Effingham, St. Anthony and Teutopolis will all be represented in the sectional cross country meets on Saturday.

All three girls teams performed well enough in the regional to advance, as did the St. Anthony and T-Town boys teams. In addition, Effingham’s Alfredo Lopez also earned a berth in the sectional.

The Lady Shoes were fourth overall in the Robinson Class 1A Regional, finishing with 111 team points. Marshall was the regional champion with 23 points. St. Anthony also qualified by tying for seventh place with 153 points. The top eight teams advanced to the sectional.

For T-Town, Jessica Runde finished fourth with a time of 19:09. Tory Tensen was 13th in 20:25; Abby Bloemer 25th in 21:23; Ella Zumbahlen 33rd in 22:37; and Katie Kingery 36th in 22:41.

Freshman Rilie Willenborg led St. Anthony with a 16th place finish. She was clocked in 20:39. Katherine Slaughter was 22nd in 21:16; Riley Guy 23rd in 21:22; Audrey Niebrugge 44th in 23:31; and Jessica Wilson 48th in 24:19.

Altamont’s Gia Sandoval also qualified for the sectional after finishing 22nd in 21:05.

Teutopolis and St. Anthony will now run in the St. Anthony Sectional. It is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at the Mid America Motorworks course.

The Effingham Lady Hearts will be running in the Decatur MacArthur Sectional. They qualified by finishing sixth at the Mattoon Regional.

Mt. Zion won the team title with 27 points. The Lady Hearts had 126.

Kiley Weaver was 19th in 22:15; Marah Kirk 20th in 22:16; Nichole Schneiderjon 23rd in 23:01; Daelyn Dunston 30th in 24:26; and Hope Monnet 34th in 25:02.

The sectional will be run at the Hickory Point Golf Course in Decatur. It will start at 10 a.m.

St. Anthony was second and Teutopolis fifth in the boys regional Saturday, also held in Robinson.

The host Maroons won the regional with 37 points. The Bulldogs finished with 62, while the Shoes had 143.

Brian Dust had a terrific race for St. Anthony, finishing second with a time of 16:06. Noah Tegeler was also in the top 10, running ninth in 17:00. Also for the Bulldogs, Ty Wiedman was 14th in 17:24; Griffen Elder 17th in 17:37; and Conlan Walsh 20th in 17:43.

Cole Probst had T-Town’s best race, finishing 18th in 17:39. Ethan Weidner was 26th in 17:58; Brody Mette 30th in 18:13; Jack Waldhoff 31st in 18:18; and Benjamin Kitten 38th in 18:50.

St. Anthony and Teutopolis will now run in the St. Anthony Sectional Saturday at Mid America Motorworks. The boys race will start at 11 a.m.

The Effingham boys competed in the Mattoon Class 2A Regional and finished 9th with 224 points. Centralia was the overall winner with 42 points.

Lopez will represent EHS in the sectional. He finished 30th with a time of 18:55.

The Decatur MacArthur Class 2A Sectional will be at the Hickory Point Golf Course. The boys race will begin at 11 a.m.

The St. Anthony runners dominated Tuesday afternoon, en route to capturing both the boys and girls championship of the National Trail Conference Cross Country Meet.

In the boys race, the Bulldogs claimed five of the top nine spots and posted 24 team points to easily beat runner-up Altamont, who finished with 65 points. Neoga was third with 86, followed by Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City 92 and Dieterich 95.

The Lady Bulldogs had three runners in the top six and finished with 30 team sports. Neoga was second with 40 and CHBC third with 50. Dieterich, Altamont and North Clay also had runners compete, but did not have enough to earn a team score.

Brian Dust was the overall winner in the boys race. He turned in a time of 16:18, which was nearly a minute ahead of runner-up and teammate, Noah Tegeler, who was clocked in 17:12. Rounding out the team score were Conlan Walsh, 6th, in 17:30; Ty Wiedman, 7th, in 17:44; and Griffin Elder, 8th, in 17:47.

Other runners for St. Anthony were Mick Willenborg, 9th, in 18:19; Austin Faber, 11th, in 18:36; Nick Wiedman, 12th, in 18:53; James Schuette, 23rd, in 20:03; Max Sager, 24th, in 20:04; and Nate Braun, 32nd, in 23:58.

Rilie Willenborg led the Lady Bulldogs, finishing second in 21:24. Neoga’s Maggie Clark was the overall winner with a time of 21:12.

Completing the scoring for St. Anthony were Riley Guy, 5th, in 22:11; Katherine Slaughter, 6th, 22:15; Audrey Niebrugge, 13th, in 23:43; and Jessica Wilson, 17th, in 24:41. Abby Dietzen also ran for the Lady Bulldogs and had a time of 30:14.

St. Anthony will host the Bulldog Classic Saturday at Mid-America Motorworks. Effingham and Teutopolis will also compete.

Approximately 35 total boys and girls cross country teams competed Saturday in the annual Bulldog Challenge, ran at Mid America Motorworks.

Mt. Zion captured the girls championship with a team score of 52. Effingham was fifth with 169, Teutopolis sixth with 182 and St. Anthony ninth with 209.

Olympia dominated the boys race, placing five runners in the top six positions and posting a winning score of 17 points, well ahead of runner-up Mattoon’s 80. St. Anthony ran third with 91, while Effingham was seventh with 170 and Teutopolis finished eighth with 197.

For the Lady Hearts, Kiley Weaver was 22nd in 20:33.25; Marah Kirk 25th in 20:49.11; Nicole Schniederjon 29th in 21:00.84; Daelyn Dunston 46th in 22:39.39; and Hope Monnet 47th in 22:49.93.

For the Lady Shoes, Jessica Runde led the way, finishing fifth with a time of 19:03.66. In addition, Abby Bloemer was 39th in 21:46.75; Tory Tensen 43rd in 22:12.87; Ella Zumbahlen 44th in 22:15.61; and Katie Kingery 51st in 24:09.23.

For St. Anthony, Katherine Slaughter was 36th in 21:29.77; Rilie Willenborg 38th in 21:45.3; Riley Guy 40th in 21:48.48; Audrey Niebrugge 45th in 22:21.33; and Jessica Wilson 50th in 24:08.65.

Brian Dust had the best race for the St. Anthony boys, finishing 10th in 16:16.21. Griffen Elder was 18th in 17:09.2; Conlan Walsh 20th in 17:12.25; Noah Tegeler 21st in 17:17.99; and Ty Wiedman 22nd in 17:18.87.

For the Hearts, Alfredo Lopez finished 16th in 17:05.36; Clayton Cramsey 28th in 17:43.05; Zeel Patel 36th in 18:03.95; Andrew Donaldson 39th in 18:20.11; and Garrett Wagoner 51st in 18:55.66.

For Teutopolis, Cole Probst finished 31st in 17:53.06; Ethan Weidner 35th in 18:00.26; Ben Kitten 41st in 18:26.97; Matthew Deters 44th in 18:37.19; Brody Mette 46th in 18:41.62.