran in the middle school girls 3200 meter competition.
Maxwell took 38th with a 19:43.59 time. Yates finished in 40th with a 19:45.16 time. White crossed the finish line in 19:54.11, earning 41st place. Copeland took 44th with a 20:17.98 time. Craig completed the race in 23:55.36, finishing in 57th place and Mabe took 60th place with a 25:22.24 time.
Cuba hosted Bourbon, Viburnum, Steelville and Belle in the Oct. 19 Gasconade Valley Conference Meet at Hood Park, which will be detailed in next week’s edition.
