Published on September 10, 2025 2:49 pm
Last Updated on September 10, 2025 2:49 pm
Effingham Junior High School finishes sixth in the Taylorville Tornado Boys Invitational and seventh in the Girls Invitational.
The Effingham Junior High School cross country runners competed at the Taylorville Tornado Cross Country Invitational Tuesday.
The Mustangs finished sixth in the boys meet and seventh in the girls meet.
“We ran against a lot of tough competition,” said EJHS Coach Nancy Ervin. “Our boys had an incredible showing, finishing sixth out of 14 teams, a fantastic effort against strong competition.
“Congratulations to Jared Klingler, who absolutely crushed it! Not only did he break the eighth-grade school record, but he also shattered his own all-time best. The old record was 10:55.5. Yesterday he flew to an unbelievable 10:43.98, earning fourth place against the strongest field he’s faced all season. Truly awesome to watch.”
In the boys meet, Klingler finished fourth with a time of 10:43.98 followed by Maddux Wyckoff 17th in 11:56.97, Trenton Partlow 43rd n 12:41.06, Carson Mihlbachler 48th in 12:54.56, Nicolas Young 49th in 12:55.65, Caydon Jolly 50th in 12:56.55, Avery Arnold 86th in 14:29.48, Sebastian Glover 92nd in 14:42.16, Kye Kellams 94th in 14:59.16, Graham Wendling 97th in 15:07.37 and Christopher Repking 136th in 21:24.90.
In the girls meet, Effingham finished seventh out of 11 teams with a 169 total. Kynlie Rohr was eighth in 13:09.32.
She was followed by Baylee Bierman 27th in 14:09.84, Addisyn Schackmann 36th in 14:27.55, Jillian Hess 50th in 14:56.66, Izzy Schwerman 76th in 16:01.41, Aubrey Aaron 87th in 16:40.62 and Katie Percival 88th in 16:41.04
“We had personal records galore,” said Coach Ervin. “Shout out to the following runners who set new personal records — Glover, Jolly, Klingler, Mihlbachler, Wendling, Wyckoff, Young, Bierman, Rohr, Aaron, Hess and Schackmann. Way to put in the work and make it count!
“Medal winners were Jared Klingler in fourth place and Kynlie Rohr in eighth place. Runners of the Meet for the boys was Klingler and for the girls was Schackmann. We are so proud of this group, your hard work, determination, and team spirit are shining through each meet.”