{"id":48790,"date":"2026-10-09T08:47:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T13:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=48790"},"modified":"2026-10-09T08:47:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T13:47:44","slug":"newton-wins-girls-cross-country-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/cross-country\/48790-newton-wins-girls-cross-country-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Newton Wins Girls Cross Country Meet"},"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>NEWTON &#8212; Newton High School held a boys and girls cross country meet Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Newton won the girls meet with 15 followed by Effingham 48.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles swept the top five spots. Heather Bergbower won in 18:22 followed by Avery Geier in 18:35, Chloe Holsapple in 20:05, Nora Street in 20:34 and Kimberly Bierman in 21:26.<\/p>\n<p>Effingham&#8217;s Camila Montero was sixth in 21:27.<\/p>\n<p>In the boys meet, Olney Richland County won with 16 points followed by Cowden-Herrick\/Beecher City 59 and Effingham 59.<\/p>\n<p>Olney swept the top four spots and finished all five in the top six. Quaid Berger won with a time of 14:15.0.<\/p>\n<p>Effingham&#8217;s top finisher was Jared Klingler fifth in 16:35.0.<\/p>\n<p><strong>At Newton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Girls Meet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Team Scores &#8212;<\/strong> Newton 15, Effingham 48<\/p>\n<p>1. Bergbower (N), 18:22, 2. Geier (N), 18:35, 3. Holsapple (N), 20:05, 4. Street (N), 20:34, 5. Bierman (N), 21:26, 6. Montero (E), 21:27, 7. Vogt (N),2 1:55, 8. Bierman (N), 22:08, 9. Hess (E), 22:14, 10. Miller (NE), 22:15, 11. Pankau (E), 22:48, 12. Doty (CHBC), 23:08, 13. Lotz (E), 23:19, 14. Etheridge (E), 24:13, 15. Watson (CHBC), 24:43, 16. Flores (CHBC), 25:08, 17. Thompson (CHBC), 29:30<\/p>\n<p><strong>Boys Meet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Team Scores &#8212;<\/strong> Olney (O) 16, Cowden-Herrick\/Beecher City (CHBC) 59, Effingham (E) 59<\/p>\n<p>1. Berger (O), 14:15, 2. Dicks (O), 14:42, 3. Butler (O), 14:52, 4. Livingston (O), 16:176, 5. Klingler (E), 16;35, 6. Souden (O), 16:38, 7. Barthlemy (N), 16:38, 8. Maxedon (CHBC), 16:44, 9. Lilly (CHBC), 16:57, 10. Kuenstler (O), 17:03,, 11. Dicks (O), 17:15, 12. McFarland (E), 17:21, 13. Partlow (E), 17:21.5; 14, Salyers (N), 17:37; 15. Hundley (O), 17:38, 16. Kutz (O), 17:38.5; 17. Garrido (CHBC), 17:43; 18. Kramer (CHBC), 17:49; 19. Fehrenbacher (O), 17;51; 20. Hills (N), 17:54; 21. Mihlbachler (E), 17:55; 22. Bohnhoff (E), 17:56; 23. Sutter (CHBC), 18:12; 24. Bower (N), 18:43; 25. Witteborg (CHBC), 18:52; 26. Calame (CHBC), 19:27; 27. Leverette (E), 20:44; 28. Overbeck (E), 20:45; 29. Churchwell (P), 20:47; 30. 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