PEORIA - Edwardsville’s Will McGinnis ran a personal-best time of 15 minutes, 8.7 seconds to finish 80th as the area’s only entrant in the boys Class 3A meet.

Edwardsville boys coach George Patrylak congratulated McGinnis on the performance, saying the time ranked 17th on the program’s boys all-time top 25 list for Peoria.

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Elmhurst York won the boys team championship with 144 points, finishing ahead of Winnetka New Trier, which had 155. St. Charles North placed third with 160 points, followed by Hinsdale Central with 174 and Mt. Prospect with 207.

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Santiago Chavez of Burbank Reavis won the individual title in 14:04.8. Karanveer Patill of Lake Zurich finished second in 14:09.8, and Samuel Hill of St. Charles North took third in 14:11.9.

Jesse Gudauskas of Naperville Neuqua Valley placed fourth in 14:15.8, followed by Alex Batsala of Plainfield North in fifth at 14:16.6.

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