COLUMBIA — The St. Vincent Indians had an excellent showing at the Class 1 state cross country championship meet, with all 14 runners achieving personal bests, and two receiving all-state honors.
Carter Hennemann led the boys team with a 9th place overall finish based on a time of 16 minutes and 25.6 seconds to earn All State honors and become the only runner in St. Vincent history to be All State for all four years. Hennemann’s time beat his old personal best by 20 seconds.
Luke Ryan was 41st at 17:32.6, Jackson Strattman was 78th at 18:14.7, Caden Hadler was 91st at 18:27.9, Colin Tilley was 134th at 19:34.1, Trever Welker was 19:34.8 and Adam Rahn was 153rd at 20:20.1.
Anna Welker led the girls team with a 4th place overall finish based on a time of 19 minutes and 54.2 seconds, earning All State honors.
Adeline Carlton was 67th at 22:23.50, Aubrey Mattingly was 72nd at 22:33.7, Kiera Berry was 144th at 26:00.6, Alexsyn Schnurbusch was 146th at 26:02.9, Charlotte Tomlinson was 147th at 26:07.2, Reese Leible was 149th at 26:20.7.
Welker’s time was only the second in school history under 20 minutes on the girls side.
