Cecily Smith places third in pole vault for Class 4A IESA state track and field meet

By Fred Kroner

Cecily Smith placed third in the seventh-grade pole vault for Mahomet-Seymour in the girls’ Class 4A IESA state track and field meet, which ended on Saturday (May 20) at the Eastside Centre, in East Peoria.

Smith cleared a personal-best 7 feet, 6 inches.

She was the lone seventh-grade medalist for M-S. The six points she scored enabled the Bulldogs to end in 31^st place at state.

The team champion was Frankfort Hickory Creek with 41 points.

The Bulldogs had four other state entries in the seventh-grade portion of the meet.

Charlotte Sinclair captured 12^th place in the high jump, tying her personal-best of 4 feet, 7 inches.

Norelle Eilts ran 18^th in the 800 meters (2:35.77). In that event, she was the second of two sixth-graders who competed at the state meet.

The M-S 1,600-meter relay missed by .01 of earning state medals.

The grouping of Smith, Annie Clements, Nyla Patterson and Sinclair ended ninth in 4:29.93.

The Bulldogs’ 800-meter relay crossed the finish line in 19^th place (1:59.37). The relay consisted of Joella Snodsmith, Clements, Patterson and Sinclair.

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Mahomet-Seymour’s eighth-grade girls’ 800-meter relay placed fourth in the IESA Class 4A state meet.

The unit of Erika Johnson, Evelyn Hillard, Anniston Huff and Ayla Finfrock were timed in 1:51.53 in an event that had 23 entries.

The girls accounted for all five points that M-S tallied at state, helping the school finish in a tie for 32^nd. A total of 48 teams scored points.

The seventh-grade team champion was Bloomington Evans, with 36 points.

The Bulldogs had state-meet entries in two other events.

In the 1,600-meter race, Taylor Mills finished in 12^th place (5:32.83) and Huff took 14^th (5:33.84).

The M-S 1,600-meter relay ended in 16^th place.

Sharing the baton were Finfrock, Cora Ummel, Huff and Hannah Martin. Their cumulative time was 4:26.63.