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Following in the standings were Lutheran South (174), John Burroughs (178), St. Clair (185), SLUH (190), MICDS (223), Westminster Christian (226), Reeds Spring (314), Waynesville (352), Borgia (374), Valley Park (382), Clayton (399), Hancock (432) Christian (508) and Whitfield (559).
David Everett of Westminster Christian won the individual title, finishing in 17:37. Also breaking 18 minutes was Jefferson City's David McAdams, who took second in 17:43.
Matt Schaefer of Jefferson City Helias was third, crossing the line in 18:06. Leading the local runners was St. Clair's Cody Moore, who took fourth in 18:17.0, just ahead of Ladue's Will Carpenter (18:17.1).
"Cody beat a lot of good kids. The races weren't separated by size, so he beat a lot of Class 4 kids," said St. Clair Coach Ben Martin. "He really turned it on at the last mile."
Rounding out the top 10 were Alloch Burton of Jefferson City (18:19), Justin Doss of Potosi (18:30), Riley Konzen of SLUH (18:35), Rusty Randle of Reeds Spring (18:35.1) and Austin Duncan of School of the Osage (18:37).
Other area runners placing in the top 25 were Zachary Kowalik of Wright City, 11th in 18:39, and Drake McCain of St. Clair, 24th in 19:09.
"Drake was able to come away with a medal," Martin said. "He did a good job holding off a flurry of kids at the end."
Other St. Clair runners were Austin Gotway (45th in 19:52), Dylan Pattillo (55th in 20:10), Coty DeClue (83rd in 21:15), Dustin Laur (106th in 22:25) and Shane Schmidt (116th in 23:05).
"I told our boys that no one passes them up the big hill and only one got passed, and that was by his own teammate," Martin said. "I'm really proud of them for manning up on that hill."
For Borgia, Nick Brehe led the way at 79th in 21:07. Phillip Kleekamp was 81st in 21:10. Other Borgia runners were Sam Rudloff (82nd in 21:12), Michael Holdinghausen (88th in 21:35), Patrick Eckelkamp (96th in 21:48), Bryan Haberberger (108th in 22:29) and Patrick Johnson (110th in 22:30).
"On the boys side, we continue to struggle a little bit," said Borgia Head Coach Kurt Russell. "We have three seniors on our team that have never run a cross country race before this fall, but, just like the girls, are putting out great efforts. The seniors we have really provide a lot of leadership for us (Nick Brehe, Patrick Eckelkamp, Michael Holdinghausen, Patrick Johnson, and Brian Haberberger). We rely heavily on sophomore Sam Rudloff. We really think he is close to having a breakout race. His workouts have given us indication that he is ready to run really well. Our most improved runner on the boys side is probably Philip Kleekamp, he is always out there giving his best shot. For the boys varsity race, the course was really deteriorating. It was actually really fun to watch."
New Haven had two varsity runners. Curtis Kloppe was 41st in 19:44 and Eric Engelbrecht placed 53rd in 20:07.
Sullivan also had two runners. Uriah Heady was 40th in 19:41. Kyle Mook took 105th in 22:22.
Wright City had two runners. Zachary Kowalik was 11th in 18:39. Eric Smurl placed 112th in 22:35.
There were 136 varsity finishers.
In the JV boys race, SLUH won the title with 56 points while DeSmet was second at 61, Priory took third at 67, CBC was fourth with 83, Ladue was fifth at 109, Lutheran South scored 139, Waynesville ended with 204 and Clayton scored 222.
Luke Reichold of SLUH was the winner in 19:59, eight seconds ahead of Priory's Spencer King. Robert Eberling of DeSmet ran third in 20:09, Matt Rosenthal of CBC was fourth in 20:11 and Dan Bowman of DeSmet rounded out the top five in 20:12.
Tops outside the St. Louis Area was Cuba's Sergio Navarro, who was 18th in 21:04.
The first local runner across the line was Wright City's Erick Hunter, who was 60th in 23:00.1.
Borgia's lone runner, Bob Novak, was 86th in 24:55. Union had two runners. John Hatfield was 90th in 25:04 and Tim Parsons placed 120th in 30:20.
Jimmie Jones of Sullivan was 89th in 25:02.
There were 128 JV finishers.
In the freshman boys races, SLUH won the title with 26 points. DeSmet was second at 58, Jefferson City scored 64, Priory ended with 96, Lutheran South scored 127, CBC had 161 and Hancock scored 183.
Michael Dowd of SLUH won the title in 19:50. Joe Archer of SLUH was second in 19:54. Deon Turner of Jefferson City ran 19:55 to take third. Fourth went to Jack Husman of DeSmet in 20:10. Glen Teubner of Jefferson City rounded out the top five in 20:30.
Borgia had two runners in the race. Dennis Presson was 26th in 22:01. Shawn Eggert ran 55th in 24:03.
Sullivan had one runner. Reese Ramsey was 91st in 28:51.
There were 98 finishers in the freshman race.
