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Putnam County freshman Anniston Judd runs to Class 1A girls cross country regional title · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Putnam County freshman Anniston Judd, runs to Class 1A cross-country regional title.
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  Written by Brian Hoxy This article is being read by an automated
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  voice, brought to you by Everlet. Putnam County freshman Aniston Judd, although
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  entering Saturday's Class Isenica Girls Cross County Regional as one of the
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  favorites, wasn't taking anything for granted leading up to the race. I
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  knew going into the race that a place at the top wasn't
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  just going to be given to me, that I was going.
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  To have to push myself and go as hard as I could
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  from start to finish, Judd said. I was able to get into
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  a groove and just kept it going. Judd covered The three-mile course
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  at the Seneca Ag Farm in a time of 18 minutes 34.3
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  seconds to earn the individual title, almost 35 seconds ahead of runner-up
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  Bethany Senett of Princeville. The course has a couple of big hills
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  around the midway point of the race, so I knew I wanted
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  to try and be by myself when I reached that point, Judd
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  said. If you are at that point of the course in a
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  pack, it can be difficult. There. Is also a lot of twists
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  and turns that are easier to get through if you're kind of
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  alone in those spots. I had a goal time in mind of
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  under nineteen minutes because I'd ran in the low nineteens earlier this
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  season there I felt like I was running well and I also
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  had a lot of family and friends cheering me on along the
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  way so that really helped. Judd will be one of the advancers
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  to next Saturday's Oregon sectional. This week is just going to be
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  about getting my training in and the going there and trying to
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  do the best I can. Today was a big confidence boost for
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  me and hopefully I can carry that energy over into next Saturday.
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  Illinois Valley Central won the team championship with 50 points, followed by
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  Seneca 90, Simona 90, Princeville, 93, Sandwich 93, Low
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  Point Washburn 135, Hinckley Big Rock 160, and the Lone Non-Advancing Team,
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  Mendota 162 the Fighting Irish were led by Talia Jenkins, seventh twenty
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  thirty nine point one, Ellie Thompson, eighth, twenty fifty four point four,
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  Josie Mueller, eleventh, twenty one oh nine five, Julie Mueller, thirty fifth
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  twenty three, forty nine point five, and Annika Jackson, forty sixth twenty
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  five, fourteen point seven Somanok freshman Maggie Hamer led her team with
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  a sixth place finish in a personal record time of 2008.1. I
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  felt like the race went really well for me, Maggie Hamer said.
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  In the first part of The
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  race, I was kind of in no man's land where I wasn't
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  really pacing with anyone, and the other runners that my personal record
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  is close to, runners I was expecting to be running with, were
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  all behind me. I was a little nervous because of that, but
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  I also felt like I was running well and just focused on
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  feeling. The pace I was at. I was hoping to run around
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  a twenty flat, so I was close. I'll take what I can
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  get. The Bobcats also received contributing efforts from Vivian Deakin, 17, 21,
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  25.7, Avery Hamer, 21st, 21, 35, 7, Emma Rominski,
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  31st 23, 15.4, and Hunter McCoy, 33rd, 23, 28.6
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  For me, the best thing was that we have a senior Emma
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  Rominsky on the team, and her goal was to advance to the
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  sectional, Hamer said. So to be able to help make that happen
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  is a pretty cool feeling. As a team I thought everyone did
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  really well. Sandwich was led by Kayla Cresson, Ninth 21032, Raina
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  Moyer, 10th, 2108 1, Isla Stevens, 14th, 2117.7, Olivia
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  Agaganian, 34 23 32.8, and Nora Vick, 43rd 2450 Advancing
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  as individuals along with Judd were Amboy's Scarlet Payne, 1321, 16.9, St.
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  Bede Gemma Finley, 1621, 22.6, Fieldcrest's Chloe Nussbaum,
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  1821, 30.1, and Mendota's Lumen Setchel, 2822, 46.5 In
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  the boys race, IVC, led by champion Aiden Dews, 1553.2, also claimed
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  the title, 24, ahead of advancing teams Low Point Washburn, 98, Princeville,
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  115, Amboy 120, St. Bede, 121, 17a, and Fieldcrest
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  204. Sandwich, eighth, two hundred and four, Somonac, ninth, two hundred
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  and seventeen, Henry Senequine, tenth, two hundred and twenty seven, Hall, eleventh,
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  two hundred and fifty five, and Putnam County, twelfth, three hundred and
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  fourteen, all failed to move on. The Clippers were led by Henry
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  Nichols, fourth, sixteen nineteen, Tyler Mahar, seventeenth, seventeen thirty three point five,
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  Anthony Linder, eighteenth, seventeen thirty five point four, Otto Horner, thirty sixth,
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  eighteen forty one point two, and Tommy Steager, 58, 1945. Mason
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  Haskell, twenty first, seventeen forty one five, Led Saint Bede, followed by
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  Adrian Hermesio, twenty-fourth, seventeen fifty six point two, RJ Hermesillo junior, twenty
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  seventh, sixteen point five, Dominic Avila, thirty-second, eighteen twenty nine point one,
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  and Preston Vasquez, thirty third, eighteen twenty-nine point four. Seneca was led
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  by Liam Bema 23, 1746.5, Alex Zydrin 39, 1850
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  55.4, Callum Wright 44, 1912.5, Brady 45, 1916.2,
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  and Landon Hebel 47, 1919.1 Abram Harislack, thirty fifth,
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  eighteen forty six, Gavin Dykman, thirty seventh, eighteen forty two point two,
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  and Christian Rodrigues, forty eighth, nineteen point three, led the way for
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  Fieldcrest. Earning advancing spots as individuals were Sandwich's Logan Trig, eleventh,
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  sixteen fifty eight point four, Sominox Caden Hamer, thirteenth, seventeen oh six.
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  One Putnam County's Carter Baxter, sixteenth, seventeen eighteen point six, and DPO's
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  Edward Rodriguez, twentieth, seventeen thirty nine point six. It wasn't exactly the
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  time I was looking for, Caden Hamer said. I was hoping to
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  do much better, but I'm happy that I'm able to advance and
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  run next week at sectionals. I just didn't have the mindset I
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  needed, especially the middle stretch with the big hills. My body just
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  seemed to slow down subconsciously, and I just wasn't able to run
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  the rest of the race as I would have liked. This week
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  I'm going to work on strategies on being more mentally tough, just
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  being able to get in my comfort zone and stay there from
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  the start to the end of the race.