By Fred Kroner
For the second consecutive year, Mahomet-Seymour junior Ava Boyd placed among the upper one-third of runners in the IHSA Class 2A girls’ cross-country state meet.
On Saturday (Nov. 5), Boyd covered the 3-mile course at Peoria’s Detweiller Park in 19 minutes, 40.68 seconds. She was 71st in a field of 234 competitors.
As a sophomore, Boyd was 55th at state.
She started strong in her second state meet, running the opening mile in 6:09. She was 55th at that juncture. Her other mile splits were 6:42.10 and 6:49.58.
