The host St. James High School boys’ cross country team paced the field Tuesday, Sept. 30, winning the annual St. James Invitational, held at Maramec Spring Park.

The Tigers won the boys’ team championship with 49 points while New Haven was runner-up with 67 and Pacific third with 74.

St. James had three of the four top individual finishers on the 5,000-meter course.

Pacific’s Benjamin Smith was the boys’ medalist with a time of 16:58.07. Following him was a trio of STJ Tigers, as Ashton Moreland finished second at 17:06.58, Kylar Hodge third at 17:24.73 and Johnny Perkins fourth at 17:26.12.

In the girls’ race Pacific won the team crown with 21 points while St. Francis Borgia was second with 59. Sullivan’s Vanessa Nolie was the individual girls’ champion at 20:40.49 while Salem’s Zoey Elliott was runner-up with 21:27.49. St. James’ lone runner in the field was Adalyne Hash, who placed 31st at 26:33.42.

In the 1.6-mile middle school meet St. James’ Tara Murphy was the individual medalist in the girls’ race, finishing with a time of 10:15.28.

The Tigers were scheduled to run again Tuesday, Oct. 7 at the Hermann Invitational.

Sept. 30 

St. James Invitational

Maramec Spring Park

5,000-Meters

Boys

Team Standings: 1. St. James 49, 2. New Haven 67, 3. Pacific 74, 4. Laquey 80, 5. Sullivan 148, 6. St. Francis Borgia 148, 7. Linn 165, 8. Dixon 180, 9. Salem 219.

Individual Top-3: 1. Benjamin Smith, Pacific, 16:58.07; 2. Ashton Moreland, St. James, 17:06.58; 3. Kylar Hodge, St. James, 17:24.73.

Other St. James Results: 4. Johnny Perkins 17:26.12, 14. Krypton Earney 19:23.78, 29. Ryder Hutchcraft 20:30.94, 45. Joshua Rinehart 21:55.83.

Girls

Team Standings: 1. Pacific 21, 2. Borgia 59, 3. Linn 77, 4. Sullivan 95, 5. Incarnate Word Academy 140.

Individual Top-3: 1. Vanessa Nolie, Sullivan, 20:40.49; 2. Zoey Elliott, Salem, 21:27.49; 3. Aidan Lawler, Pacific, 21:33.29.

St. James Results: 31. Adalyne Hash 26:33.42.

Middle School

1.6-Miles

Boys

Team Standings: 1. Owensville 25, 2. Laquey 76, 3. Union 99, 4. St. James 107, 5. Pacific 120, 6. Salem 138, 7. New Haven 164, 8. Dixon 177.

Individual Medalist: 1. Trace Lange, Owensville, 9:08.34.

St. James Results: 10. Cason Smith 9:40.60, 14. Dylan Stricklin 9:47.45, 22. Jonathan Apollo 10:22.37, 33. Graham Felan 10:54.78, 51. Trenten Jones 11:53.26, 74. Beaux Dunn 13:13.61, 77. Logan Pigg 14:04.09, 84. Harrison Gardner 15:11.09, 86. Asher Freand 15:14.90.

Girls

Team Standings: 1. Owensville 27, 2. Union 44, 3. Laquey 85, 4. Dixon 91, 5. Sullivan 103.

Individual Medalist: Tara Murphy, St. James, 10:15.28.

Other St. James Results: 23. Bailey Erndl 12:33.77, 33. Piper Hutchcraft 13:04.57.