Keller Nabs Two Victories at Indoor Girls Track Invitational

CHARLESTON -- Effingham St. Anthony High School's Anna Sophia Keller captured two victories at the Eastern Illinois University Indoor Girls Track Meet Saturday.

Keller claimed the 800 run with a time of 2:16.24 minutes. She then took the 1600 with a time of 4:57.68.

St. Anthony finished sixth overall as a team with 28 points. Winning the meet was St. Joseph-Ogden with 71 followed by Newton 48, Pleasant Plains 40, Urbana University 34, Salt Fork 34, St. Anthony, Warrensburg-Latham 22, Christopher 21.5, Argenta-Oreana 21, Teutopolis 18.5, Moweaqua Central A&M 18, Carlinville 16, Tremont 14, Fairfield 14, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 13, Casey-Westfield 12, Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond 12, Springfield Lutheran 12, New Berlin 12, Bloomington Central Catholic 10, Petersburg PORTA 8, Champaign St. Thomas More 8, Tri-Point 7, Lowpoint Washburn 6.5, Fisher 6, Patoka 5, Anna-Jonesboro 4, Gillespie 4, Danville Schlarman 4, Williamsville 4, Shelbyville 4, Marshall 4, Paxton-Buckley-Loda 4, Vandalia 3.5, Tuscola 2, Neoga 1 and Oakwood 1.

Newton's McKendra Barthelme was a first place finisher in the long jump with a leap of 17 feet, 1 inch. She also had a second place finish in the 60 meter hurdles in 9.11 seconds. Alex Haarman took second in the 60 meter dash with a time of 8.32 seconds.

Newton captured a first place finish in the 800 relay with a time of 1:51.84 minutes. The Eagles took second in the 1600 relay in 4:21.99.

Teutopolis had a top five finish with a fourth place in the 3200 relay in 10:53.25.

Effingham St. Anthony's Kristin Slaughter took second in the pole vault with a vault of 11 feet.

EIU Indoor Meet

60 Meter Dash

Preliminaries -- 4. Alex Haarman (Newton), 8.29; 19. Zoe Meadows (Neoga), 8.73; 25. Aly Esker (St. Anthony), 8.83; 26. Morgan Mette (Teutopolis,), 8.83;  33. Blair Banning (Neoga), 8.92; 38. Nikki Wellbaum (Teutopolis), 9.04; 44. Kaylee Sefton (Brownstown/St. Elmo), 9.18; 46. Michaela Haarman (Newton), 9.21

60 Meter Dash Finals -- 1. Frankie Izard (St. Joseph-Ogden), 8.07 sec.; 2. Alex Haarman (Newton), 8.32

200 -- 1. Taylor George (Warrensburg-Latham), 27.04 sec.; 6. Taylor Johnson (Newton), 28.36; 9. Julia Hardiek (Teutopolis), 29.06; 13. Kristin Slaughter (St. Anthony), 29.60; 17. Zoe Meadows (Neoga), 30.03

400 -- 1. Cherree Miller (Fairfield), 1;01.95 min.; 9. Abby Weis (St. Anthony), 1:04.93; 20. Allison Kingery (Neoga), 1:08.38; 22. Rebecca Habing (Teutopoils), 1:09.03; 24. Lauren Probst (Newton), 1:11.22

800 -- 1. Anna Sophia Keller (St. Anthony), 2:16.24 min.; 13. Kara Weichman (Teutopolis), 2:41.46; 17. Savannah Grimes (Teutopolis), 2:43.80; 19. Madison McWhorter (St. Anthony), 2:44.50; 26. Rachel Ewing (Neoga), 2:50.49; 29. Taylor Brown (Newton), 2:51.41; 32. Chloe Padgett (Neoga), 2:54.04; 47. Miranda Clinton (Newton), 3:04.48; 56. Leah Brown (Cumberland), 3:14.66

1600 -- 1. Anna Sophia Keller (St. Anthony), 4:57.68 min.; 13. Shanna Niebrugge (Teutopolis), 6:07.45; 14. Emmalyn Walk (Neoga), 6:08.30; 27. Emma Repking (Teutopolis), 6:24.05; 30. Cheyenne Curry (Neoga), 6:31.78; 35. Kaitlin Zeller (St. Anthony), 6:43.78; 41. Elise Hemmen (Cumberland), 6:55.39; 42. Mya Kuhn (Newton), 7:01.28; 44. Breanne Edwards (Cumberland), 7:07.84

60 Meter Hurdles Preliminaries -- 21. Makenzie Hill (Neoga), 10.68; 29. Carlie Webb (Newton), 11.27; 37. Isabel Lee (Teutopolis), 12.07; 39. Jenelle Vogt (Teutopolis), 12.21; 40. Sydney Rosborough (Brownstown/St. Elmo), 12.31

60 Meter Hurdles Final -- 1. Jenny Kimbro (Salt Fork), 8.95 sec.; 2. McKendra Barthelme (Newton), 9.11

800 Relay -- 1. Newton, 1:51.84 min.; 6. Teutopolis, 1:55.32; 11. St. Anthony, 1:58.75; 14. Neoga, 2:00.34

1600 Relay -- 1. St. Joseph-Ogden, 4:17.51 min.; 2. Newton, 4:21.99; 5. Teutopolis, 4:31.01; 18. Neoga, 4:57.85

3200 Relay -- 1. Urbana University, 10:26.65 min.; 4. Teutopolis, 10:53.25; 8. Newton, 11:24.51; 13. Neoga, 11:35.91

High Jump -- 1. Hope Tewes (Pleasant Plains), 5 ft. 2 in.; 6. Anna Hartke (Teutopolis), 5-0; 9. Stacey Smithenry (Newton), 4-8

Pole Vault -- 1. Hanna Atwood (St. Joseph-Ogden), 11 ft. 3 in.; 2. Kristin Slaughter (St. Anthony), 11-0; 6. Christa Schwinke (Teutopolis), 8-0

Long Jump -- 1. McKendra  Barthelme (Newton), 17 ft. 1 in.; 8. Blair Banning (Neoga), 14-9 1/2; 16. Julia Greuel (Teutopolis), 13-7 3/4; 17. Abby Brown (St. Anthony), 13-6 3/4; 19. Sydney Rosborough (Brownstown/St. Elmo), 12-8

Triple Jump -- 1. Maddie Meyer (Argenta-Oreana), 34 ft. 5 in.; 8. Rebecca Habing (Teutopolis), 30-3/4; 18. Abby Brown (St. Anthony), 21-1 1/4

Shot -- 1. Abby Nicholson (Salt Fork), 41 ft. 7 1/4 in.; 9. Christy Hoene (Teutopolis),3 1-5 1/2; 11. Courtney Hadra (Newton), 30-8 1/2; 24. Sarah Willey (Teutopolis), 28-8 ; 26. Vicki Alumbaugh (Neoga), 28-0; 29. Kierstan Ault (Cumberland), 27-4; 37. Emma Weber (Newton), 25-8