Newton Takes Second At Olney Invitational

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Published on September 20 2021 9:12 am
Last Updated on September 20 2021 9:34 am
Written by Millie Lange

OLNEY -- Newton High School claimed second place in the boys cross country meet at the Olney Invitational Saturday.

Olney won the meet with 73 points followed by Newton 81, Williamsville 110, Robinson 130, Mattoon 150, Fairfield 189, Herrin 193, Salem 204, Effingham 205, Princeton Community 205, Breese Mater Dei 222, Mount Carmel 294, McLeansboro (Hamilton County) 297, Dieterich 348 and Teutopolis 410.

Flora's Isaac Stanford took first with a time of16;27.84.

Newton's Nick Zwilling finished second in 16:35.46. Effingham's Andrew Donaldson took fourth in 17:07.30.

Also scoring for the Eagles were Clay Bergbower 14th in 17:42.86 , Nick Shamhart 19th in 17:59.66, Luis Zavala 21st in 18:05.69 and Ben Street 31st in 18:36.77.

In the girls meet, Princeton Community took first with 46 points followed by Williamsville 79, Robinson 98, Newton 106, Effingham 109, Breese Mater Dei 132, McLeansboro Hamilton County 157, Olney 173 and Salem 184.

Louisa Wilson finished first for Williamsville in 18:43.36.

Newton's top finisher was Rylea Borgic fourth in 19:15.71. Effingham's Jessica Larson took sixth in 20:19.49. Altamont's Grace Nelson was eighth in 20:40.12.

At Olney Invitational

Boys Meet

Newton -- 2. Nick Zwilling, 16:35.46; 14. Clay Bergbower, 17:42.86; 19. Nick Shamhart, 17:59.66; 21. Luis Zavala, 18:05.69; 31. Ben Street, 18:36.77; 36. Owen Mahaffey, 18:44.76; 61. Brock Probst, 19:54.52; 70. Isaac Street, 20:24.56; 137. Ian Bower, 26:39.72

Effingham -- 4. Andrew Donaldson, 17:07.30; 16. Adam Flack, 17:55.48; 41. Jon Perry, 19:03.35; 71. Aaron Hill, 20:28.99; 103. Payton Bushue, 22:27.17; 110. Sam Spicer, 23:11.09

Dieterich -- 54. Jack Bloemer, 19:31.55; 78. Cole Will, 20:53.14; 79. Kaden Einhorn, 20:53.29; 80. Eric Leffler, 20:54.51; 69 Kaden Iffert, 21:17.74; 99. Trevor Niemerg, 22:03.95; 106. Brody Will, 22:36.15; 112. Gabe Jackson, 23:33.47; 114. Wyatt Fuesting, 23:48.02; 116. Draven Homann, 23:55.91; 120. Connor Flach, 24:09.59; 130. Kolton Kidd, 24:54.07; 131. Dane Curry, 24:59.89; 136. Eli Hall, 26;22.40; 142. Braylon Williams, 28:00.13; 146. Branden Niemerg, 31:02.46

Teutopolis -- 81. Jackson Vonderheide, 20:56.66; 87. Devon Probst, 21:08.62; 97. Oliver Lee, 21:54.12; 104. Luke Dennis, 22:29.97; 126. Toby Isley, 24:40.97; 140. Joseph Lee, 26:53.84

North Clay -- 133. Jon Fletcher, 25:18.88

Girls Meet

Newton -- 4. Rylea Borgic, 19:15.71; 24. Heidi Lindemann, 22:20.22; 25. Natalie Kistner, 22:20.52; 35. Alexis Hetzer, 23:03.72; 40. Lucy Yager, 23:23.85; 65. Taylor Slough, 25:36.05

Effingham -- 6. Jessica Larson, 20:19.49; 18. Kayleigh Koester, 21:37.84; 31. Allisoin Miller, 22:51.79; 37. Haddie Hill, 23:08.74; 39. Morgan Springer, 23:11.63; 50. Audrey Wagoner, 24:27.03; 97. Gracie Eaton, 30;22.03

Altamont -- 8. Grace Nelson, 20:40.12; 64. Abigail Weishaar, 24:30.55; 84. Gabriella Weishaar, 27;12.51; 96. Makayla Sidwell, 29:16.98

Teutopolis -- 45. Olivia Copple, 23:41.29; 71. Kaitlyn Vahling, 26:12.69; 85. Katherine Kingery 27:35.43; 89. Aubrey Collins, 28:25.58

Dieterich -- 59. Cortney Brummer, 25:02.23; 92. Kady Tegeler, 28:51.69; 94. Makenna French, 29:04.22

North Clay -- 99. Samantha Westendorf, 31:27.78