ALIS Boys Cross Country Finishes Fifth at IESA State Meet

The Altamont Lutheran Interparish School boys cross country team turned in a fifth place finish at Saturday’s IESA 2A State Meet in Normal. The Rockets finished with a score of 173 coming in behind first place Downs Tri-Valley (119), El Paso-Gridley (157), La Grange St. Francis (157) and Shelbyville Moulton (164). With 222 runners in the field, two athletes from ALIS finished in the top 35 of the competitors as Weston Nelson finished 26^th with a time of 11:18.4 and Easton Caraway finished in 31^st with a time of 11:28.3. Griffin Kroening came in 50^th at a time of 11:49.2, Graham Murray was 61^st at 11:52.3, Atticus Osteen came in 79^th with a time of 12:00.6, Gentry Sefton was 119^th with a time of 12:23.1 and Cooper Wendling was 135^th with a time of 12:32.3 putting all the Rocket runners in the top 60% of finishers. This is just the third year of ALIS cross country competing in the IESA and is their first top 5 finish.