Heritage cross country qualifies for IHSA Sectional

By Fred Kroner

The Heritage boys’ cross-country team raced to a fourth-place finish on Saturday (Oct. 22) in the 11-school Chrisman Class 1A regional and qualified for the sectional meet.

The Hawks were led by senior Rowan Denmark-Collins, who was 16^th in the 90-runner field with a 3-mile time of 18:05.72.

Junior teammate Aidan Ashbrook was close behind, turning in an 18^th-place performance (18:06.61).

Other Heritage participants were junior Cohen Sands (41^st in 19:35.01), freshman Eli Denmark-Collins (42^nd in 19:38.23), sophomore Hunter Montgomery (43^rd in 19:48.80) and freshman Joshua Stierwalt (57^th in 20:44.36).

There were 90 runners in the race.

Notre Dame de La Salette (31 points) captured the first-place trophy, followed by SJ-O (70), Urbana Uni High (75) and Heritage (140).

The Hawks will return to action on Saturday (Oct. 29) in the St. Joseph-Ogden Sectional at Dodds Park, in Champaign. The boys’ race will start at 11 a.m.

Heritage did not have any entries in the girls’ regional race.