CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) – On Saturday, numerous local teams and athletes secured their spots at Detweiller Park for the upcoming IHSA state cross country meet.

Runners across various sectional meets in the state showcased impressive speeds, despite facing a range of weather conditions.

1A Cumberland Sectional

• St. Joseph-Ogden finishes first as a team on the boys’ side with 114 points. Georgetown-Ridge Farm was second with 117, Cumberland finishes third with 121, Unity fourth with 140 and Effingham-St. Anthony fifth with 147
• Tuscola’s Blake McNeese was second individually, running 15:15, Monticello’s Eli Anderson was third at 15:16, Sullivan’s Johnathan Iacobazzi fourth at 15:16
• Shelbyville wins as a team on the girls’ side with 91 points. St. Joseph-Ogden was second with 119 points, followed by Marshall (134), Uni-High (156) and Unity (164)
• Effingham-St. Anthony’s Isabella Keller is the girls’ individual winner, running 16:39. Shelbyville’s Tessa Bowers was second at 17:02, followed by Tuscola’s Kate Foltz

2A Mattoon Sectional

• Mahomet-Seymour takes the top spot on the boys’ side in the team totals, with 97 points. Taylorville was second with 130.
• Olney-Richland County’s Quaid Berger ran 14:38 to finish second individually. Taylorville’s Liam Bettis was fourth at 15:15
• On the girls’ side, Glenwood was purely dominant, winning with just 36 points and taking spots 1-3 individually. The Titans were led by Ally Londrigan (17:26), Sophie Rentmeister (17:49) and Ashlyn Chopra (17:54)
• Mahomet-Seymour was second with 88 points, Rochester third with 111, Springfield-SHG fourth with 171, Mt. Zion fifth with 179
• Taylorville’s Elayna Harker finished fourth, SHG’s Paityn Brady was fifth

For further details on the boys’ results, click here, and for additional girls’ results, click here.