The St. James High School boys’ cross country team finished second as a team and had the individual medalist at the Four Rivers Conference Meet, held Tuesday, Oct. 20 at Loutre Shore Country Club in Hermann.

Owensville was the boys’ team champion with 34 points while St. James was second with 69 and Union third with 87.

Tiger junior Ashton Moreland was the individual conference champion, finishing the 5,000-meter course in a time of 17:04.1 - 22 seconds better than runner-up Dax Harrison of Pacific.

St. James sophomore Kylar Hodge was fifth individually at 17:55.0 while Tristin Barton was seventh at 18:10.5.

Both of the Lady Tiger runners finished in the individual top-10, as senior Katherine Strackeljahn was sixth overall at 22:59.8 and Tara Murphy 10th at 23:43.6.

Union won the girls’ team title with 38 points while Pacific was second with 51. Union’s Shelby Robinson was girls’ medalist at 20:55.1.

The postseason is next for the Tiger runners, as they compete in the Missouri Class 3 District 3 Meet Saturday, Oct. 31 at Owensville High School. Other schools in District 3 include Blair Oaks, Bowling Green, California, Centralia, Cuba, Eldon, Fulton, Hallsville, Jefferson City Helias, Lutheran St. Charles, Mexico, Moberly, Owensville, Salem, Southern Boone, St. Clair, St. Francis Borgia, Versailles, Winfield and Wright City.

The top four teams and other top 30 individual runners advance from district competition to the Missouri Class 3 State Championships, to be held Nov. 6 at the  Gans Creek Course in Columbia.

Moreland and Hodge both made it to the Missouri Class 3 State Championships a year ago. Moreland earned all-state honors, finishing 22nd individually. And Barton also competed in the state championships last year, in the Class 4 State Meet as a member of the Kearney High School squad.

Oct. 20 at Hermann

Loutre Shore C.C.

Four Rivers Conference Meet

5,000-Meters

Boys

Varsity

Team Standings: 1. Owensville 34, 2. St. James 69, 3. Union 87, 4. Hermann 115, 5. Pacific 117, 6. New Haven 135, 7. St. Clair 143, 8. Sullivan 206.

Individual Top-5: 1. Ashton Moreland, St. James, 17:04.1; 2. Dax Harrison, Pacific, 17:26.9; 3. Zachary Holtmeyer, Owensville, 17:36.5; 4. Cristopher Reyes, Owensville, 17:39.5; 5. Kylar Hodge, St. James, 17:55.0.

Other St. James Results: 7. Tristin Barton 18:10.5, 24. Eric Bolte 19:53.1, 34. Isaac Siders 20:49.7, 37. Kypton Earney 21:05.4, 50. Ryder Byfield 23:36.4.

Junior Varsity

Team Standings: 1. Owensville 24, 2. Hermann 53, 3. St. Clair 71, 4. Pacific 89, 5. New Haven 116.

Medalist: 1. Roman Crowe, Owensville, 20:09.1.

St. James Results: 6. Dylan Stricklin 21:12.1, 14. Joshua Rinehart 22:41.4, 22. Oliver Swee 23:14.1.

Girls

Team Standings: 1. Union 38, 2. Pacific 51, 3. Sullivan 91, 4. St. Clair 101, 5. Hermann 109, 6. Owensville 116.

Medalist: 1. Shelby Robinson, Union, 20:55.1.

St. James Results: 6. Katherine Strackeljahn 22:59.8, 10. Tara Murphy 23:43.6.

Middle School

3,200-Meters

Boys

Team Standings: 1. Union 38, 2. Owensville 58, 3. Pacific 66, 4. Hermann 99, 5. New Haven 116, 6. St. James 146.

Medalist: 1. Luke Brakefield, Union, 11:40.3.

St. James Results: 6. Jordan Copeland 12:31.9, 26. Jonathan Apollo 13:51.5, 52. Amos Crites 16:13.0, 57. Judah Davis 17:50.9, 66. Liam Tarvin 24:15.7.

Girls

Team Standings: 1. Owensville 42, 2. Union 51, 3. Pacific 52, 4. Hermann 71.

Medalist: 1. Chelsie Goodwin, Union, 13:36.5.

St. James Result: 29. Ivy Zou 19:52.9.