Behind another meet-medalist performance by senior Hunter Schwartze, the balanced Vienna High School boys’ cross country team rolled to the championship of the Belle Invitational, held Tuesday, Sept. 22.

The Eagles won with 29 points, followed by host Belle with 58. There were seven full teams in the boys’ race.

Schwartze crossed the finish line of the 5,000-meter course 22 seconds ahead of runner-up Jackson Prater of Belle.

All five Vienna scoring runners finished in the top-10. Junior Bryce Ewers was fifth overall at 18:38.2 while freshman Eli Messersmith was sixth at 18:45.8, sophomore Paxten Jeremy seventh at 18:46.9 and freshman Tanner Hallahan 10th at 19:24.6.

Linn captured the girls’ team crown with 40 points while Belle was second with 44 and Vienna third with 66.

Harrisburg’s Jacqueline Stidham was the girls’ medalist at 20:56.0. Sophomore Sophia Neubert led the Lady Eagles, placing 10th overall at 23:43.7.

There were also two-mile middle school races held. The Lady Eagle middle school squad won with 63 points, as Emerson Jeremy finished third overall.

Vienna is scheduled to run again in the Calvary Lutheran Invitational Saturday, Oct. 3, starting at 9 a.m.

Sept. 22

Belle Invitational

High School

5,000-Meters

Boys

Team Standings: 1. Vienna 29, 2. Belle 58, 3. Steelville 67, 4. New Haven 69, 5. Harrisburg 156, 6. Cuba 172, 7. Salem 183.

Individual Top-3: 1. Hunter Schwartze, Vienna, 16:57.6; 2. Jackson Prater, Belle, 17:19.6; 3. Oscar Otten, New Haven, 18:29.8.

Other Vienna Results: 5. Bryce Ewers 18:38.2, 6. Eli Messersmith 18:45.8, 7. Paxten Jeremy 18.46.9, 10. Tanner Hallahan 19:24.6, 16. Kevin Russell 19:45.7, 26. Alex Wieberg 20:41.3, 33. Tyler Hallahan 21:34.4, 64. Dreygen Messersmith 25:02.4, 70. Jordan Hatfield 27:22.6.

Girls

Team Standings: 1. Linn 40, 2. Belle 44, 3. Vienna 66, 4. Salem 78.

Individual Top-3: 1. Jacqueline Stidham, Harrisburg, 20:56.0; 2. Zoe Dawson, West County, 21:33.2; 3. Zoey Elliott, Salem, 21:53.5.

Vienna Results: 10. Sophia Neubert 23:43.7, 22. Lillian Williams 26:05.2, 27. Kaylee Bresnahan 27:01.7, 40. Ella Hollis 31:27.1, 41. Lainey Magner 31:27.6, 46. Naomi Clark 34:59.1.

Middle School

Belle Invitational

Two-Mile

Boys

Team Standings: 1. Steelville 44, 2. Rolla 65, 3. Union 68, 4. Hermann 119, 5. New Haven 133, 6. Harrisburg 153, 7. Vienna 162, 8. St. James 192.

Medalist: 1. Parker Grubb, New Haven, 11:56.6.

Vienna Results: 28. Jace Schulz 13:50.1, 41. David Martin 14:33.6, 44. Lukas Jenkins 14:38.1, 63. Charles Ellis 15:31.4, 67. Rustin Robertson 15:45.3, 79. Luke Jones 16:26.6, 87. Walker Jeremy 17:35.5, 107. Owen Libbert 21:57.4.

Girls

Team Standings: 1. Vienna 63, 2. Union 66, 3. Steelville 80, 4. Rolla 91, 5. Bourbon 106, 6. Bland 137, 7. Harrisburg 143, 8. Hermann 162.

Medalist: 1. Chelsie Goodwin, Union, 13:45.2.

Vienna Results: 3. Emerson Jeremy 14:06.0, 13. Ivory Helton 15:05.4, 17. Clara Jones 15:18.4, 24. Rowan Walker 15:55.3, 28. Lakota Curtis 16:20.6, 37. Audrey Carroll 16:45.3, 59. Kloee Palmer 18:26.8, 64. Kaleigh Miller 19:57.1, 71. Elayna Bresnahan 22:31.9, 77. Addison Edwards 24:53.8.