Emily Anand Leads Mahomet-Seymour Girls’ Cross-Country with Top-100 Finish at Peoria Notre Dame Invitational, Team Places 27th

By Fred Kroner

Emily Anand was the lone Mahomet-Seymour runner to finish among the top 100 on Saturday (Sept. 21) in the varsity division of the 479-runner Peoria Notre Dame Richard Spring girls’ cross-country invitational.

Anand placed 96^th with a 3-mile time of 19 minutes, 5.88 seconds.

Trailing her were teammates Taylor Mills (110^th in 19:19.79), Cecily Smith (145^th in 19:47.57), Chloe Bundren (202^nd in 20:24.59), Kennedy Ashby (272^nd in 21:05.87), Morgan Waisath (284^th in 21:11.02), Finley Smith (295^th in 21:18.73), Jinan Abdo (312^th in 21:26.88), Ava Jansen (361^st in 22:09.34) and Emma Frazier (405^th in 23:07.42).

Registering their best times of the season were Bundren, Abdo and Jansen.

The varsity division team titlist was York (102 points), followed by Hilliard Davidson (104 points). The collective score for M-S (which placed 27^th) was 744 points. A total of 57 schools fielded full teams.

In the open race – for any runner not in the varsity event – three Bulldog entries hit their season-best times: Emily Ramirez (183^rd in 22:28.21), Emmaline Culp (200^th in 22:43.29) and Blaire Gabel (354^th in 25:06.17).

M-S ended 30^th among the 40 schools with full teams. The Bulldogs’ cumulative score was 860 points.

St. Ignatius won meet honors with 63 points, followed by Prospect (84).

Other M-S placers were Caroline Allen (228^th in 23:13.27), Selma Tilton (339^th in 24:50.45), Ruby Anderson (398^th in 25:48.35), Grace Bednar (430^th in 26:35.41) and Camryn Nelson (435^th in 26:44.90).

M-S will return to action on Saturday (Sept. 28) in the Peoria Invitational at Illinois Central College, in East Peoria.