{"id":20142,"date":"2025-10-09T07:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T12:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=20142"},"modified":"2025-10-09T07:43:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T12:43:36","slug":"effingham-teutopolis-north-clay-runners-compete-at-mattoon-c-c-invite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/cross-country\/20142-effingham-teutopolis-north-clay-runners-compete-at-mattoon-c-c-invite\/","title":{"rendered":"Effingham, Teutopolis, North Clay Runners Compete at Mattoon Cross Country Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>MATTOON &#8212; Effingham, Teutopolis and North Clay runners competed in the Mattoon Cross Country Invitational Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Taylorville&#8217;s Elayna Harker won the meet with a time of 17:40.4.<\/p>\n<p>Teutopolis&#8217; 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.<\/p>\n<p>Alaina Miller finished 17th for Effingham in 20:57.3. 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