Bulldogs, Hearts Tie For Fourth at Mattoon C.C. Girls Invite

MATTOON -- Effingham St. Anthony High School and Effingham tied for fourth place in the Mattoon Girls Cross Country Invitational Thursday.

Charleston won the meet with 51 points followed by Mattoon 78, Mount Zion 93, St. Anthony 137, Effingham 137, Taylorville 155, Neoga 180, Teutopolis 184, Paris 211, Salem 230 and Newton 303. Casey-Westfield, Cumberland, Decatur Eisenhower, Decatur MacArthur, Marshall, Rantoul and Robinson all had runners competing but not enough for a team score.

Taylorville's Anna Lowry took first place with a time of 19:03.98. Effingham's Miranda Fox finished second in 19:54.54 while St. Anthony's Sarah Carr was third in 20:04.96.

Other scorers for the Bulldogs were Kristin Slaughter 18th in 21:20.50, Kaitlyn Zeller 36th in 22:33.49, Kendall Fonner 42nd in 23:05.69 and Abby Weis 43rd in 23:10.21.

EFfingham's other scorers were Alexis Monnet fifth in 20:14.35, Meredith Kull 28th in 21:51.18, Brianna Schmidt 55th in 24:03.24 and Ashlyn Hanks 65th in 24:49.89.

T-town's top finisher was Kara Weichman 12th in 20:36.61. Neoga's top runner was Ennalyn Walk 13th in 20:45.82. Cumberland's htop finisher was Victori aaull 24th in 24:46.93.

In the boys meet, Charleston also won with a score of 70 followed by Robinson 72, Mount Zion 101, Taylorville 106, Mattoon 116, Salem 179, Marshall 205, Cumberland 221, Teutopolis 274, Casey-Westfield 276, Newton 288, Effingham 327, Paris 332, Neoga 351 and St. Anthony 401. Decatur Eisenhower, Decatur MacArthur and Rantoul had runners but not enough for a team score.

Mount Zion's Mason Jones finished first with a time of 16:00.63. Cumberland's Kort McClellan took second in 16:01.90.

Effingham's Jacob Donaldson finished 19th in 17:08.39. Newton's Joe Stone was 32nd in 17:32.09. T-town's Jrodan Schumacher fnished 42nd in 17:53.34. St. Anthony's Clayton Helmink was 48th in 18:04.47.

Mattoon Invitational

Girls Meet

St. Anthony (137) -- 3. Sarah Carr, 20:04.96; 18. Kristin Salughter, 21:20.50; 36. Kaitlyn Zeller, 22:33.49; 42. Kendall Fonner, 23:05.69; 43. Abby Weis, 23:10.21; 45. Katherine Slaughter, 23:16.31; 54. Audrey Niebrugge, 23:44.01; 61. Rachel Wortman, 24:22.83; 66. Jessica Wilson, 26:35.78

Effingham (137) -- 2. Miranda Fox, 19:57.54; 5. Alexis Monnet, 20:14.35; 28. Meredith Kull, 21:51.18; 55. Brianne Schmidt, 24:03.24; 65. Ashlyn Hanks, 24:49.89; 67. Hope Monnet, 24:53.52; 80. Kaylee Phillips, 26:13.58; 93. Hannah Taylor, 27:18.98; 94. Madison Tilford, 27:25.96; 109. Abby Lueken, 28:54.69; 112.  Delaney Starwalt, 29:13.80

Neoga (180) -- 13. Ennalyn Walk, 20:45.82; 26. Courtney Reel, 21:49.28; 30. Cheynne Curry, 22:03.04; 58. Allison Kingery, 24:09.47; 77. Rachel Ewing, 25:39.07; 79. Mackenzie Hill, 25:57.42; 82. Taylor Lee, 26:22.73; 92. Ashley Dryen, 27:11.20; 104. Olivia Holt, 28:29.40; 114. Delanie Romack, 29:41.82; 119. Cheyenne Howald, 30:52.53; 121. Kierstyn Albin, 32:29.78; 122. Katlin Howald, 34:23.10

Teutopolis (184) -- 12. Kara Weichman, 20:36.61; 39. Rebecca Habing, 22:46.73; 44. Abby Bloemer, 23:14.26; 52. Marianna Hemmen, 23:39.75; 53. Jenelle Vogt, 23:43.40; 64. Raegan Drees, 24:47.97; 89. Ashley Thompson, 27:00.05; 101. Hanna Niemerg, 28:10.67; 110. Abbie Hemmen, 28:55.20

Newton (303) -- 57. Irene Uriate, 24:08.93; 73. Taylor Brown, 25:06.40; 76. Veronica Ochs, 25:21.52; 81. Alexis Bell, 26:15.83; 84. Mya Kuhn 26:29.52; 88. Caroline Short, 26:56.32; 95. Denee Cantrell, 27:28.43; 98. Lauren Probst, 27:35.33; 107. Miranda Clinton, 28:52.09; 115. Desinty Larrison, 29:51.77; 117. Madelyn Geier, 30:25.56

Cumberland -- 24. Victoria Ault, 21:46.93; 62. Elise Hemmen, 24:23.33; 66. Breanne Edwards, 24:50.91; 106. Leah Brown, 28:50.90

Boys Meet

Cumberland (221) -- 2. Kort McClellan, 16:01.90; 26. Blake Sutherland, 17:21.53; 55. Michael Carpenter, 18:19.88; 93. Jay Stierwalt, 19:42.03; 95. Zac Heath, 19:44.57; 115. Nick Dill, 20:53.72; 144. Joel Heynen, 23:07.26; 145. Owen Ray, 23:13.10

Teutopolis (274) -- 42. Jordan Schumacher, 17:53.34; 43. Noah Probst, 17:53.69; 74. Ian Copple, 19:04.58; 86. Garrett Hartke, 19:22.48; 88. Jacob Schmidt, 19:27.46; 110. Kendall Tabbert, 20:31.18; 113. Alan Waldhoff, 20:51.26; 131. Evan Blievernicht, 22:04.80

Newton (288) -- 32. Joe Stone, 17:32.99; 64. Collin Harris, 18:37.12; 80. Victor Sandschafer, 19:11.56; 82. Crayton Chesnut, 19:13.76; 102. Tucker Rieman, 20:01.90; 106. Lane Higgs, 20:19.39; 111. Faron Bartens, 20:36.88; 130. Zack Huschle, 21:43.80; 139. Bob Rauch, 22:36.25; 152. Garrett Slankard, 24:12.61

Effingham (327) -- 19. Jacob Donaldson, 17:08.39; 84. Brett Koester, 19:15.40; 101. Patrick Sherrod, 19:56.81; 107. Chris Schaefer, 20:24.74; 124. Eli Wilson, 21:30.35; 125. Brady Mapes, 21:33.69; 162. Avery Leuken, 26:32.70

Neoga (351) -- 66. Brody Titus, 18:39.06; 92. Brady Hansen, 19:41.27; 94. Blake Ballinger, 19:43.22; 98. Tanner Clark, 19:48.19; 109. Michael Dietzen, 20:29.37; 135. Braden Eaton, 22:14.30; 137. Alex Walden, 22:22.78; 140. Blake Fairbanks, 22:49.30; 155. Rob Martin, 24:41.91; 158. Ben Althoff, 24:56.83

St. Anthony (401) -- 48. Clayton Helmink, 18:04.47; 91. Ollie Kingery, 19:41.23; 127. Mitchell Sager, 21:34.46; 148. Will Willenborg, 23:59.77; 159. Will Niebrugge, 25:11.29