After running the last four meets before regionals, the JHS Cross Country team is preparing to finish off the season.
At the second Jacksonville invite this year, the boys got 8th place out of 17 teams, and the girls got 5th out of 14 teams. Three days later, the teams ran at Jacksonville again where the girls came in 2nd place out of 3 teams and the boys came in 3rd out of 3 teams.
On October 6th the team ran at Metamora. The girls got 16th out of 19 teams, and the boys ran a partial team and were not scored.
The Central State 8 conference took place on October 13th. The boys and girls both scored 6th out of eight teams.
“I hope and fully expect that both teams should advance out of the regional meet to the Decatur MacArthur Sectional,” says Coach Van Bebber. “My goal is for both teams to finish in the top 4 of the regional. I believe we have the potential to have 1 or 2 individuals and possibly a team advance to the state meet.”
The regional meet will take place in Jacksonville on Saturday, October 20th.