Published on October 9, 2025 7:43 am
Last Updated on October 9, 2025 7:43 am
MATTOON — Effingham, Teutopolis and North Clay runners competed in the Mattoon Cross Country Invitational Wednesday.
In the girls meet, Mount Zion was the team champion with 38 points followed by Mattoon 55, Taylorville 84, Robinson 95, Charleston 115 and Teutopolis 131.
Taylorville’s Elayna Harker won the meet with a time of 17:40.4.
Teutopolis’ Mary Jane Dennis was 19th in 21:23.0, Abigail Zane 29th in 22:45.3, Claire Overbeck 32nd in 22:48.5, Pearl Huber 47th in 24:28.1, Elaina Gaffin 50th in 25:25.4 and Sarah Habing 51st in 25:40.4.
Alaina Miller finished 17th for Effingham in 20:57.3. Also competing for the Hearts were Laynee Pankau 28th in 22:39.1, Lauren Etheridge 40th in 23:26.4 and Ainhoa Gonzalez 48th in 25:17.2.
North Clay’s Eliza Sparks was 41st in 23:29.1.
In the boys meet, Taylorville was the team champion with 15 points followed by Charleston 55, Mount Zion 103, Mattoon 108, Effingham 138, Robinson 162, Teutopolis 192 and Decatur Eisenhower 203.
Taylorville’s Liam Bettis was the individual winner with a time of 14:22.7.
Finishing for Effingham were Alex Gordon sixth in 15:42.2, Ino Mapes 25th in 17:26.2, TJ Raddatz 32nd in 17:55.2, Gage Emmerich 50th in 19:01.2, Mason Overbeck 53rd in 19:05.3 and Anthony Bohnhoff 58th in 19:45.8.
Competing for Teutopolis were Jackson Meyer 40th in 18:21.7, Cole Dasenbrock 42nd in 18:26.1, Archer Kitten 46th in 18:41.1, John Pruemer 55th in 19:22.9, Jackson Krampe 57th in 19:42.4, Alexander Ghast 66th in 20:29.0, Oliver Feldhake 68th in 20:57.2, Vincent McClelland 69th in 20:57.3 , Brayden Mette 70th in 21:07.1 and Elijah Lee 73rd in 21:42.0.
North Clay’s Cooper Givens was 48th in 18:45.0, Wyatt Pritchard 59th in 19:54.9, Josiah Swope 64th in 20:24.8 and Diego Martinez 77th in 23:26.2.