Area Cross Country Teams Compete at Olney

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Published on September 19 2016 10:32 am
Last Updated on September 19 2016 10:32 am
Written by Millie Lange

OLNEY -- Mattoon High School claimed the championship of the Olney Boys Cross Country Invitational Saturday with 86 points followed by Princeton Community 96, Lawrenceville 121, Olney 124, Robinson 139, Breese Mater Dei 176, Mount Vernon 188, Salem 193, Herrin 194, McLeansboro Hamilton County 244, Teutopolis 307, Newton 321, Casey-Westfield 345, Mount Carmel 365, Centralia 387, Effingham 414, Dieterich 479 and North Clay (Louisville) 519. Altamont, Odin and Fairfield had runners competed but not enough for team scores.

Princeton's Justin Niederhaus captured first place with a time of 16:57.8.

Teutopolis took 11th place while Newton was in 12th. Effingham finished 16th, Dieterich 17th and North Clay 18th.

The Wooden Shoes' Jordan Schumacher was the top area finisher in 32nd place with a time of 18:47.7.

In the girls race, Mattoon won with 63 points followed by Mount Vernon 78, Breese Mater Dei 92, Salem 131, Olney 133,  Effingham 134, Lawrenceville 185, Teutopolis 209, Centralia 240, Herrin 282, Mount Carmel 277, Fairfield 294, McLeansboro Hamilton County 320, Newton 389 and North Clay 460.

Competing but not having enough for a team score were Dieterich, Altamont, Robinson and Casey-Westfield.

The top individual finisher was Mount Vernon's Kate Bushue with a time of 20:32.9. Effingham's Miranda Fox finished third in 21:22.0. Alexis Monnet was 13th in 22:05.9. T-town's Kara Weichman took 17th in 22:34.0.

Boys Meet

Teutopolis -- 32 Jordan Schumacher, 18:47.7; 33. Noah Probst, 18:48.7; 76. Ian Copple, 20:20.6; 96. Garrett Hartke, 21:05.7; 97. Jacob Schmidt, 21:10.1; 128. Kendall Tabbert, 22:31.3; 134. Alan Waldhoff, 22:41.9; 139. Evan Blievernicht, 22:53.2; 146. Wade Probst, 23:28.4

Newton -- 42. Joe Stone, 19;14.3; 55. Collin Harris, 19:38.7; 60. Michael Koebele, 19:50.4; 86. Victor Sandschafer, 20:37.2; 99. Tucker Rieman 21:18.8; 100. Lane Higgs, 21:20.7; 140. Faron Bartens, 22:58.0; 181. Bob Rauch, 27:21.6

Effingham -- 37. Jacob Donaldson, 18:54.1; 85. Brett Koester, 20:36.6; 109. Patrick Sherrod, 21:41.8; 112. Chris Schaefer, 21:53.2; 157. Eli Wilson, 24:40.1; 175. Avery Lueken, 26:08.5

Dieterich -- 91. Brandon Mahnke, 20:50.7; 102. Adam Slifer, 21:22.5; 126. Ethan Kidd, 22:25.3; 130. Seth Bohnhoff, 22:32.1; 131. Evan Kuhl, 22:36.6; 132. Brett Mahnke, 22:38.1; 151. Jared Sparling, 24:18.4; 152. Maverick Ruholl, 24:25.3; 155. Tyler Abbott, 24:37.2; 161. Kyle Ordner, 24:51.1; 162. Jason Slifer, 24:53.2; 167. Austin Huber, 25:41.4; 170. Blaine Niebrugge, 25:47.0

North Clay -- 75. Lane Holkenbrink, 20:17.5; 120. Johnny Fender, 22:14.9; 160. Trey Smith, 24:47.90; 165. Keith Schroeck, 25:03.7; 183. Clint Holkenbrink, 28:07.0

Altamont -- 112. Chris Schafer, 21:58.5; 150. Steven Bain, 24:09.0; 186. Cody Finn, 28:34.4; 189. Adam Alexander, 33:38.4

Girls Meet

Effingham -- 3. Miranda Fox, 21:22.0; 13. Alexis Monnet, 22:05.9; 26. Meredith Kull, 23:06.6; 46. Brianna Schmidt, 24:50.9; 52. Ashlyn Hanks, 25:31.8; 62. Hope Monnet, 26;14.8; 68. Madison Tilford, 26:56.4; 74. Kaylee Phillips, 27:31.3; 104. Hannah Taylor, 30;17.0; 106. Abby Lueken, 30:24.0; 109. Delaney Starwalt, 30:59.2

Teutopolis -- 17. Kara Weichman, 22:34.0; 30. Rebecca Habing, 23:43.3; 45. Jenelle Vogt, 24:44.9; 59.  Marianna Hemmen, 25:55.4; 75. Raegan Drees, 27:37.2; 82. Ashley Thompson, 28:16.9; 95. Hanna Niemerg, 29:43.4; 113. Abbie Hemmen, 31:53.9

Newton -- 64. Alexis Bell, 26:24.2; 81. Denae Cantrell, 28:07.5; 96. Taylor Brown, 29:46.6; 105. Ashten Coffin, 30:17.6; 110. Lauren Probst, 31:13.3; 112. Destiny Larrison, 31:46.9

North Clay -- 121. Hope Pride, 34:21.6; 125. Jayde Adams, 35:28.4; 126. Madison Healy, 35:58.2; 128. Maleah Holkenbrink, 44:07.7; 129. Destiny Fender, 44:08.7

Dieterich -- 61. Gracie Britton, 25:57.9; 86. Kaitlyn Bloemer, 28;38.9; 94. Andrea Bierman, 29:18.9; 130. Mikala Klay, 45:49.2

Altamont -- 32. Brittney Finn, 23:49.1; 70. Adrianna Suckow, 27:08.7; 92. Mackenzie Hoene, 29;18.3; 99. Mckenzie Goldstein, 29:53.7