Bushur, Father McGivney Catholic team are headed to sectional competition

CLASS 1A EFFINGHAM ST. ANTHONY REGIONAL

Father McGivney Catholic High School has been training all season for a push in the post season and the Griffins are already on their way and are one meet away from a state appearance.

McGivney Catholic advanced to the Carlinville Sectional this Saturday with a third-place team finish in the Effingham St. Anthony Regional at Mid-American Auto Works in Effingham Saturday, while Roxana advanced as a team with a sixth-place finish on the day.

Robinson took the team crown with 42 points, followed by Lawrenceville (76), McGivney (90), the host Bulldogs (92), Teutopolis (132), the Shells (165) and Hutsonville (175) all advancing to Carlinville as teams; East Alton-Wood River (10^th with 269 points), Metro East Lutheran (12^th with 343) and Marquette Catholic (14^th with 387 points) all did not advance to the sectional. Negus Bogard of Hutsonville took the individual championship in 15:43.18, while Madison's Javon Watkins finished second overall in 15:51.34 to advance as an individual.

Ross Bushur led the Griffins with a clocking of 16:14.68, good for second among those running as a team.

McGivney's overall team had several strong individual performances. Bushur was followed by Zachary Brasel (12^th in 17:15.70), Elijah Burns (23^rd in 17:48.74), Tyler Guthrie (26^th in 17:51.44) and Diego Pacheco (27^th in 17:53.10) to round out the scoring; Tanner Fox (40^th in 18:26.24) and Brandon Ahring (47^th in 18:44.65) also ran for the Griffins. The Shells were led by Cree Stumpf (eighth in 16:53.84), with Jarrett Warmack (25^th in 17:51.08), Kaleb St. Cyr (32^nd in 18:11.58), Carlos Ruvalcabe (43^rd in 18:36.93) and David Akeman (57^th in 19:34.31) rounded out the scoring for Roxana; Douglas Johnson (73^rd in 20:1410) and Mark Vongprachahn (77^th in 20:55.84) also ran for the Shells.

The Oilers were led by Chase Wallendorf (39^th in 18:22.97), MEL by Joshua Jackson (46^th in 18:44.38) and Explorers by Cole DeClue (44^th in 18:38.24).

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