Will McGinnis Advances to State as Edwardsville Boys Cross Country Team Narrowly Misses
McGinnis secured an individual berth at the Mokena sectional, while Edwardsville finished just three points short of sending its boys cross country team to Peoria.
MOKENA - Will McGinnis will be the only individual runner for Edwardsville's boys cross country team to run in the IHSA Class 3A state meet next Saturday in Peoria, as the Tigers team just missed out on qualifying in the New Lenox Lincoln-Way sectional meet, held Saturday morning at The Oaks in Mokena.
Plainfield South won the team title with 55 points, with both Plainfield North and Frankfort Lincoln-Way East tying for second with 101 points each, Yorkville finished fourth with 148 points, the host Knights came in fifth with 167 points, Oswego East was sixth with 171 points, and Lockport Township claimed the seventh and final team spot with 225 points, Edwardsville was eighth with 228 points, missing out on the last team spot by three points, and O'Fallon finished 10th with 276 points.
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Alex Batsala of Plainfield South won the individual championship with a time of 14:32.9, with Elliot Batz of Rock Island coming in second at 14:41.9, third place went to Dylan Buturusis of Plainfield South at 14:46.9, in fourth place was Brendan Hanrahan of Lincoln-Way East at 14:57.2, and rounding out the top five was Dominic Prigo of Plainfield North, coming in at 15:03.4.
McGinnis finished in 15th place in the race with a time of 15:25.7, to become the only area runner to go through to state. Jake Burris had a time of 15:49.4, Connor Osborn came in at 15:56.2, Colin Luitjohan's time was 16:10.7, and Preston Brown was home at 16:16.9.
Kasyn Ramsey was the leading runner for the Panthers, with a time of 15:46.2, with Miles Cintron in at 15:56.4, Cole Deering had a time of 16.11.1, Jamison Gherardini came in at 16:14.6, and Will Thoman had a time of 16:21.3. None of O'Fallon's runners qualified for state.
In addition to the Edwardsville and O'Fallon runners, Joel Kurfman of Belleville West came at 17:17.9, Collinsville saw Daniel Gutierrez-Trejo finish at 16:06.9, while teammate Chase Cummins had a time of 16:15.9, and Granite CIty's Landon Harris was in at 16:47.0, but none were able to advance to the state meet.
McGinnis will compete in the state meet next Saturday at Detweiler Park in Peoria, the IHSA's longtime cross country home course. The race will be held on Saturday morning.
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