Effingham Girls Win Olney Invite, Cross Country Meet Results

Effingham High School girls won the Olney Cross Country Invitational.

OLNEY -- Effingham High School captured the championship of the Olney Girl Cross Country Invitational Saturday.

The Hearts tallied 66 points followed by Olney 84, Carterville 85, Fairfield 99, Robinson 130, Centralia 149, Mount Vernon 190, Freeburg 200, Salem 243, Breese Central 251, Marion 253, Newton 311, Dieterich 349 and Teutopolis 386. Altamont, Mattoon, Mount Carmel, Casey-Westfield, North Clay, McLeansoboro, Lawrenceville and Odin had runners but not enough for team scores.

Carterville took the top two spots in the meet. Molly Robertson won with a time of 19:05.74 while Lyla Seaman was second in 19:38.28.

Effingham's Jessica Larsen was third in 19:49.43, Audrey Wagoner ninth in 20:10.83, Baylee Summers 13th in 20:30.29, Drew Weis 16th in 21:09.35 and Haddie Hill 29th in 21:54.07.

Newton's Layna Marshall finished 11th in 20:18.68.

In the boys meet, Mount Vernon won the team title with 32 points followed by Georgetown Notre Dame de La Sallette 115, Freeburg 131, Newton 155, Breese Central 169, Salem 169, Carterville 180, Effingham 189, Fairfield 212, Olney 239, Robinson 276, Dieterich 296, North Clay 386, Teutopolis 404, Mattoon 408, McLeansboro Hamilton County 420 and Altamont 470. Casey-Westfield, Lawrenceville, Odin, Centralia and Mount Carmel had runners but not enough for team scores.

Mount Vernon's Caedmon Cook won in 16:06.34.

The top area runner was Luke Weber seventh in 16:42.97. Effingham's Alex Gordon was ninth in 16:57.86.

Olney Invitational

Girls Meet

Effingham -- 3. Jessica Larsen, 19:49.43; 9. Audrey Wagoner, 20:10.83, 13. Baylee Summers, 20:39.29; 16. Drew Weis, 21:09.35; 29. Haddie Hill, 21:54.07; 34. Kyra Hazelton, 21:57.95; 40. Morgan Springer, 22:11.18; 81. Laney Myers, 24:09.35; 122. Lauren Etheridge, 27:49.27; 147. Gracie Eaton, 33:02.12

Newton -- 11. Layna Marshall, 20:18.68; 82. Natalie Kistner, 24:10.21; 101. Lily Yager, 25:34.78; 102. Kate Bierman, 25:43.22; 104. Avery Mulvey, 25:48.33

Dieterich -- 31. Lena Goebel, 21:55.68; 94. Adriana Gordon, 25:00.06; 97. Addison Miller, 25:12.08; 118. Callie Faller, 27:23.70; 126. Bailey Hewkin, 28:22.04; 127. Makenna French, 28:27.00; 137. Adriane Huber, 30:05.30

North Clay -- 43. Brooke Koelm, 22:14.85; 128. Maddie Ayers, 28:30.68; 141. Samantha Westendorf, 31:11.20.

Altamont -- 61. Abigail Weishaar, 23:11.13; 72. Krista Hall, 23:41.24; 129. Katie Tedrick, 28:45.93; 133. Makayla Sidwell, 29:43.57  

Teutopolis -- 91. Pearl Huber, 24:53.96; 93. Mary Jane Dennis, 24:58.07; 95. Elaina Gaffin, 25:00.18; 112. Ella Neihls, 26:39.82; 130. Maddie Zane, 28:52.49; 131. Claire Overbeck, 28:52.86

Boys Meet

Effingham -- 9. Alex Gordon, 16:57.86; 16. Adam Flack, 17:30.51; 37. Aaron Hill, 18:11.06; 58. Ino Mapes, 18:48.55; 103. Evan Klingler, 20:19.76

Newton -- 7. Luke Weber, 16:42.97; 20. Brock Probst, 17:34.29; 34. Isaac Street, 18:02.79; 50. Hayden Borgic, 18:32.85; 51. Wade Ochs, 18:34.06; 54. Jackson Sornberger, 18:45.42; 59. Tanner Whitaker, 18:51.54; 101. Holden Barthlemy, 20:15.73; 143. Caleb Flasch, 22:08.02

Dieterich -- 30. Kaden Einhorn, 17:54.57; 32. Trevor Crutcher, 17:57.57; 100. Gavin French, 20:13.01; 105. Gabe Jackson, 20:23.34; 112. Tanner Niemerg, 20:44.73; 115. Trevor Niemerg, 20:46.76; 118. Kaden Iffert, 20:57.51; 131. Jayden Melvin, 21:36.09; 138. Draven Homman, 21:50.92; 142. Eddie Davis, 22:05.12; 157. Luke Wente, 24:06.93

North Clay -- 31. Zane Groves, 17:57.10; 109. Cooper Givens, 20:34.89; 119. Wyatt Pritchard, 20:59.41; 130. Hunter Webb-Ord, 21:29.15; 140. Ethan Gibbons, 21:58.59

Altamont -- 80. Aiden Rosales, 19:42.30; 129. Lane Spring, 21:24.02; 147. Juan Fulk, 22:40.27; 163. Andrew Ellersick, 24:36.60; 168. Jackson Sharp, 26:52.85

Teutopolis -- 88. Oliver  Lee, 19:52.85; 99. James Hughey, 20:10.64; 104. Luke Dennis, 20;23.08; 106. Nicholas Waldhoff, 20;23.50