EHS Girls Second, Boys Fourth At Big Trojan C.C. Invitationals

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Published on September 4 2022 9:41 am
Last Updated on September 4 2022 9:53 am
Written by Millie Lange

CHARLESTON -- Effingham High School captured second place in the girls Big Trojan Cross Country Invitational and fourth in the boys meet Saturday at Eastern Illinois University.

 

Winning the girls meet was Mount Zion 43 followed by Effingham 109, Shelbyville 123, Mahomet-Seymour 148, Newton 160, Olney 172, Champaign Central 174, Champaign Centennial 174, Fairfield 244, Urbana 258, Charleston 264, Tuscola 314, Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin 320, Neoga 367 and Mattoon 374. Having runners but not enough for team scores were Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond, Danville and Sullivan.

Shelbyville's Tessa Bowers was the winner with a time of 18:38.45.

Scoring for the Hearts were Jessica Larsen fifth in 19:57.85, Baylee Summers 12th in 21:07.12, Haddie HIll 30th in 22:11.84, Morgan Springer 32nd in 22:18.58 and Allison Miller 34th in 22:22.63.

Newton's top runner was Layna Marshall seventh in 20:16.10. Neoga's top finisher was Libby McGinnis 54th in 23:24.39.

In the boys meet, Champaign Central was the champion with 55 followed by Mahomet-Seymour 80, Mount Zion 125, Effingham 127, Newton 141, Urbana 178, Champaign Centennial 201, Tuscola 202, Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond 216, Fairfield 246, Shelbyville 252, Charleston 341, Cumberland 355, Danville 359, Sullivan 371, Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin 440 and Mattoon 535. Olney did not have enough runners for a team score.

Scoring for the Hearts were Andrew Donaldson seventh in 16:23.52, Garrett Wagoner 11th in 16;41.00, Alex Gordon 16th in 17:01.16, Adam Flack 46th in 18:212.29 and Aaron Hill 59th in 18:41.28.

Leading Newton was Nick Shamhart 15th in 16:56.18.

Leading Cumberland was Rley Morgan 67th in 19:20.00.

Big Trojan

Girls Meet

Effingham -- 5. Jessica Larsen, 19:57.85; 12. Baylee Summers, 21:07.12; 30. Haddie HIll, 22:11.84; 32. Morgan Springer, 22:18.58; 34. Allison Miller, 22:22.63; 68. Kyra Hazelton, 24:11.32; 114. Laney Myers, 26:54.69; 140. Gracie Eaton, 30:39.85

Neoga -- 54. Libby McGinnis, 23:24.39; 76. Lexie Fletcher, 24:50.80; 79. Aundrea Nebel, 25:09.13; 84. Addison Mast, 25:18.25; 126. Natalie Beaumont, 28:01.07; 132. Annie Clark, 29:16.12; 133. Atalie Osborn, 29:25.21; 139. Abbie Becker, 30:32.09; 145. Megan Baker, 32:00.04

Newton -- 7. Layna Marshall, 20:16.10; 22. Shay Bennett, 21:48.22; 24. Natalie Kistner, 21:50.86; 52. Alexis Hetzer, 23:14.03; 63. Ella Radke, 23:42.34; 81. Lily Yager, 25:11.93; 108. Taylor Slough, 26:43.75

Boys Meet

Effingham -- 7. Andrew Donaldson, 16:23.52; 11. Garrett Wagoner, 16:41.00; 16. Alex Gordon, 17:01.16; 46. Adam Flack, 18:22.29; 59. Aaron Hill, 18:41.28; 77. Ino Mapes, 19:48.69; 81. Evan Klingler, 19:58.86; 100. Payton Bushue, 20:45.27

Newton -- 15. Nick Shamhart, 16:56.18; 26. Clay Bergbower, 17:12.57; 32. Owen Mahaffey, 17:33.57; 35. Luis Zavala, 17:45.55; 40. Ben Street, 17:59.89; 50. Brock Probst, 18:28.35; 55. Hayden Borgic, 18:36.75; 64. Isaac Street, 19:10.52; 70. Jackson Sornberger, 19:33.62; 

Cumberland -- 67. Riley Morgan, 19:20.00; 74. Hank Warfel, 19:39.74; 80. Michael Beaumont, 19:58.05; 93. Jack Pruemer, 20:30.65; 94. Damon Ryan, 20:31.76; 109. Sawyer Wellbaum, 21:01.55; 111. Kade Bradley, 21:15.54; 142. Duane Willenborg, 24:01.52