Mahomet-Seymour boys’ cross country finishes third at Charleston Invite

By Fred Kroner

In its season-opening cross-country meet on Saturday (Sept. 2), the Mahomet-Seymour boys’ team ran third in the 16-school Charleston Invitational.

Meet champion Tuscola finished with 45 points. Runner-up Mount Zion totaled 72 points and M-S ended with 80 points.

Two sophomores were the race leaders for the Bulldogs.

Auggie Gaudio was third in the 162-runner field with a 3-mile time of 16:06.17. Teammate Henry McMurry was 13^th (16:32.06).

The next two M-S runners were juniors: Lukas Nykaza (15^th in 16:41.50) and Zach Wilcoski (24^th in 17:30.54).

Senior Lukas Carey finished 25^th (17:26.12).

Following them were Kaleb Kasper (32^nd in 17:50.18), Corban McMinn (41^st in 18:14.10), Grant Smysor (50^th in 18:14.30), Jack Van Hoorn (62^nd in 19:09.44) and Blake Patrick (92^nd in 20:17.30).

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