EHS Girls Fourth At Olney Invitational, Area Teams Competed

OLNEY -- The Effingham High School girls cross country team finished fourth at the Olney Invitational Saturday at Olney Central College.

Carterville won the girls meet with 84 points followed by Fairfield 99, Troy Triad 108, Effingham 120, Richland County 140, Champaign Central 166, Mattoon 190, Centralia 215, Newton 231, Robinson 242, Herrin 266, Salem 298, Marion 302, Dieterich 327 and Teutopolis 393.

Carterville's Molly Robertson won with a time of 18:48.17.

Effingham's top runner was Emery Spicer ninth in 20:13.64. Also scoring for the Hearts were Jessica Larsen 17th in 21:18.07, Morgan Springer 29th in 21:54.72, Baylee Summers 31st in 21:56.17 and Alaina Miller 44th in 23:17.54. Laney Myers finished in 65th in 24:46.52

Newton runners were 13. Layna Marshall, 20:55.62; 52. Avery Geier, 23:44.83; 57. Shay Bennett, 23:59.14; 64. Lily Yager, 24:40.54; 75. Diana Rivera De Miguel, 25:15.29; 98. Leila Tsunekawa, 27:13.24

Teutopolis runners were 79. Pearl Huber, 25:3612; 85. Mary Jane Dennis, 26:03.93; 90. Maddie Zane, 26:40.27

Dieterich runners were 19. Lena Goebel, 23:21.15; 83. Addison Miller, 25:52.94; 91. Bailey Hewkin, 26:41.65; 94. Allison Boerngen, 26:53.69; 95. Lydia Fuesting, 27:00.04

Altamont runners were 89. Abigail Weishaar, 26:39.76; 97. Katie Tedrick, 27:04.72

North Clay runners were 15. Brooke Koelm, 21:07.49; 38. Laila Smith, 22:44.98

In the boys meet, Troy Triad was the team champion with 70 points followed by Herrin 80, Georgetown Notre Dame de La Salette 84, Richland County 101, Carterville 123, Champaign Central 149, Newton 253, Effingham 253, Salem 284, Robinson 285, Fairfield 288, Dieterich 292, Mattoon 341, North Clay 347, Casey-Westfield 409 and Teutopolis 429.

Troy Triad's Drew Twyman won the meet with a time of 15:56.19.

Effingham's Alex Gordon took third place in 16:47.52. Other EHS runners competing were 64. TJ Raddatz, 19:27.05; 71. Aaron Hill, 19:36.11; 74. Gage Emmerich, 19:44.92; 76. Ino Mapes, 19:54.17; 103. Evan Klingler, 20:19.76

Dieterich runners were 7. Trevor Crutcher, 16:57.59; 55. Sylus Niland, 19:07.86; 96. Cody Landers, 20:38.90; 111. Tanner Niemerg, 21:12.29; 113. Keith Hoelscher, 21:13.89; 120. Jaden Ordner, 21:52.22; 128. Weston Goebel, 22:20.09; 134. Tristan Wolf, 22:37.37; 144. Eddie Davis, 22:55.78; 148. Draven Homann, 23:21.49; 171. Branden Niemerg, 27:01.97; 174. Trevor Egan, 27;15.48; 175. Brantley Heuerman, 27;16.90

Newton runners were 30. Jackson Sornberger, 18:02.25; 52. Isaac Street, 18:58.97; 56. Tanner Whitaker, 19:11.23; 58. Hayden Borgic, 19:14.34; 80. Levi Salyers, 20:04.52; 88. Alec Bower, 20:18.09; 101. Holden Barthlemy, 20:15.73; 143. Caleb Flasch, 22;08.02

North Clay runners were 31. Zane Groves, 18:08.84; 109. Corbin Dehart, 21:00.87; 114. Cooper Givens, 21:15.98; 125. Diego Martinez Gomez, 22:14.24; 154. Paul Hudson, 24:08.80; 160. Wyatt Pritchard, 24:37.22; 164. Josiah Swope, 25:23.99

Teutopolis runners were 67. Oliver Lee, 19:27.57; 88. 118. Luke Dennis, 21:29.18; 136. John Pruemer, 22:38.17; 142. Jackson Meyer, 22:48.20; 150. Alexander Ghast, 23:42.78; 157. John Breer, 24:29.37; 176. Oliver Feldhake, 27:18.84

Altamont runners were 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