By Fred Kroner
Mahomet-Seymour’s top five runners had a split of 56.43 seconds on Saturday (Nov. 6), helping the Bulldogs to an eighth-place finish in the 28-school boys’ Class 2A IHSA state cross-country meet at Detweiller Park, in Peoria.
Senior Kyle Nofziger was the team leader, covering the 3-mile course in 15:27.26. He was 27th in a race with 235 runners and missed all-state status by 6.23 seconds.
The top 25 runners in each race were accorded all-state laurels.
photo by Kristi Lietz 
photo by Kristi Lietz 
photo by Kristi Lietz 
photo by Kristi Lietz 
photo by Kristi Lietz 
photo by Kristi Lietz 
photo by Kristi Lietz
Two other seniors followed Nofziger. Joseph Scheele was 50th (15:48.59) and Jonah Singer was 68th (15:58.96).
The other scoring runners for M-S were juniors Ben Wallace (109th in 16:15.82) and Hayden Grotelueschen (133rd in 16:23.69).
Rounding out the lineup for coach Neal Garrison’s team were seniors Taylor Fan (169th in 16:46.04) and John Tender (217th in 17:26.19).
The top teams in the 2A race were Oak Park Fenwick (120 points), Deerfield (141), Morton (164) and Maple Park Kaneland (185).
M-S was eighth with a composite score of 265 points.
