Three Bulldogs place in top 5 at Class 2A Regional

By Fred Kroner

With three of the top five runners, Mahomet-Seymour outdistanced the field at Olney Central College on Saturday (Oct. 23) to win its eighth boys’ Class 2A regional cross-country title in the past 11 years.

On a day when all of the Bulldog runners were seniors, the team leaders were Joseph Scheele, Kyle Nofziger and Jonah Singer.

Scheele was the regional runner-up, clocking a 3-mile time of 15 minutes, 32.95 seconds. Nofziger was third (15:44.57) and Singer was fifth (15:59.62).

The other M-S scoring runners were John Tender (14^th in 16:57.31) and Avery Seaman (23^rd in 17:12.82).

The other Bulldog competitors in the 72-runner race were Gabe Wisnasky (24^th in 17:21.37) and Karsten Waisath (30^th in 17:31.45).

M-S’ team composite was 47 points. Runner-up Champaign Central had 81 points and third-place Urbana ended with a score of 86.

The Bulldogs are ranked fifth in the most-recent Class 2A state poll released by milesplit.com. Urbana was ranked 25^th.

M-S will return to action on Saturday (Oct. 30) in the Decatur MacArthur Sectional at Hickory Point Golf Club.

Overall, the regional championship was the 14^th for the Bulldogs in boys’ cross-country.