By Fred Kroner
One Oakwood/Salt Fork runner secured a berth at state on Saturday (Oct. 28) by her performance at the St. Joseph-Ogden Class 1A IHSA Sectional meet, held at Dodds Park, in Champaign.
Junior Macie Russell – the lone girls’ entry for the Comets – placed 16th overall in a field of 149 participants and qualified for state.
Her time for the 2.95-mile layout was 19 minutes, 15.72 seconds.
The state meet will be held on Saturday (Nov. 5) at Detweiller Park, in Peoria. Russell will be in the 9 a.m. race.
To qualify for state, a school needed to be among the top six finishers, or individuals needed to be among the top 10 runners not on an advancing team.
In the boys’ sectional race, Oakwood/Salt Fork finished in 20th place with a team composite score of 496.
Meet champion Decatur St. Teresa logged a final score of 77 points.
The O/SF competitors were Thomas Wells (78th in 17:30.34), Saul Carrillo (105th in 18.19.89), Logan Henthorn (114th in 18:38.15), Bryson Capansky (125th in 19:04.74), Brayden Edwards (133rd in 19:17.79) and Ben Darling (151st in20:16.63).
The Comets’ lineup consisted of three freshmen, two sophomores and one junior.
