Host Vienna has slew of high finishes at middle school event

By Dave Roberts, Sports Writer
Posted 4/8/26

The host Vienna Middle School track team had a slew of high finishes during the Vienna Middle School Open, held Tuesday, March 31 at the Eagle Track.

There were eight schools in both the boys’ …

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Host Vienna has slew of high finishes at middle school event

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The host Vienna Middle School track team had a slew of high finishes during the Vienna Middle School Open, held Tuesday, March 31 at the Eagle Track.

There were eight schools in both the boys’ and girls’ divisions. Vienna finished second as a team in the boys’ meet and third in the girls’ event.

Bland won the boys’ team title with 119.5 points while Vienna was second with 115 and Iberia third with 102. In the girls’ meet St. Peter of Jefferson City was the team champion with 141.5 points while Iberia was second with 104.5 and Vienna third with 96.5.

Boys

The Vienna boys won three events, as Alex Wieberg captured the 400-meter dash at 1:02.07; Tanner Hallahan took the triple jump at 32-3 3/4 and the Eagle 4x200-meter relay squad of Weston Schwartze, Drew Crum, Zachary Wansing and Wieberg won with a time of 1:49.59.

The Eagles had a pair of second-places finishes - Wieberg in the 200-meter dash at :26.69 and the 4x800-meter relay squad of Eli Messersmith, John Schulte, Jace Schulz and Coen Schwartze at 10:52.00.

Eagle third places came from Messersmith in the 800-meter run at 2:23.03; Wieberg in the high jump at 4-11 3/4; Sansing in the triple jump at 29-5 ½, and the 4x400-meter relay squad of Tanner James, Deven Davis, C. Schwartze and Schulte at 5:16.05.

Girls

Grace Barnhart took first place for the Lady Eagles in the pole vault at 6-11 3/4.

Vienna got second places from Clara Jones in both the 800-meter run at 3:04.81 and the 1,600-meter run at 7:07.37; Rowan Walker in the pole vault at 6-6; Veronica Helton in the 100-meter hurdles at :19.91.3; Harper Cohlmia in the shot put at 28-2 3/4, and the 4x400-meter relay squad at Jasmine Covileac, Lakota Curtis, Josie Hirschvogel and Candace Geissell at 5:35.89.

Lady Eagle third places were by Autumn Wilkes in the 100-meter dash at :14.13; Walker in the 100-meter hurdles at :19.94, and the 4x200-meter relay squad of Barnhart, Geissel, Curtis and Walker at 2:15.99.

The Eagles are to host their second home meet, the Vienna Middle School Black and Gold Invitational, at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 9.

Vienna Middle School Open

March 31 at Vienna H.S.

Boys

Team Standings: 1. Bland 119.5, 2. Vienna 115, 3. Iberia 102, 4. St. Peter Jeff. City 95, 5. Dixon 53.5, 6. St. Martin’s Catholic 32, 7. Richland 29, 8. Crocker 20.

Event winners and Vienna results:

100-meter dash: 1. Lucas Verslues, St. Martins, :11.84. Vienna results: 8. Weston Schwartze :12.92, 20. Clay Curler :14.38, 23. Deven Davis :14.58, 25. Tanner James :14.84, 27. Landon Kloeppel :15.18, 31. Owen Libbert :15.71, 33. Isaac Priest :16.46.

200-meter dash: 1. Miles Langton, St. Peter, :26.59. Vienna results: 2. Alex Wieberg :26.69, 5. Schwartze :27.35, 13. Curler :30.84, 14. Davis :31.61, James :33.96, 22. Kloeppel :35.05, 24. Libbert :37.19.

400-meter dash: 1. Alex Wieberg, Vienna, 1:02.07. Other Vienna results: 11. Kloeppel 1:14.88.

800-meter run: 1. Jackson Prater, Bland, 2:18.95. Vienna results: 3. Eli Messersmith 2:23.03, 5. Tanner Hallahan 2:39.78, 9. Coen Schwartze 2:49.61, 11. Jace Schulz 3:03.75.

1,600-meter run: 1. Prater, Bland, 5:03.12. Vienna results: 4. Messersmith 5:30.18, 5. Hallahan 5:54.43, 9. Schulz 6:32.81, 10. John Schulte 6:38.11.

100-meter hurdles: 1. Alden Zabel, Bland, :17.07.

4x100-meter relay: 1. St. Peter, :52.51; 5. Vienna (Walker Jeremy, David Martin, Lukas Jenkins, Noah Raines) 1:02.91.

4x200-meter relay: 1. Vienna (W. Schwartze, Drew Crum, Zachary Wansing, Wieberg), 1:49.59.

4x400-meter relay: 1. Bland (Felton, Dobson, Smith, Prater), 4:24.87; 3. Vienna (James, Davis, C. Schwartze, Schulte) 5:16.05.

4x800-meter relay: 1. St. Peter, 10:49.95; 2. Vienna (Messersmith, Schulte, Schulz, C. Schwartze) 10:52.00.

