Carterville Girls and Boys Compete at Sectionals

The Carterville girls punched their ticket to the State Cross Country meet in Peoria this upcoming weekend after a stellar performance at the Olney 2A Sectional. Carterville placed 3rd overall, falling only to top ranked Chatham Glenwood and Rochester. Molly Robertson raced to a 2nd place finish in 18:03 for the 3 mile course, followed by teammates Lyla Seaman in 20th place (19:03) and Laney Sambursky in 28th place (19:23). Carterville’s final 2 scoring runners, Dani Williamson and Marcela Wood, had to maneuver around runners throughout the race to cross the finish line in 56th (20:18) and 71st (20:44) place respectively. Lillian Carsrud (21:26) and Liesel Balmforth (22:10) also competed for the Lions, both setting PR’s for themselves in the process. There were 138 total runners.