Published on October 26, 2026 8:54 am
Last Updated on October 26, 2026 9:04 am
SULLIVAN — Effingham St. Anthony advanced both its boys and girls teams from the Class 1A Sullivan Cross Country Regional Saturday.
The Bulldogs finished third in the girls meet with 106 points. Shelbyville was the winner with 41 followed by Clinton 96, St. Anthony, Sullivan 115, Monticello 119, Litchfield 124, Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hamond 153 and Cerro Gordo/Bement 218.
Isabella Keller captured first place for the Bulldogs with a time of 16:35.0 with teammate Aubrey Denning second in 17:58.0. Also competing were Emeline Wines 13th in 19:50.8, Taylor Denning 42nd in 22:32.3, Lucy Hoke 70th in 28:00.8 and Leah Delrossi 76th in 30:44.7.
In the boys regional, Clinton was the team champion with 51 points followed by Monticello 54, Shelbyville 75, St. Anthony 106, Litchfield 148, Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond 173, Sullivan 200, Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 203, Staunton 214 and Gillespie 220.
Monticello’s Eli Anderson captured first place with a time of 15:08.6.
St. Anthony’s Camden Bloemer finished 11th in 16:13.2, Isaac Tays 12th in 16:17.8, Elijah Whittier 19th in 16:48.8, Max Schuette 21st in 16:51.7, Brady Rivas 48th in 18:35.7 and Henry Gannaway 82nd in 22:25.8.
St. Anthony advances to the Cumberland Sectional Saturday, October 31 which will be held at Lake Land College with the girls running at 10 a.m. and the boys at 11 a.m.
Sullivan Regional
Girls Meet
St. Anthony — 1. Isabella Keller, 16:35.0, 2. Aubrey Denning, 17:58.0; 13. Emeline Wines, 19:50.8, 42. Taylor Denning, 22:32.3, 70. Lucy Hoke, 28:00.8; 76. Leah Delrossi, 30:44.7
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City –– 51. Eve Flores, 23:44.0; 57. Ava Watson, 24:48.4, 58. Elaina Thompson, 25:01.5, 62. Laney Doty, 25:25.4
Boys Meet
St. Anthony — 11. Camden Bloemer, 16:13.2; 12. Isaac Tays, 16:17.8; 19. Eiljah Whittier, 16:48.8; 21. Max Schuette, 16:51.7; 48. Brady Rivas, 18:35.7; 82. Henry Gannaway, 22:25.8
Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City — 29. Eli Maxedon, 17:16.5; 32. Deacon Sutter, 17:28.1; 50. Porter Illy, 18:45.4; 51. Easton Kramer, 18:50.6; 65. Kaisyn Calame, 19:47.2; 68. Kaiden Garrido, 19:58.0; 69. Charlie Witteborg, 20:01.7
Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg — 24. Benjamin Hille, 16:53.2; 71. Mason Dick, 20:08.0; 72. William Eldred, 20;13.0
At Mattoon
Effingham High School advanced to runners from the Class 2A Bethalto Civic Memorial Cross Country Regional Saturday.
In the boys’ meet, Mahomet-Seymour was the team champion with 52 points followed by Olney/Richland County 60, Mount Vernon 68, Mount Zion 71, Urbana 92, Charleston 162, Champaign Centennial 2318, Centralia 236, Effingham 243 and Mattoon 253.
Winning the meet was Olney’s Quaid Berg with a time of 14:39.24.
Effingham’s Jared Klingler finished 30th in 17:08.93 while Alexander McFarland was 44th in 17:53.64, Trenton Partlow 52nd in 18:22.82, Carson Mihlbachler 61st in 19:25.33, Mason Overbeck 64th in 19:31.19, Anthony Bohnhoff 66th in 19:47.56 and Avery Arnold 73rd in 22:26.54.
In the girls meet, Mahomet-Seymour was the team champion with 24 points followed by Mount Zion 65, Champaign Centennial 110, Mount Vernon 112, Urbana 128, Olney/Richland County 129, Centralia 198, Effingham 202 and Charleston 275.
Winning the meet was Anniston Huff of Mahomet-Seymour with a time of 18:19.07.
Effingham’s Camila Montero finished 25th in 21:38.04, Laynee Pankau 43rd in 23:16.06, Alaina Miller 46th in 23:26.79, Lauren Etheridge 55th in 24:48.76 and Aleece Lotz 57th in 24:52.28.
Jared Klinger and Camila Montero advance for Effingham to the Carbondale Sectional Saturday, October 31 with the girls running at 10 a.m. and the boys at 11 a.m.