By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour senior Elizabeth Sims captured all-conference accolades in cross-country for the fourth straight year on Tuesday (Oct. 12), finishing 10th in the girls’ Apollo Conference meet at Effingham Country Club. For the fifth consecutive year – the amount of time M-S has been an Apollo member – […]
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M-S places third at Runnin’ Red Invitational
By Fred Kroner Mahomet-Seymour’s top five runners ran within 58 seconds of each other on Saturday (Oct. 9) in the 20-school Runnin’ Red Invitational at Black Partridge Park, in Metamora. Ava Boyd was the 12th-place runner in a field of 192 competitors. Her time for a 2.94-mile race was 19 […]
Powell, Jansen earn medals at Wheaton North Classic
By Fred Kroner The state-ranked Bulldogs (14th in Class 2A, according to milepslit.com), had three runners crack the 20-minute mark on Saturday (Oct. 2) in the flighted Wheaton North Classic. Seven varsity races were held, with No. 1 runners competing with the No. 1s from other schools. “Our team competed […]
Mahomet-Seymour finishes as runner-up at East Peoria Invitational
By Fred Kroner Five Mahomet-Seymour athletes finished within 53 seconds of one another on Saturday (Sept. 25), helping the Bulldogs to a runner-up finish in the girls’ East Peoria Invitational at Black Partridge Park. Eureka, ranked fifth in the Class 1A, was the team champion with a score of 78. […]
Powell, Sims lead Bulldogs at Richard Spring Invitational
By Fred Kroner The state-ranked Mahomet-Seymour girls’ cross-country came in 42nd on Saturday in the 63-school Richard Spring Invitational at Peoria’s Detweiller Park. Two seniors led the way for the Bulldogs. Klein Powell was the team’s first placer, coming in 215th in 20 minutes, 23.1 seconds. Elizabeth Sims was just […]
Bulldogs place 11th at Detweiller Park
By Fred Kroner In a 49-school field on Saturday (Sept. 11) at the First to the Finish cross-country race at Peoria’s Detweiller Park, Mahomet-Seymour’s girls’ cross-country team placed 11th in the Class 2A division of the meet. Separate races were held for 1A, 2A and 3A competitors. The 2A team […]
Five M-S runners place in Top 15 at Charleston Invitational
By Fred Kroner With five runners finishing among the top 15 on Saturday (Sept. 4), the Mahomet-Seymour girls’ cross-country team edged Mount Zion for team supremacy in the 17-school Charleston Invitational. M-S, ranked 23rd in the preseason Class 2A poll compiled by milesplit.com, ended with 38 points. Runner-up Mount Zion […]
Strong showing in two meets for Mahomet-Seymour Track and Field
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com The Bulldogs participated at two sites on Saturday and – like the boys’ team – emerged with champions at each location. The M-S 3,200-meter relay took first in the Apollo Conference meet, at Mount Zion, clocking a time of 10:47.91. They won by 18.64 seconds. The relay […]
Shoaf and Pletcher break school records
BY FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com In his first indoor meet of the season, Bulldog junior C.J. Shoaf broke the school record in the high jump. The 6-foot-3 Shoaf sailed 6 feet, 7 ¼ inches in a home meet on Feb. 7. The previous record, set by Jared Bosch, was 6-7. The Bulldogs […]
Allen: “Great things happening with this young team.”
BY FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Mahomet-Seymour girls’ cross country placed 14th on Saturday in the 20-school Wheaton Invitational, which features primarily Class 3A schools. The meet is structured so that all No. 1 runners from a school run against only the No 1s from opposing schools. That format is held through […]