Without its top runner, the St. James High School boys’ cross country squad still finished third in the team standings of the 48th annual Linn Invitational, held Saturday, Sept. 12.

In the boys’ meet Blair Oaks won the team crown with 65 points while Fulton was second with 110 and St. James a point back in third at 111.

Leading the charge for the Tigers was sophomore Kylar Hodge, who finished third overall with a time of 17:51.71 while Tristin Barton was 23rd for STJ at 20:04.13; Kypton Earney 33rd at 20:22.83; Eric Bolte 34th at 20:23.74, and Ryder Byfield 36th at 20:38.11.

Junior all-stater Ashton Moreland did not run for the Tigers; he is hoping to be back this week.

Blair Oaks’ Caiden Casey was the meet medalist at 17:44.73.

Moberly won the girls’ race with 43 points. Falyn Davidson of Elsberry was the girls’ medalist at 21:13.15. The Lady Tigers had a top-10 finish, as Tara Murphy was eighth overall at 23:20.47.

St. James also competed in the First Capitol Invitational Sept. 4.

The Tiger runners are to compete in the Steelville Invitational Thursday, Sept. 17, starting at 4 p.m.

Sept. 12 at Linn

48th Linn Invitational

5,000-Meters

Boys

Team Standings: 1. Blair Oaks 65, 2. Fulton 110, 3. St. James 111, 4. New Haven 130, 5. Hermann 138, 6. New Bloomfield 140, 7. Stover 162, 8. Belle 192, 9. California 225, 10. Dixon 231, 11. Moberly 241, 12. Russellville 251, 13. Versailles 270.

Individual Top-5: 1. Caiden Casey, Blair Oaks, 17:44.73; 2. Jackson Prater, Belle, 17:45.07; 3. Kylar Hodge, St. James, 17:51.71; 4. Levi Hubbard, South Callaway, 18:03.21; 5. Ethan Pickett, Blair Oaks, 18:17.29.

Other St. James Results: 23. Tristin Barton 20:04.13, 33. Kypton Earney 20:22.83, 34. Eric Bolte 20:23.74, 36. Ryder Byfield 20:38.11

Junior Varsity

St. James Results: 6. Dyln Stricklin 22:41.96, 16. Joshua Rinehart 23:46.77, 29. Oliver Swee 25:55.59.

Girls

Team Standings: 1. Moberly 43, 2. Blair Oaks 48, 3. Versailles 76, 4. Fulton 96, 5. New Bloomfield 141, 6. Belle 146, 7. Linn 149, 8. Hermann 163.

Individual Top-5: 1. Falyn Davidson, Elsberry, 21:13.15; 2. Elysha Wilkins, Versailles, 22:18.40; 3. Emily Pickett, Blair Oaks, 22:39.60; 4. Cora Howen, Moberly, 22:50.71; 5. Hattie Howard, Elsberry, 22:59.08.

St. James Results: 8. Tara Murphy 23:20.47, 33. Adalyne Hash 26:37.91, 46. Ava Meister 27:59.10.

Sept. 4 at Jefferson City

First Capitol Invitational

5,000 Meters

Boys

Team Standings: 1. Herculaneum 92, 2. Lutheran St. Charles 108, 3. Jefferson City Helias 118, 4. Eureka 120, 5. Francis Howell 124, 6. Washington 128, 7. Pattonville 166, 8. Francis Howell Central 239, 9. St. Charles West 240, 10. St. James 243, 11. Clayton 254, 12. Parkway West 302, 13. St. Louis Priory 331, 14. Whitfield 361, 15. Hazelwood Central 372, 16. Orchard Farm 388, 17. St. Charles 441.

Individual Top-5: 1. Jack Mahoney, Lutheran St. Charles, 16:42.29; 2. Nathan Lind, Lutheran St. Charles, 16:57.86; 3. Noah Fitzgerald, Herculaneum, 17:05.44; 4. Ashton Moreland, St. James, 17:09.33; 5. Oliver Livingston, Troy Buchanan, 17:10.73.

Other St. James Results: 21. Kylar Hodge 18:30.68, 82. Kypton Earney 20:49.98, 91. Ryder Byfield 21:14.70, 94. Eric Bolte 21:23.05, 114. Dylan Stricklin 22:43.37, 131. Joshua Rinehart 25:36.74, 135. Oliver Swee 30:58.98.

Girls

Team Standings: 1. Herculaneum 58, 2. Eureka 59, 3. Francis Howell 79, 4. Francis Howell Central 106, 5. J.C. Helias 186, 6. Veritas Christian 194, 7. St. Charles 207, 8. Washington 213, 9. Ft. Zumwalt North 227, 10. Ft. Zumwalt West 230, 11. Lutheran St. Charles 272, 12. Visitation Academy 311, 13. Ursuline Academy 350, 14. Orchard Farm 373.

Individual Top-5: 1. Leah Grither, Parkway South, 20:25.10; 2. Maggie Barnes, Helias, 20:45.98; 3. Paige Loethen, Helias, 20:50.33; 4. Sabrina Koeneker, Francis Howell 20:58.18; 5. Emerson Reeves, Herculaneum, 21:01.17.

St. James Results: 50. Tara Murphy 23:31.38, 79. Katherine Strackeljahn 25:17.80.

Middle School

Sept. 9

Vienna Invitational

1.6 Miles

Boys

Team Standings: 1. New Bloomfield 42, 2. Steelville 52, 3. Vienna 65, 4. South Callaway 98, 5. Dixon 116, 6. Morgan County R-1 142.

Individual Top-3: 1. Austin Kliethermes, New Bloomfield, 9:39.7; 2. Reese Lane, New Bloomfield, 10:03.7; 3. Peyton Martin, Steelville, 10:19.3.

St. James Results: 22. Jordan Copeland 11:41.6, 64. Amos Crites 15:50.9, 80. Liam Tarvin 19:37.6.

Girls

Team Standings: 1. Vienna 36, 2. New Bloomfield 41, 3. Steelville 82, 4. Bland 89, 5. South Callaway 97.

Individual Top-3: 1. Emerson Jeremy, Vienna, 11:34.6; 2. Kelsey Viebrock, Morgan County R-1, 11:40.3; 3. Aubrey Rowe, New Bloomfield, 11:52.5.

St. James Result: 39. Ivy Zou 17:14.1.