Published on May 5, 2025 2:38 pm
Last Updated on May 5, 2025 2:38 pm
MOUNT ZION — Effingham Junior High School competed in the Mount Zion Junior High Track Invitational Saturday but only finished a few events before the meet was canceled due to rain.
Effingham’s eighth-grader Abigail Johnson broke her own 1600 school record with a time of 5:14.81.
Here are the results of events that did finish.
Girls
Seventh-Grade
100 — 1. Veldie Nana (Urbana), 13.72 sec.; 6. Anna Gouchenouer (Effingham), 14.50; 7. Cloie Bailey (Effingham), 14.53
1600 — 1. Chandler Mills (Mahomet-Seymour), 5:50.08 min.; 5. Arabella Barnhart (Effingham), 6:09.54; 11. Kynlie Rohr (Effingham), 6;21.91
100 Hurdles — 1. Riley Getz (Mount Zion), 17.32 sec.; 16. Kynlie Rohr (Effingham), 21.41; 17. Mackynzie Hites (Effingham), 22.17
4×100 Relay — 1. Champaign Edison, 54.28 sec.; 6. Effingham (Mackynzie Hites, Devynn Lake, Emma Hood, Khloe Kelly), 59.89
4×200 Relay — 1. Mount Zion, 1:57.19 min.; 5. Effingham (Mackendra Anderson, Rhylee Holland, Anna Gouchenouer, Cloie Bailey), 2:00.89
Eighth-Grade
100 — 1. Abigail Gossett (Springfield Christ the King), 13.13 sec.; 8. Olivia Koester (Effingham), 14.49; 11. Alayna Wade (Effingham), 14.88
1600 — 1. Abigail Johnson (Effingham), 5:14.81 min.; 10. Laynee Pankau (Effingham), 6:23.99
100 Hurdles — 1. Ava Overstreet (St. Joseph), 17.52 sec.; 8. Skylar Harminson (Effingham), 19.49; 14. Miley Pontious (Effingham), 21.10
4×100 Relay — 1. Springfield Christ the King, 55.63 sec.; 9. Effingham (Maci Hoopingarner, Camdyn Hartman, Sophie Niebrugge, Skylar Harminson), 1:10.10
4×200 Relay — 1. Mount Zion, 1:54.21 min.; 4. Effingham (April Martin, Alayna Wade, Olivia Koester, Aleece Lotz), 1:59.21
Boys
Eighth-Grade
Shot — 1. Gabriel Pollock-Ray (Urbana), 12.81 meters; 6. Bryden Kade (Effingham), 11.01; 20. Wade Robison (Effingham), 8.95
Long Jump — 1. Jaden Belle (Urbana), 5.71 meters; 3. Joel Flack (Effingham), 5.23
Seventh-Grade
High Jump — 1. Jackson Elliott (Springfield Christian), 1.51 meters; 2. Deek Thompson (Effingham), 1.51
Pole Vault — 1. Finn Noonan (Mahomet-Seymour), 2.13 meters; 4. Deek Thompson (Effingham), 1.98; 14. Kaden Rohr (Effingham), 4.37