California Middle School and California High School athletes ran against eight other schools at the Vienna Eagle Cross Country Invitational on Sep. 6.
In the middle school girls 2,500-meter run, 42 total runners competed. Madalyn Rademan finished second place with a time of 11:32.8. Atley Howard finished ninth place with a time of 12:58.6 and Morgan Wingate finished 36th place with a time of 16:34.1.
In the middle school boys 2,500-meter run, 67 total runners competed. Moses Bestgen finished eighth place with a time of 11 minutes and 4.2 seconds (11:04.2). Morgan Redcay finished 16th place with a time of 11:20.5. Oscar Rohrbach finished 17th place with a time of 11:22.5 and Owen Lenning finished 24th place with a time of 11:35.2. Amos Rohrbach finished 31st place with a time of 12:10.9. The Middle School boys finished second place as a team with a combined 83 points.
In the high school girls 5K Run, 54 total runners competed. Kenzleigh Goans won the 5K with a time of 22:51.3. Camryn Wingate finished 16th place with a time of 27:57.6. Hillary Roney finished 18th place with a time of 28:21.6. Abbigail Stuedle finished 30th place with a time of 31:15.7. Ava Bryant finished 35th place with a time of 31:57.0. Emma Farmer finished 36th place with a time of 32:08.2. Miranda Lewellen finished 39th place with a time of 34:27.1. Reghan Lewis finished 50th place with a time of 42:02.3 and Ivy Scroggins finished 51st place with a time of 43:43.2. As a team, the Lady Pintos won the team competition with 23 points.
In the high school boys 5K Run, 71 total runners competed. Connor Farmer finished tenth place with a time of 21:14.1. Damien Pace finished 19th place with a time of 22:02.8. Caleb Howard finished 25th place with a time of 22:33.6. Andrew Reed finished 31st place with a time of 23:01.0. Gideon Banderman finished 46th place with a time of 24:09.3. Eusebio Lopez finished 57th place with a time of 26:28.5 and Francisco Martinez finished 66th place with a time of 33:32.3. As a team, the Pintos finished fifth place in the team competition with a 121 points.
Both the middle school and high school cross country teams will race again at the Boonville Cross Country Meet on Tuesday.
Photo submitted by Kenny Goans
The California Middle School boys cross country team finished second place as a team at Vienna on Sep. 6.