It was a big week in more ways than one for the Vienna High School boys’ and girls’ cross country team last week.

The Eagle runners got a good, long look against some strong competition on the upcoming state championship course at the Brian T. Simpson Invitational, held Saturday, Oct. 10 at the Gans Creek course in Columbia.

In addition, the Vienna boys and girls repeated as the high school and middle school team champions at the Show-Me Central Conference Meet, held on the Eagles’ home course at Vienna City Park Tuesday, Oct. 6.

Saturday’s meet was for Class 1 and Class 2 schools only. There were 27 full teams in the boys’ race and Vienna finished fifth overall with 185 points. Kingsville was the team champ with 79 points while St. Joseph Christian was second with 109.

Eagle senior Hunter Schwartze ran a season-best 16:39.0 on the 5,000-meter course to finish third overall. Westran’s Reece Sickler was medalist with 16:28.1 while St. Joseph Christian’s Austin Hill was runner-up with 16:28.

Hill was state runner-up and Schwartze finished third overall in last year’s Class 1 State Championships.

In the 3,000-meter middle school race both the Vienna boys’ and girls’ teams finished third in the team standings. For the Eagle Middle School boys Coen Schwartze finished ninth over and for the Lady Eagles Emerson Jeremy was 16th at 13:29.4 while Rowan Walker was 20th at 13:39.7.

“It is always a good day to run on the state course,” said Vienna coach David Martin. “This was the best finish that our middle school girls have earned at this meet. It is great that both middle school groups played in the top three. I think our middle school runners competed well in warm conditions. Many of them ran season and personal best times. And we had some very competitive high school races that was like a mini Class 1 State Meet.”

With very little competition at the Show-Me Central Conference race, it appeared like a Vienna practice session much of the time. The home school swept the conference team titles in the boys’ and girls’ high school and middle school meets as the only full team in each field.

H. Schwartze was boys’ medalist with his top home-course time of 17:18.6 while teammates Bryce Ewers, Eli Messersmith and Paxten Jeremy were 2-3-4, respectively. In the girls’ high school race Prairie Home’s Ruth Hodges was meet medalist at 23:14.4 and Vienna’s Sophia Neubert was second at 23:20.2.

Coen Schwartze and Emerson Jeremy were the middle school conference medalists.

“Our teams won a lot of conference honors,” Martin said. “Hunter will graduate not losing a conference race and it was nice to sweep the team awards again.”

In the girls’ race a Vienna runner who was down in the overall pack collapsed and was taken from City Park by helicopter to a medical facility. She was cleared to return home and by the end of the week was back in school.

“Out of abundance of caution she was taken to a hospital, but is doing well now,” Martin said Sunday of the girl.

This week Vienna was scheduled to compete in the Dixon Invitational Monday and at the Smithton Pumpkin Run at 9 a.m. Saturday.

Oct. 10 at Columbia

Brian T. Simpson Invitational

Gans Creek Course

High School

5,000-Meters

Boys

Top-10 Team Standings (27 full teams): 1. Kingsville 79, 2. St. Joseph Christian 109, 3. North Platte 150, 4. Van-Far 176, 5. Vienna 185, 6. Palmyra 247, 7. New Bloomfield 278, 8. Elsberry 286, 9. South Shelby 287, 10. Hale 311.

Individual Top-10: 1. Reece Sickler, Westran, 16:28.1; 2. Austin Hill, St. Joseph Christian, 16:28.1; 3. Hunter Schwartze, Vienna, 16:39.0; 4. Jason Hoffman, Clopton, 16:57.2; 5. William Schaffart, North Platte, 16:58.5; 6. Liam Betts, Fayette, 17:00.2; 7. Bently Carper, Palmyra, 17:01.4; 8. Landon Harper, Hale, 17:02.8; 9. Avery Barnes, Kingsville, 17:06.2; 10. Garrett Hopke, Van-Far, 17:08.1.

Other Vienna Results: 31. Eli Messersmith 18:14.5, 38. Bryce Ewers 18:29.5, 78. Tanner Hallahan 19:39.7, 79. Kevin Russell 19:44.5, 85. Paxten Jeremy 19:52.9, 111. Alex Wieberg 20:39.3, 199. Tyler Hallahan 25:55.0, 206. Dreygen Messersmith 26:40.8, 221. Jordan Hatfield 28:48.6.

Girls

Top-5 Team Standings (15 full teams): 1. Monroe City 93, 2. Palmyra 111, 3. St. Joseph Christian 120, 4. Mark Twain 144, 5. Glasgow 161.

