EHS Boys Compete At Tolono Unity Sectional

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Published on June 11 2021 1:23 pm
Last Updated on June 11 2021 1:43 pm
Written by Millie Lange

TOLONO --  The Effingham High School boys track team competed at the Class 2A Tolono Unity Sectional and finished with four points.

Winning the meet was Mount Vernon 104.5, Urbana 74, Monticello 72.5, Salem 56, Mount Zion 56, Centralia 40, Tolono Unity 32, Mattoon 28, Taylorville 28, Olney 15, Mount Carmel 14, Champaign Central 12, Charleston 11, Decatur Eisenhower 10, Effingham 4 and Paris 1.

The top two finishers and anyone reaching state qualifying standards advance to the Class 2A State Meet Thursday, June 17.

Effingham's Logan Heil claimed a fifth place finish in the 110 hurdles with a time of 16.78 seconds, a personal best. Heil was sixth in the 300 hurdles in 45.54.

The Hearts had a lot of personal records. John Westendorf was sixth in the triple jump with a personal record of 11.59 meters. Drew Blacker had a seventh place finish in the discus with a throw of 36.18 meters, a personal record. Nathan Barnes took eighth in the shot with a throw of 13.16 meters, a personal record.

Caden Walls was 10th in the 100 with a personal record of 11.77 seconds and also had a personal record in the 200 in 24.21 seconds in 12th. Dalton Fox had a personal record in the pole vault at 3.21 meters and finished 11th. Garrett Wagoner was 11th in the 1600 with a personal record of 5:01.49 minutes.

Class 2A Sectional

(Bold-face Advances To State)

Team Scores -- Mount Vernon (MV) 104.5, Urbana (U) 74, Monticello (MO) 72.5, Salem (S) 56, Mount Zion (MZ) 56, Centralia (CE) 40, Tolono Unity (TU) 32, Mattoon (MA) 28, Taylorville (T) 28, Olney (O) 15, Mount Carmel (MC) 14, Champaign Central (CC) 12, Charleston (C) 11, Decatur Eisenhower (DE) 10, Effingham (E) 4, Paris (P) 1

100 -- 1. Burgoni (TU), 10.71 sec.; 2. Keyhea (MZ), 10.95; 10. Caden Walls (E), 11.77PR; 13. Shawn Cochran (E), 11.96

200 -- 1. Hamilton (U), 21.58 sec.; 2. Burgoni (TU), 21.73; 12. Caden Walls (E), 24.21PR; 14. Dalton Fox (E), 24.33

400 -- 1. Gilbert (U), 50.61 sec.; 2. Leake (MV), 51.96; 8. Dalton Fox (E), 55.51

800 -- 1. Atkinson (MZ), 2:00.33 min. ; 2. Mygatt (MV), 2:03.75; 7. Andrew Donaldson (E), 2:12.13

1600 -- 1. Cherry (T), 4:19.73 min.; 2. Harlan (CE), 4:27.00; 11. Garrett Wagoner (E), 5:01.49PR; 21. Payton Bushue (E), 5:48.70

3200 -- 1. Cherry (T), 9:45.70 min.; 2. Lambert (U), 10:02.38

110 Hurdles -- 1. Sledge (MV), 14.54 sec.; 2. Knuffman (MO), 15.32; 5. Logan Heil (E), 16.78PR

300 Hurdles -- 1. Sledge (MV), 40.07 sec.; 2. Knuffman (MO), 41.51; 6. Logan Heil (E), 45.54

400 Relay -- 1. Urbana, 42.70 sec.; 2. Monticello, 43.28; 9. Effingham (John Westendorf, Caden Walls, Jacob Weaver, Shawn Cochran), 47.30

800 Relay -- 1. Urbana, 1:30.54 min.; 2. Mount Zion, 1:31.18

1600 Relay -- 1. Mount Venron, 3:30.44 min.; 2. Salem, 3:34.49

3200 Relay -- 1. Monticello, 8:35.37 min.; 2. Champaign Central, 8:44.83

Shot -- 1. Brown (CE), 16.58 meters; 2. Smith (S), 15.36; 8. Nathan Barnes (E), 13.16PR; 9. Drew Blacker (E), 13.08

Discus -- 1. Brown (CE), 48.31 meters; 2. Spencer (MA), 43.48; 7. Drew Blacker (E), 36.18PR; 19. Braden Sweeney (E), 25.56

High Jump -- 1. Rudd (MV), 1.87 meters; 2. Davis (MV), 1.82; 9. Andrew Lotz (E), 1.57

Pole Vault -- 1. Hensley (MZ), 4.56 meters; 2. McNeill (MZ), 4.11; 11. Dalton Fox (E), 3.21PR

Long Jump -- 1. Rubin (S), 6.62 meters; 2. Mboyo (U), 6.62

Triple Jump -- 1. Stipp (MC), 12.59 sec.; 2. Rubin (S), 12.43; 6. John Westendorf (E), 11.59PR