Shot put: 1. Trevor Moore, Iberia, 34-6 3/4. Vienna results: 5. Martin 29-6, 11. Jeremy 25-4 3/4, 13. Isaac Priest 22-8 ½, 24. Lukas Jenkins 15-0.

Discus: 1. Matthias Luttrell, Iberia, 98-8. Vienna results: 6. Martin 79-8, 11. Jeremy 70-3, 15. Priest 61-4, 21. Jenkins 45-0.

High jump: 1. Nolan Hensleyh, Iberia, 5-1 3/4. Vienna results: 3. Wieberg 4-11 3/4, 4. Wansing 4-9 3/4, 7. Hallahan 4-7 3/4, 9. Crum 4-4.

Pole vault: 1. Westin Allard, Dixon, 6-11 3/4.

Long jump: 1. Miles Langton, St. Peter, 15-6. Vienna results: 5. Crum 14-7 3/4, 9. W. Schwartze 14-4, 10. Wansing 14-2 1/4, 18. C. Schwartze 12-11 1/4, 20. James 11-11, 21. Jace Schulz 11-9 3/4, 24. Noah Raines 11-5.

Triple jump: 1. Tanner Hallahan, Vienna, 32-3 3/4. Other Vienna results: 3. Wansing 29-5 ½, 4. Crum 27-8. Bland results: 2. Sadler 32-0 1/4, 5. Dobson 27-1 1/4.

Girls

Team Standings: 1. St. Peter Jeff. City 141.5, 2. Iberia 104.5, 3. Vienna 96.5, 4. Bland 67, 5. Dixon 46, 6. St. Stanislaus 40.5, 7. Crocker 30, 8. Richland 21.

Event winners and Vienna results:

100-meter dash: 1. Hallie Russell, Iberia, :13.95. Vienna results: 3. Autumn Wilkes :14.13, 14. Josie Hirschvogel :15.31, 20. Haven Holterman :16. 20, 21. Monica Russell :16.43, 24. Joliene Spall :17.42, 26. Emma Sandbothe :18.56, 27. Aubrey Scherr :18.93, 28. Addison Robertson :20.61.

200-meter dash: 1. Russell, Iberia, :30.46. Vienna results: 12. Veronica Helton :33.63, 19. Holterman :36.20, 24. Harper Cohlmia :37.72, 27. Spall :43.06, 29. Robertson :50.84.

400-meter dash: 1. Aurora Sylvester, Iberia, 1:06.64. Vienna results: 5. Grace Barnhart 1:15.09, 13. Hirschvogel 1:20.61, 17. Robertson 2:04.50.

800-meter run: 1. Tynlee Houston, Dixon, 3:04.60. Vienna result: 2. Clara Jones 3:04.81.

1,600-meter run: 1. Skylar Stevens, Bland, 7:02.19. Vienna result: 2. Jones 7:07.37.

100-meter hurdles: 1. Isabel Delvalle, Dixon, 19:15. Vienna results: 2. Helton :19.91, 3. Rowan Walker :19.94, 5. Wilkes :20.24, Candace Geissel :23.05, 16. Lakota Curtis 29:04.

4x100-meter relay: 1. Iberia, :57.76; 4. Vienna (Covileac, Marissa Fannon, Helton, Holterman) 1:04.30.

4x200-meter relay: 1. St. Peter, 2:05.62; 3. Vienna (Barnhart, Geissel, Curtis, Walker) 2:15.99.

4x400-meter relay: 1. Iberia, 5:33.75; 2. Vienna (Covileac, Curtis, Hirschvogel, Geissel) 5:35.89.

4x800-meter relay: 1. Bland (Stevens, Francis, Langston, Jarvis), 13:07.

Shot put: 1. Sierra Martin, Richland, 28-10 ½. Vienna results: 2. Cohlmia 28-2 3/4, 5. Fannon 26-4 1/4, 8. Macey Martin 25-8 1/4, 12. Russell 23-7 1/4, 24. Emma Sandbothe 17-3 1/4, 25. Aubrey Scherr 17-2 3/4.

Discus: 1. Gracie Duncan, Iberia, 62-6. Vienna Results: 10. Fannon 52-0, 11. Martin 51-7, 14. Cohlmia 47-8, 15. Russell 47-7, 22. Sandbothe 34-11, 26. Scherr 29-5.

High jump: 1. Emma Anne Doerhoff, St. Peter, 4-4. Vienna results: 8. Walker 4-0, 10. Geissel 3-10.

Pole vault: 1. Grace Barnhart, Vienna, 6-11 3/4. Other Vienna result: 2. Walker 6-6.

Long jump: 1. Delaney Werdehausen, St. Peter, 14-6. Vienna results: 7. Barnhart 11-10 1/4, 13. Curtis 9-11, 17. Helton 9-1 ½, 21. Spall 7-5 ½, 23. Robertson 5-11 1/4.

Triple jump: 1. Callyn Warner, St. Peter, 26-9 3/4. Vienna result: 9. Russell 18-5 3/4.