Clipper runners take top spots at meet

Posted 9/30/21

AMBOY — Amboy had the top runner in the boys’ and girls’ race in a meet at Mendota on Sept. 21.

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Clipper runners take top spots at meet

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AMBOY — Amboy had the top runner in the boys’ and girls’ race in a meet at Mendota on Sept. 21.

Brock Loftus took the top spot for the boys in a time of 15:41, while Ian Eller finished second at 17:20. Also placing in the top 10 for the Clippers were Wyatt Lundquist (5th, 18:10), Charlie Dickinson (6th, 18:35), Andruw Jones (7th, 18:43), Kelton Schwamberger (8th, 18:46) and Garrett Pertell (10th, 18:57).

Rounding out the lineup of Clipper competitors were Atticus Horner (12th, 19:04), Ryan Dickinson (15th, 19:13), Hayden Zacharias (16th, 19:26) and Jaden Haley (23rd, 23:02).

Amboy grabbed the team title with 21 points, followed by Mendota with 46 and Princeton with 69.

In the girls’ event, Amboy’s Lauren Althaus was first through the chute in a time of 21:01. Other runners for the Lady Clippers were Bailey Ellis (4th, 23:07), Addison Pertell (6th, 25:13) and Natalie Pratt (7th, 25:51).

Princeton had 15 points to claim the team title.

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The Amboy harriers traveled to Kewanee for the Boiler Invitational on Sept. 25.

Amboy’s boys won the team championship with 26 points. 

The next three teams in the standings were Chillicothe IVC (66), Lowpoint-Washburn (82) and Orion (112).

The Clippers were led by Loftus, who was first overall in 16:35, and Eller, who grabbed the third-place position in a time of 17:20.6. Other AHS runners were Charlie Dickinson (7th, 18:36), Lundquist (12th, 18:53), Schwamberger (15th, 18:57), Jones (17th, 19:04), Horner (21st, 19:21), Ryan Dickinson (28th, 19:38 and Garrett Pertell (29th, 19:43).

For the girls, Althaus was the first AHS runner to finish the course with a clocking of 22:14.69. Next was Ellis in 24th place (23:20.53), Addison Pertell in 35th (24:52.85) and Pratt in 64th (38:20.11).

Lydia Snider of Tremont was the individual champion with a time of 20:29.45.

The team championship went to Chillicothe IVC with 40 points. The rest of the top five were Tremont (49), Stark County (65), Henry-Senachwine (97), Oneida ROWVA (128) and Ottawa Marquette (128).

Two Clippers competed in the freshman-sophomore boys’ event. Zacharias was sixth in 20:00.26 and Haley was seventh in 20:04.21.

Lowpoint-Washburn was the top team.