The Athens Boys took first place at the Division 3 Cross Country Sectional Saturday, held at Athens, and are headed to state. Connor Sheahan led the Bluejays, finishing second overall.
Also headed to state are Cree DeFoe of Stratford and Jaron Gage of Marathon, who finished 9th and 10th, respectively, also earned trips to the state meet.
Team type: Boys
Place Team Name Team Result Finishers in Team
1 Athens 56 7
2 Gillett 70 7
3 Marathon 71 7
4 Stratford 101 7
5 Bonduel 149 7
6 Menominee Indian 188 5
7 Crandon 192 7
8 Oconto 195 6
9 Wittenberg-Birnamwood 196 7
10 Coleman 203 5
11 Edgar 219 6
Crivitz 4
Florence 2
Goodman-Pembine 4
Gresham – Bowler 2
Laona/Wabeno 1
Lena/Saint Thomas Academy 1
Marion 2
Three Lakes 4
Pos No Name Time
Boys
School Pace
Team
Points
Team
Position
State
Qualifer Year
1 1385 Alex Peterson Gillett Team 00:16:18.6 1 1 5:15 min/m
2 1306 Connor Sheahan Athens Team 00:16:28.3 1 2 5:18 min/m
3 1346 Taylor Karcz Crandon Ind 00:16:34.3 1 3 5:20 min/m
4 1386 Evan Peterson Gillett Team 00:17:15.5 2 4 5:34 min/m
5 1316 Ben O’Brien Bonduel Ind 00:17:19.6 1 5 5:35 min/m
6 1407 Adisun Romprey Laona/Wabeno Ind 00:17:24.5 1 <5 5:36 min/m
7 1304 Andrew Schaer Athens Team 00:17:30.3 2 6 5:38 min/m
8 1388 Braydin Wendorf Gillett Team 00:17:31.3 3 7 5:39 min/m
9 1462 Cree DeFoe Stratford Ind 00:17:31.6 1 8 5:39 min/m
10 1421 Jaron Gage Marathon Ind 00:17:50.4 1 9 5:45 min/m
11 1307 Nathan Wolf Athens Team 00:17:51.1 3 10 5:45 min/m
12 1425 Jacob Smith Marathon 00:17:53.3 2 11 5:46 min/m
13 1486 Ethan Potrykus Three Lakes 00:17:58.4 1 <5 5:47 min/m
14 1399 Kody Stahley Goodman-Pembine 5:50 min/m 00:18:07.8 1 <5
15 1337 John Nowak Coleman 00:18:17.6 1 12 5:54 min/m
16 1426 Derek Vesely Marathon 00:18:19.1 3 13 5:54 min/m
17 1466 Lance Krieg Stratford 00:18:27.0 2 14 5:57 min/m
18 1343 Omar Bailey Crandon 00:18:32.1 2 15 5:58 min/m
19 1312 Race Anvelink Bonduel 00:18:36.1 2 16 6:00 min/m
20 1420 Ian Blake Marathon 00:18:37.8 4 17 6:00 min/m
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