Sports Roundup: Flowers shines in Carlinville Early Meet, other area results included

CARLINVILLE – Jersey's boys took three of the top 10 positions Tuesday as the Panthers won the Carlinville Early Meet at Carlinville High School.

Jersey scored 36 points to beat the host Cavaliers by two points, Carlinville scoring 38. Rochester was third with 92 points, Williamsville fourth at 97, Auburn fifth at 113, Roxana sixth at 141, Greenville seventh at 197 and Staunton eighth at 218.

On the girls side, Roxana had 120 points to take fourth while Jersey finished with 172 for a seventh-place finish. Litchfield won with 48 points, followed by Rochester wth 49, Carlinville with 70, Roxana, Williamsviille with 121, Auburn with 125, Jersey, Alton with 221 and Staunton finishing last with 242 points.

The Panthers' Ben Flowers won the boys race, the junior covering the 5,000-meter course in 15:18.46; senior Nick Reynolds was fourth at 16:18.30, senior Mike Roach sixth at 16:55.52, senior Mark Wendell 12^th in 18:01.65, freshman Andrew Bertman 13^th in 18:06.51, freshman Asher Stidd 27^th in 19:19.49, senior Nick Loepker 33^rd in 19:39.93, junior Andrew Bryden 34^th in 19:50.02, freshman Christian Cazier 38^th in 20:07.84, senior Robert Speidel 58^th in 22:10.84, sophomore Lucas Ross 78^th in 24:24.49 and sophomore Austin Koenig 85^th in 27:19.54.

For the Shells, junior James Hensler turned in RHS' best time at 18:00.49, good for 11^th place. Other Shell runners included junior Brandon Isom, 14^th in 18:15.49; sophomore Nathan Lowe, 28^th in 19:20.40; junior Bailey Baremore, 55^th in 21:47.02; freshman Cree Stumpf, 56^th in 22:02.58; junior Dakota Stumpf, 57^th in 22:06.49; junior William Cotter, 62^nd in 22:17.93; junior Drew Ratliff, 67^th in 22:40.21; freshman Zach Frey, 71^st in 23:10.24; freshman Devin Thomeczek, 81^st in 25:59.99; and senior Geramy Millender, 88^th in 30:47.30.

Other area runners, competing as individuals, were Marquette's Adam Sanders, 52^nd in 21:17.90, and and Carrollton's Mitchell Frederickson, 59^th in 22:13.37.

The top Roxana girls runner was senior Kryston Scifres, who covered the 5,000-meter course in 20:55.22, good for 15^th place. Other Shells in the field included junior Shalyn Edwards, 16^th in 20:59.93; freshman Victoria Tarpley, 28^th in 22:46.60; senior Alexis Stumpf, 32^nd in 22:55.99; freshman Sarah Stover, 46^th in 24:20.81; sophomore Emma Lucas, 56^th in 25:23.24; freshman Jaidyn Peebles, 60^th in 25:48.96; and freshman Lette Palen, 65^th in 26:27.21.

The Panthers' top female runner on the day was junior Kiara Chapman, who turned in a time of 22:02.40, good for 23^rd place. Other Jersey runners included junior Kaleigh Grace, 27^th in 22:43.65; sophomore Kadiah Baalman, 52^nd in 25:08.48; sophomore Juliana Weiner, 54^th in 25:19.93; sophomore Morgan Cook, 55^th in 25:20.46; sophomore Megan Fraley, 59^th in 25:42.09; junior Kayla Sheldon, 75^th in 27.55.99; freshman Sally Reed, 93^rd in 35:06.02; and Ruth Spiedel, 96^th in 37:31.90.

Marquette runners who competed as individuals were senior Natalie Halliday, 12^th in 20:43.90; freshman Natalie Brown, 53^rd in 25:18.05; Bekka Johns, 67^th in 26:34.34; Kennedi Koetzle, 88^th in 30:10.71; and junior Lily Kostecki, 90^th in 30:22.11. Carrollton runners, also competing as individuals, included Lily Baumgartner, 13^th in 20:46.74; sophomore Ashly Vandersand, 36^th in 23:25.02; and senior Maddy Custer, 58^th in 25:36.52.

The girls race was won by Carlinville's Jacey Roper, who ran the course in 18:35.11.

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