Boyd wins Light It Up Meet in Clinton

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By Fred Kroner

Senior Ava Boyd was the top Mahomet-Seymour runner on Saturday night (Aug. 26) in the Light It Up Cross-Country Meet held at Clinton.

Boyd ran the 3-mile course in a personal-best 18 minutes, 35.95 seconds.

Two Bulldog freshmen placed among the top 25 in a non-scored meet that featured 112 participants.

Taylor Mills was 20^th (20:26.48) and Jaci Kellenberger was 25^th (21:05.72).

Other team leaders were Chloe Bundren (32^nd in 21:19.28), Hadley Grotelueschen (41^st in 22:07.65), Emma Frazier (48^th in 22:39.81) and Morgan Waisath (58^th in 23:09.72).

In the 74-runner open girls’ race, M-S freshman Zoey Wallace was the meet runner-up (22:08.81).

Three teammates also secured top 10 finishes.

Emmaline Culp was seventh (22:45.47), Ava Jansen was eighth (22:58.25) and Jinan Abdo was 10^th (23:06.63).

Other Bulldog leaders were Emily Ramirez (11^th in 23:17.71), Lauren Bednar (12^th in 23:25.39). Camryn Nelson (23:54.26), Caroline Allen (20^th in 24:02.91), Selma Tilton (21^st in 24:05.56) and Meg Turner (34^th in 26:02.09).

“In the future our varsity line-up – whoever it is – will benefit from the depth of our team as evidenced by the strong finishes in the open race,” M-S coach Jama Grotelueschen said.

M-S will return to action on Saturday (Sept. 2) at the Charleston Invitational.