PEORIA — Three teams — Metro-East Lutheran, Maryville Christian, and Roxana — will represent the area in Saturday’s IHSA Class 1A boys sate cross country meet, while Belleville Althoff Catholic, Breese Mater Dei Catholic, Metro-East, Father McGivney Catholic, and Roxana will race for the area in the girls state meet, both to be held Saturday morning at Detweiler Park in Peoria.
In addition, five individual boys and three individual girls will race for their schools in the state meet.
On the boys side, the Knights will be represented by Lucas Abbott, Matthew and Ronan Askins, Elijah Ball, Eli Beatty, Zach Doyle, Bryce Goeckner, Liam Hazelwodner, Dean Hemmer, Austin Imhoff, Wyatt Mudd, and Henry Reiseck. The Lions will be making their first trip to the state meet, and will have Jack Donald Issac Hartin, Lee Kramer, Chase Lading, Rudra Patel, Will Potthast, Calvin Strahm, Silas Swick, and Miles Webb carrying their colors. The Shells will be represented by Jordan Akileh, Rylan Bisby, Noah Crump, Colt Doyle, Joshua Ervin, Conrad Heigert, Easton Johnson, Henry Kruckenberg, Christian McGhee, Eimaj Murrell, Connor Price, Angel Santiago, Chrishawn Sewell, and Allesandro Vasquez.
The individuals who will be racing on Saturday will be Adam Jansen of Althoff, Chase Kallal and Thor Springman of Piasa Southwestern, Henry Kohlenberger of O’Fallon First Baptist Academy, and Adam Green of Staunton.
In the girls meet, the Crusaders will be represented by Breigh Desmond, Mackenzie Hobson, Faith and Grace Jansen, Bethany Kee, Ava Lock, Evelyn Schult, and Claire Skaff, while the Knights will have Heidi Beer, Emma Burris, Maribeth Cowgill, Aubrey Eversgerd, Ellie Fields, Finley Haag, Kaitlin Huelsman, Sheila Hummert, Myla McAllister, Clara Netermeyer, Senya Rahden, and Camryn Wheeler. Running for the Knights will by Abby Ayer, Lucy Doyle, Agnes and Marion Hemmer, Moira Krueger, Emilia Malcomb, Meghan Maske, Livy Packer, Kaitlyn Pickerell, Caroline Stajkowski, Averie Stolle, and Lily Walloch.
The Griffins will have McKenzie Jones, Elizabeth Moll, Anna Moore Bella Redinius, Ainsley Turkington, and Claire Wade on their team, and the Shells will be racing Savannah Cline, Elizabeth Clouse, Lauren Kelley, Paityn Lucas, Leah Newton, Bailey Schallenberg-Decker, and Gianna Stassi.
The three area individuals who will be competing are Lily Kamadulski of Maryville Christian, Brooklyn Meier of Okawville, and Brooke Deterding of New Athens.
