{"id":24908,"date":"2025-12-10T14:11:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T20:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=24908"},"modified":"2025-12-10T14:11:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T20:11:01","slug":"isabella-keller-finishes-fourth-at-nxn-nike-cross-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/cross-country\/24908-isabella-keller-finishes-fourth-at-nxn-nike-cross-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"Isabella Keller Finishes Fourth At NXN Nike Cross Nationals"},"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><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24910 additional-class\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ISABELLA-ALONE-640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ISABELLA-ALONE-640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ISABELLA-ALONE-640-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Isabella Keller heads towards the finish line at the NXN Nike Cross Nationals.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Isabella Keller, a junior at Effingham St. Anthony High School, competed in the NXN Nike Cross Nationals Saturday, December 6.<\/p>\n<p>There are nine regionals. A runner has to qualify by getting in the top five to go to the Nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Keller finished fourth out of 201 runners in the competition with a time of 17:15.0.<\/p>\n<p>Winning was Nataqsza Dudek, a sophomore, in 16:50.1. She was followed by Blair Bartlett, a junior, in 16:51.7 in second and Jaelyn Williams, a senior, in 16:58.0 in third.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Isabella got eighth her freshman year,&#8221; said her dad Charles Keller. &#8220;The field was loaded. She qualified at Terre Haute.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Keller placed higher than any Illinois runner has and had the fastest time by an Illinois runner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She thought she might get in the top three maybe but there were so many good runners in the race. It was a pretty stacked meet and tougher this year. The girl who won the Illinois state championship in cross country, finished 13th.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Isabella&#8217;s sister Anna Sophia finished fifth here as a senior.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24909 additional-class\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ISABELLA-IN-CROWD-640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ISABELLA-IN-CROWD-640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ISABELLA-IN-CROWD-640-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Isabella Keller strides along with a crowd of runners at the Nike Cross Nationals.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Isabella Keller heads towards the finish line at the NXN Nike Cross Nationals. 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