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The Effingham Junior High\u00a0 track team traveled to Mattoon Thursday to compete in the South Central Conference Championship.<\/p>\n

“A huge congratulations to our eighth-grade girls for becoming back-to-back South Central Conference champions,” said EJHS Coach Nancy Ervn. “They had an absolute monster performance on the track and the field last night. Another big congratulations to our seventh-grade girls who also brought home the conference championship. They came from behind to take the top spot and impressed us all with their determination and heart<\/p>\n

“Both boys teams finished in third place. They had some outstanding performances and competed hard all night long.<\/p>\n

“Congratulations to our South Central Conference Individual Champions: T. Bloemker \u2014 8th grade girls shot put & discus with PRs in both events,\u00a0\u00a0D. Lake \u2014 8th grade girls high jump with a PR, K. Mulheron \u2014 7th grade girls high jump with a PR, A. Barnhart \u2014 8th grade girls long jump with a PR, K. Rohr \u2014 7th grade girls long jump, A. Gouchenouer \u2014 7th grade girls 100m, K. Kelly \u2014 8th grade girls 100m,\u00a0 7th grade boys Sprint Medley Relay team of C. Ault, L. Eckert, E. Yeager & E. Gordon, J. Klingler \u2014 8th grade boys 1600m & 800m and\u00a0K. Hawker \u2014 8th grade boys 200m<\/p>\n

SCHOOL RECORD ALERT<\/strong><\/p>\n

L. Ring \u2014 7th grade girls pole vault with a PR AND a new school record of 8\u2019 0.5\u201d<\/p>\n

The old record of 7\u20197\u201d was set in 2007 by Chelsey Bingham!<\/p>\n

Other PRs on the night:<\/p>\n

M. Pontious \u2014 8th grade girls long jump & 400m<\/p>\n

K. Jones \u2014 7th grade girls hurdles<\/p>\n

A. Smith \u2014 7th grade girls 1600m<\/p>\n

A. Hoelscher \u2014 7th grade girls 1600m<\/p>\n

J. Hess \u2014 8th grade girls 1600m & 800m<\/p>\n

K. Jones \u2014 8th grade girls 1600m<\/p>\n

7th grade girls 4×100 relay team of Jones, LeFever, Florida & Adams<\/p>\n

K. Rohr \u2014 400m<\/p>\n

8th grade girls 4×400 relay team of Rohr, Wiedman, Barnhart & Holland<\/p>\n

J. Chapman \u2014 7th grade boys hurdles<\/p>\n

7th grade boys SM Relay team of Ault, Eckert, Yeager & Gordon<\/p>\n

N. Hamilton \u2014 7th grade boys 100m<\/p>\n

E. Gordon \u2014 7th grade boys 1600m & 800m<\/p>\n

J. Klingler \u2014 8th grade boys 1600m & 800m<\/p>\n

T. Partlow \u2014 8th grade boys 1600m & 800m<\/p>\n

7th grade boys 4×200 relay team of Hamilton, Yeager, Eckert & Zellers<\/p>\n

7th grade boys 4×100 relay team of Ault, L. Haarman, Zumbahlen & Devall<\/p>\n

8th grade boys 4×100 relay team of Allen, H. Haarman, Henkelman & Hawker<\/p>\n

E. Yeager \u2014 7th grade boys 400m<\/p>\n

J. Zellers \u2014 7th grade boys 400m<\/p>\n

K. Hawker \u2014 8th grade boys 200m<\/p>\n

7th grade boys 4×400 relay team of Yeager, Gordon, Hamilton & Zellers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Effingham Junior High\u00a0 track team traveled to Mattoon Thursday to compete in the South Central Conference Championship. “A huge congratulations to our eighth-grade girls for becoming back-to-back South Central […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-track-field"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nEffingham Junior High At Mattoon Track Results - Effingham's News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Effingham's News and Sports Leader\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/track-field\/37522-effingham-junior-high-at-mattoon-track-results\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Effingham Junior High At Mattoon Track Results - 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