Area Athletes Take Part In Class 1A State Boys Track Meet Thursday

Athletes from seven area high schools will be taking part in the Class 1A State Boys Track Meet today at Eastern Illinois University's O'Brien Stadium.

Tracksters from Altamont, Brownstown/St. Elmo, Cowden-Herrick/Beecher city, Cumberland, Effingham St. Anthony, Neoga and Newton will be on track for state medals with the field events opening at 10 a.m. and the running events beginning at 2 p.m.

Following are the athletes from each school and their events:

ALTAMONT

Xander Moschenrose (200), Derick Budde (800), Tristan Rhodes (300 hurdles), Eric Kollman (discus), Sam Mathesius (triple jump), 400 Relay (Kolby Brewer, Logan Duncan, Xander Moschenrose, Tucker Short), 800 Relay (Kolby Brewer, Sam Mathesius, Xander Moschenrose, Logan Duncan)

BROWNSTOWN/ST. ELMO

Jace McWhorter (110 hurdles, high jump)

COWDEN-HERRICK/BEECHER CITY

Jadon Robertson (110 hurdles, high jump, long jump), Daniel Lucas (shot, discus)

CUMBERLAND

Galen Martinez (100)

EFFINGHAM ST. ANTHONY

Noah Tegeler (1600), 1600 Relay (Ty Wiedman, Mick Willenborg, Kennan Walsh, Max Sager), 3200 Relay (Ty Wiedman, Conlan Walsh, Griffin Elder, Noah Tegeler)

NEOGA

Brayden Cox (3200)

NEWTON

Parker Wolf (400), Evan Schafer (400), Nick Zwilling (1600), Jacob Wickham (shot), 400 Relay (Isaac Flowers, Ben Meinhart, Evan Schafer, Parker Wolf), 3200 Relay (Luis Zavala, Nicholas Shamhart, Nick Zwilling, Luke Weber)