First Capitol Invitational

HL # 5 St. Louis University High School (known locally as SLUH) opened up their at tough McNair Park in St. Charles with the First Capitol Invitational, bringing together many of the finest programs from the St. Louis region. The meet is run in two divisions, with Class 4 (largest in Missouri) in the White Division, and all others in the Blue Division. SLUH, second last year to Ft. Zumwalt South in the Missouri 4A state meet, edged Hickman of Columbia 63 to 67 for the team title in the White Division. DeSmet (St. Louis) was third with 98 points, while FZS, suffering graduation losses, fell to seventh. Matt Schwab of Francis Howell North ran strongly to edge Sam Masters (Hickman, Columbia) by a second for the individual crown 16:09 to 16:10 over 5k, with Nick Happe of Francis Howell North third at 16:26.

HL #10 Rockwood Summit, second in last year's Missouri 4A meet to Kansas City area power Liberty, scored a knockout in the girls White Division, scoring just 42 points to win. Rockwood Summit, placed four runners in the top ten, led by individual champ Aimee Bonte, who placed tenth in last years state meet. Bonte ran 19:03 over 5k to win the division by over a minute.

Ft. Zumwalt North won the boys Blue Division with 73 points, edging Festus on the sixth-runner tie-breaker. Deon Russell (17:01) and Cole Allison (17:03) led Festus with a 1-2 finish.

St. Genevieve (fourth in last years 3A state meet) won the girls team crown with 73 points, edging Ladue's 76. Natalie Todd (Ladue) ran the day's fastest 5k (18:55) to shade last year's 3A state runner-up Alyssa Allison (Festus 19:18) for the individual title.

White Division Boys Team Scores: 1. SLUH 63; 2. Hickman (Columbia) 67; 3. DeSmet (St. Louis) 98; 4. Francis Howell (St. Charles) 150; 5. Francis Howell North (St. Charles) 150; 6. Washington 152; 7. Ft. Zumwalt South 154; 8. Lindbergh (St. Louis) 197; 9. Chaminade (St. Louis) 215; 10. Francis Howell Central (St. Charles) 297; 11. Lafayette (St. Louis) 295; 12. Hazelwood West 326; 13. Ft. Zumwalt West 339; 14. Troy-Buchanan 398; 15. Hazelwood Central 464.

White Division Boys Top Ten: 1. Matt Schwab (FHN) 16:09; 2. Sam Master (CH) 16:10; 3. Nick Happe (FHN) 16:26; 4. Connor Callahan (DSm) 16:32; 5. Matt Estlund (Cham) 16:40; 6. Patrick Keeley (FH) 16:41; 7. Chris Murphy (SLUH) 16:47; 8. Jordan Fleming (CH) 17:00; 9. Austin Cookson (SLUH) 17:03; 10. Tyler Mullen (FZS) 17:15

White Division Girls Team Scores: 1. Rockwood Summit 42; 2. Lindbergh (St. Louis) 75; 3. Lafayette (St. Louis) 92; 4. Francis Howell Central 108; 5. Fort Zumwalt South 111; 6. Washington 122; 7. Francis Howell North 168; 8. Hazelwood West 245; 9. Troy-Buchanan 259; 10. Incarnate Word (St. Louis) 273; 11. Ft. Zumwalt West 300; 12. Hazelwood Central 387

White Division Girls Top Ten: 1. Aimee Bonte (RS) 19:03; 2. Andrea (no last name) (RS) 20:18; 3. Hannah Colter (Wash.) 20:47; 4. Colleen (no last name) (Lind) 20:55; 5. Megan Wood (Wash) 20:57; 6. Laura Hmeil (Lind) 7. Rikki Watts (FZS) 21:05; 8. Jenny Govero (RS) 21:04; 9. Kaitlin Neurohr (FZS) 21:05; 10. Joey Moeller (RS) 21:08

Blue Division Boys Team Scores: 1. Ft. Zumwalt North 73; 2. Festus 73; 3. Wentzville Timberland 120; 4. University City 130; 5. Westminster 138; 6. St. Charles West 203; 7. John Burroughs (St. Louis) 229; 8. St. Clair 265; 9. Orchard Farm (St. Louis) 273; 10. St. Charles 288; 11. Duchesne 321; 12. Lutheran (St. Charles) 339; 13. Clayton 417.

Blue Division Boys Top Ten: 1. Deon Russell (Fes) 17:01; 2. Cole Allison (Fes) 17:03; 3. Wil Everett (SG) 17:10; 4. Erich Diesel (SG) 17:18; 5. Derrick McKee (WT) 17:25; 6. Montana Giesler (Perryville) 17:27; 7. Josh Janisse (FZN) 17:39; 8. Tom Kenyon (UC) 17:33; 9. Jake Benton (FZN) 17:39; 10. Daniel Everett (West.) 17:43

Blue Division Girls Team Scores: 1. St. Genevieve 73; 2. Ladue 76; 3. Festus 104; 4. Rosati-Kain (St. Louis) 126; 5. St. Charles West 163; 6. Ft. Zumwalt North 184; 7. Wentzville Timberland 215; 8. Lutheran (St. Charles) 219; 9. Westminster 239; 10. St. Clair 239; 11. Visitation (St. Louis) 248; 12. Duchesne 382; 13. Clayton 382; 14. St. Charles 406

Blue Division Girls Top Ten: 1. Natalie Todd (Lad.) 18:55; 2. Alyssa Allison (Fes) 19:18; 3. Ashley Scott (SC) 20:07; 4. Kelly Stromsdorfer (Lad.) 20:33; 5. Ali Kooster (UC) 20:43; 6. Ally Benkert (SC) 20:57; 7. Nicole Rottler (SG) 20:58; 8. Makenzie Cely (SCW) 21:01; 9. Emily Haberstroh (Luth) 21:04; 10. Kelsea Inman (SG) 21:05