The Pirates and Indians performed well at the Jefferson County Athletic Association cross country meet in Festus on Oct. 14.
Bair Hopkins was the top Pirate runner and set a new personal record of 17:37 to finish 15 and earned All Conference honors. The same went for Clayton Bauwens, who set a new personal record at 17:54 to finish 18th overall and earn all-conference honors.
Porter (18:32) and Preston Johnson (18:34) finished back-to-back in 29 and 30th overall
Micah Brown set a new personal record at 18:41 and finished 31st, while Zeke Pyland set a new personal record 19:19 to finish 38th overall.
For the Perryville girls, Gwyn Newbrough dropped a 1:10 off of her personal record and finished with All Conference honors in 23:35 to finish 19th overall.
Olivia and Makayla Iffert finished 31st and 32nd overall with times of 25:33 and 25:44 respectively.
For St. Vincent, Carter Hennemann led the way with a time of 17:54 to finish in 17th place overall. Jackson Unterreiner followed in 19th place with a time of 17:56. Braden Pech and Ethan Hotop finished in 39th and 40th place overall with times of 19:29 and 19:33.
For the St. Vincent girls, Abigail Kirn finished with a time of 23:53 to finish 22nd overall, while Reagan Meyer was 24th with a time of 24:16. Kennedy Sutterer finished 37th overall with a time of 27:32.
