Able to navigate the near-100 degree weather without incident, the host Vienna High School cross country team had a big day at the Vienna Eagle Invitational, held Wednesday, Sept. 9 at Vienna City Park.

The host Eagles, behind senior medalist Hunter Schwartze, won the boys’ team championship.

Highlighting the 1.6-mile middle school event, Lady Eagle Emerson Jeremy earned medalist honors to pace the Vienna girls to the team crown.

Vienna won the boys’ high school, 5,000-meter team title with 46 points while Belle took second with 87 and Steelville third with 95. There were eight full teams in the boys’ high school race.

The Eagles won despite a couple of runners saying they weren’t at their best. Schwartze pitched five innings the previous day in a Vienna baseball victory while sophomore Paxten Jeremy said he broke in a new pair of bright orange running shoes during the race. “That was a mistake!” he said.

Despite being a little sore from pitching, Schwartze nonetheless won Wednesday’s race with a time of 18:19.5. Placing second was Dixon’s William Slone with 18:40.9.

Also scoring for the Eagles were junior Bruce Ewers, who was fourth overall at 19:25.5; Jeremy 12th at 20:11.7; freshman Eli Messersmith 13th at 20:20.1, and freshman Alex Wieberg 20th at 21:31.4.

In the girls’ high school race Stover won the team crown with 37 points while New Bloomfield was runner-up with 56, Belle third with 58 and Vienna fourth with 63.

Stover’s Gabriell Sidebottom was the girls’ medalist with 24:33.0. Sophomore Sophia Neubert paced the Lady Eagles by placing fifth overall at 25:40.6.

Vienna is scheduled to compete again in the Steelville Invitational, starting at 4 p.m. Sept. 17.

Sept. 9 at Vienna

Vienna Eagle Invitational

At City Park

5,000-Meters

Boys

Varsity

Team Standings: 1. Vienna 46, 2. Belle 87, 3. Steelville 95, 4. Stover 104, 5. Laquey 108, 6. New Bloomfield 124, 7. California 149, 8. Russellville 174.

Individual Top-5: 1. Hunter Schwartze, Vienna, 18:19.5; 2. William Slone, Dixon, 18:40.9; 3. Jayson Locke, New Bloomfield, 19:18.4; 4. Bryce Ewers, Vienna, 19:25.5; 5. Jackson Prater, Belle, 19:29.6.

Other Vienna Results: 12. Paxten Jeremy 20:11.7, 13. Eli Messersmith 20:20.1, 20. Alex Wieberg 21:31.4, 24. Tanner Hallahan 22:09.3, 33. Kevin Russell 23:15.9, 48. Tyler Hallahan 25:24.9.

Junior Varsity

Individual Top-3: 1. Alden Zabel, Belle, 23:28.3, 2. Ryker Huebner, Belle, 24:05.8; 3. Tharon Kent, Belle, 24:45.0.

Vienna Results: 7. Dreygen Messersmith 28:09.6, 11. Jordan Hatfield 33:12.9, 12. Hunter Yeomans 33:56.1.

Girls

Team Standings: 1. Stover 37, 2. New Bloomfield 56, 3. Belle 58, 4. Vienna 63.

Individual Top-5: 1. Gabriell Sidebottom, Stover, 24:33.0; 2. Breauna Stotler, Dixon, 24:49.1; 3. Lainee Menning, Stover, 24:59.4; 4. Isabela Delvalle, Dixon, 25:23.9; 5. Sophia Neubert, Vienna, 25:40.6.

Other Vienna Results: 17. Kaylee Bresnahan 29:36.2, 21. Lillian Williams 32:08.7, 24. Ella Hollis 33:14.6, 32. Lainey Magner 38:36.0.

Middle School

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.

Vienna Results: 7. Coen Schwartze 10:43.9, 10. Tanner James 11:00.2, 14. John Schulte 11:18.9, 20. Jace Schulz 11:36.3, 21. Deven Davis 11:36.5, 24. David Martin 11:42.7, 37. Lukas Jenkins 12:54.0, 46. Rustin Robertson 13:20.0, 47. Luke Jones 13:20.9, 55. Charles Ellis 14:29.5, 62. Walker Jeremy 15:25.0, 72. Owen Libbert 17:38.5.

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.

Other Vienna Results: 9. Clara Jones 12:30.5, 12. Rowan Walker 12:47.9, 13. Lakota Curtis 12:50.0, 20. Audrey Carroll 13:47.6, 29. Ivory Helton 14:32.5, 45. Kloee Palmer 17:29.3, 49. Kaleigh Miller 19:16.6, 51. Elayna Bresnahan 19:47.3, 53. Addison Edwards 22:12.3.