Individual Top-5: 1. Jacqueline Stidham, Harrisburg, 20:13.4; 2. Falyn Davidson, Elsberry, 20:21.0; 3. Ruthie Arnold, St. Joseph Christian, 20:42.0; 4. Samentha Koper, South Shelby, 20:54.7; 5. Taryn Ficken, Meadville, 21:00.0.

Vienna Results: 30. Sophia Neubert 22:54.8, 109. Kaylee Bresnahan 27:08.4, 131. Lillian Williams 29:37.3, 149. Monica Russell 39:11.0.

Middle School

3,000-Meters

Boys

Top-5 Team Standings (14 full teams): 1. New Bloomfield 49, 2. Christian Fellowship 57, 3. Vienna 111, 4. South Callaway 114, 5. Mark Twain 169.

Medalist: 1. Clayton Lucas, Christian Fellowship, 10:14.9.

Vienna Results: 9. Coen Schwartze 11:54.3, 24. Tanner James 12:25.8, 25. John Schulte 12:27.6, 41. Jace Schulz 12:53.1, 47. David Martin 13:09.2, 64. Charles Ellis 13:44.0, 72. Lukas Jenkins 13:55.8, 73. Rustin Robertson 13:56.4, 103. Luke Jones 14:57.7, 109. Walker Jeremy 15:10.0, 152. Owen Libbert 21:02.7.

Girls

Top-5 Team Standings (10 full teams): 1. New Bloomfield 67, 2. Christian Fellowship 67; 3. Vienna 80; 4. Marion County 110; 5. Monroe City 117.

Medalist: 1. Sylvia Grace, Christian Fellowship, 11:27.2.

Vienna Results: 16. Emerson Jeremy 13:29.4, 20. Rowan Walker 13:39.7, 25. Lakota Curtis 13:54.4, 26. Clara Jones 14:03.4, 34. Ivory Helton 14:23.2, 81. Kloee Palmer 16:35.8, 91. Kaleigh Miller 17:39.6, 110. Addison Edwarts 20:08.8, 117. Elayna Bresnahan 20:56.4.

Oct. 6 at Vienna

Show-Me Central Conference Meet

Vienna City Park

High School

5,000-Meters

Boys

Team Standings: 1. Vienna 15.

Individual Top-5: 1. Hunter Schwartze, Vienna, 17:18.6; 2. Bryce Ewers, Vienna, 18:59.1; 3. Eli Messersmith, Vienna, 19:18.5; 4. Paxten Jeremy, Vienna, 19:41.9; 5. Miles McCune, Calvary Lutheran, 19:51.6.

Other Vienna Results: 8. Kevin Russell 20:14.1, 9. Tanner Hallahan 20:57.0, 10. Alex Wieberg 21:02.6, 12. Tyler Hallahan 23:43.9, 13. Dreygen Messersmith 25:29.5, 15. Jordan Hatfield 30:00.5, 16. Hunter Yeomans 31:46.2.

Girls

Team Standings: 1. Vienna 15.

Individual Top-5: 1. Ruth Hodges, Prairie Home, 23:14.4; 2. Sophia Neubert, Vienna, 23:30.2; 3. Alayna Sprengel, Calvary Lutheran, 23:54.7; 4. Ayala Deraps, Jamestown, 24:03.8; 5. Carly Schollmeyer, Chamois, 25:09.5.

Other Vienna Results: 9. Lillian Williams 30:11.7, 10. Kaylee Bresnahan 30:42.4, 11. Ella Hollis 33:19.8, 12. Lainey Magner 33:24.7, 14. Monica Russell 41:40.6.

Middle School

1.6 Miles

Boys

Team Standings: 1. Vienna 15.

Medalist: 1. Coen Schwartze, Vienna, 10:26.9.

Other Vienna Results: 2. Tanner James 10:43.6, 3. John Schulte 10:45.8, 4. Jace Schulz 11:10.7, 5. David Martin 11:25.6, 6. Deven Davis 11:29.7, 7. Lukas Jenkins 11:43.6, 8. Rustin Robertson 12:08.7, 9. Charles Ellis 12:38.1, 10. Luke Jones 12:44.3, 12. Walker Jeremy 13:58.9, 13. Owen Libbert 16:32.0.

Girls

Team Standings: 1. Vienna 15.

Medalist: 1. Emerson Jeremy, Vienna, 11:36.3.

Other Vienna Results: 2. Rowan Walker 11:53.2, 3. Lakota Curtis 12:09.6, 4. Clara Jones 12:21.9, 5. Ivory Helton 12:42.1, 6. Audrey Carroll 13:30.0, 7. Kloee Palmer 14:07.9, 8. Kaleigh Miller 15:35.6, 9. Addison Edwards 17:38.7, 10. Elayna Bresnahan 19:26.9.