Junior High AA State Track Results

Effingham and Jasper County had athletes competing in the Class AA State Boys and Girls Tracks Meets at EastSide Centre in Peoria.

Effingham's eighth-grade girls 1600 relay team captured second place as the highest area finish. The Hearts finished with a time of 4:15.50 minutes. The winners were East St. Louis Lincoln in 4:13.30.

Effingham's 800 relay team captured sixth place with a time of 1:51.23 in eighth-grade girls.

Effingham's Miranda Fox took ninth in the 400 in 1:01.38, also in the eighth-grade girls.

The 800 relay team of Zach Lee, Kendall Ballman, Tyler Marchewski and Giovanny Ramos finished 20th with a time of 1:41.36. That broke an Effingham eighth-grade school record that was set in 1997 of 1:41.79. That team included Brandon Mix, Andy Tate, Josh Stortzum and Robert Wainner.

Clayton Cramsey finished in 10th place in the high jump with a leap of 5 feet, 2 inches.

Other results:

Seventh-Grade Boys

Pole Vault -- Dawson Whitten (Effingham), tied 24th, 7-6; Dalton Greene (Effingham), tied 24th, 7-6

200 -- Clayton Cramsey (Effingham), 24th, 25.65

Eighth-Grade Boys

110 Hurdles -- Kendall Ballman (Effingham), 23rd, 16.78

100 -- Zach Lee (Effingham), 24th, 25.65

Seventh-Grade Girls

High Jump -- Emma Budde (Effingham), no height

100 -- Josie Grunloh (Jasper County), 36th, 14.05

800 Relay -- Effingham, 31st, 1:58.74

1600 relay -- Effingham, 45th, 4:48.58

Eighth-Grade Girls

Shot -- Allison Russell (Jasper County), 34th, 28-1 1/4

100 Hurdles -- Kiyah Kuhlman (Effingham), 24th, 17.18

1600 -- Abigayle Weis (Effingham), 26th, 5:38.08

Lonhg Jump -- Miranda Fox (Effingham), 40th, 14-8 3/4

200 -- Kiyah Kuhlman (Effingham), 37th, 27.51