M-S girls’ cross country finishes second at Charleston Invite

By Fred Kroner

Senior Ava Boyd placed third for Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ cross-country team on Saturday (Sept. 2) in the Charleston Invitational.

Her 3-mile time was 18:52.05.

In a race with 156 participants, six other teammates finished among the top 40.

Freshman Taylor Mills was 17^th (20:13.94), junior Chloe Bundren was 31^st (20:45.46), freshman Jaci Kellenberger was 28^th (21:15.71), sophomore Hadley Grotelueschen was 36^th (21:57.78), junior Emma Frazier was 38^th (22:02.99) and freshman Zoey Wallace was 40^th (22:04.72).

M-S took second in the 15-school event.

Team honors were won by Mount Zion (63 points). M-S was second (103 points), followed by Effingham (105 points).

Other Bulldog running leaders were Morgan Waisath (51^st in 22:39.51), Ava Jansen (56^th in 23:00.86), Emmaline Culp (66^th in 23:48.75), Camryn Nelson (71^st in 23:52.79), Emily Ramirez (73^rd in 23:53.81), Jinan Abdo (74^th in 23:54.45), Caroline Allen (78^th in 24:16.35) and Lauren Bednar (79^th in 24:21.11).

M-S will return to action on Saturday (Sept. 9) in the First to Finish Race at Peoria’s Detweiller Park.